请认真阅读下面短文,从短文后各题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中,选出最佳选项。
Canadian smart-phone maker Research In Motion(RIM), which makes the BlackBerry, says it's back. The company is ____ to reclaim a market it once dominated by ____ two new devices. The last few years have been a painful time for the company as customers deserted its platform in ____ of newer and more ____ devices. This may be the company's last chance to ____ a vital player in an increasingly crowded market place.
Two brand new devices are perhaps a fresh ____ for a company that has seen its global market share ____ from 20 percent three years ago to just over 3 percent today.
For BlackBerry CEO Thorsten Heins, it's another chance to remake a faded ____. “We have ___ been on a journey of transformation, not only a journey to transform our business and our brand, ____ one that I truly ____ transforms mobile communications into true mobile computing,” he said.
The company promises the same ____ level of network security the BlackBerry is known for, ____ a fast new browser and a more intuitive operating system. The Z10 ____ much like the touch-screen phones popularized by its competitors(竞争者), but the Q10 maintains the “qwerty” keyboard that has become BlackBerry's trademark.
Besides the technical and cosmetic(外观上的) updates, Heins says the company will no longer be called RIM or Research In Motion.
“Our customers use a BlackBerry, our ____ work for BlackBerry and our shareholders are owners of BlackBerry. From today on, we are BlackBerry ____ in the world,” he said.
Shareholders will be watching if customers ____ the new devices. The company's stock has dropped as much as 90 percent in the last four years as it lost ____ to competitors. But company shares have doubled in the last four months as anticipation(预期) ____ for the new models.
Analysts say the new devices could make or ___ a company, which many people praise for starting the technological revolution in smart-phones.
1.A. refusing B. tryingC. urging D. pretending
2.A. introducingB. reviewingC. rejectingD. discovering
3.A. favor B. charge C. honorD. defense
4.A. popularB. expensiveC. complicated D. familiar
5.A. replaceB. react C. remainD. reset
6.A. record B. dilemma C. end D. start
7.A. lose B. increase C. rise D. fall
8.A. brand B. trade C. technique D. phone
9.A. speciallyB. definitely C. doubtfully D. essentially
10.A. and B. orC. but D. so
11.A. agreeB. believe C. suspectD. deny
12.A. high B. average C. backward D. normal
13.A. except forB. regardless ofC. despiteD. along with
14.A. soundsB. smells C. looksD. finds
15.A. employees B. consumersC. relativesD. competitors
16.A. howeverB. wheneverC. nowhereD. everywhere
17.A. adaptB. adjust C. adoptD. advocate
18. A. landB. ground C. soil D. earth
19.A. droppedB. changed C. remainedD. grew
20.A. desertB. abandon C. breakD. deny
---If you focus on what you've left behind, you'll never be able to see what lies ahead.
--- That’s it.
A. I can’t agree with it.
B. You’ve got a point there.
C. You’ve got me there.
D. Action speaks louder than words.
---He ought to have been warned of the danger.
---, but he wouldn’t listen to me.
A. Yes, he ought to. B. So he was.
C. So it was with him. D. So he did.
The moment the people of China heard that Beijing, and Zhangjiakou in Hebei province had won the bid for the 2022 Winter Olympic Games, they ___________ cheers.
A. burst in B. burst to
C. burst into D. burst out
Only_______ stand-up comedians have become famous as television and film actors later on in life._______ person is Billy Crystal.
A. a few; Such one B. few; Such a
C. a few; One such D. some; A such
Although there were many students who admitted ________ to these products because of the brands' image they provided for the wearer, the majority did not openly relate the products' appeal to social motives such as status.
A. being attracted
B. attracting
C. to attracting
D. to be attracted
