2014年12月大学英语四级选词填空练习及参考译文（8）

　　Section A

　　Directions：In this section，there is a passage with ten blanks.You are required to select one word for each blankfrom a liSt of choices given in a word bankfollowing the passage.Read the passage through carefully before making your choices.Each choice in the bank is identified by a letter.Please mark the corresponding letter for each item on Answer Sheet 2 with a single line through the centre.You may not use any ofthe words in the bank more than once.

　　Questions 36 to 45 are based on thefollowingpassage

　　One thing about Huawei is easy to understand：its(36)__________.In Paris on May 7th the Chinese telecoms company showed off the Ascend P7，a sleek smart phone(37)__________with the speedy fourth-generation mobile-phone networks being built in many countries.

　　Huawei started pushing its own brand of smart phones only in 201 1，but by 2013 it was the world’s third-biggest vendor.(38)__________it is still far behind the leaders，Apple and Samsung：it hopes that phones likethe P7 will help it(39)__________the gap.In 2013 this part of its operations brought in about 70%of its revenue of 239 billion yuan.

　　Huawei’s(40)__________and management are less well understood.Some American politicians and competitors regard the company as little better than a front for the Chinese state，　partly because Ren Zhengfei，its chief(41)__________，was an engineer in the People’s Liberation Army before he founded Huawei in l 987.Its network equipment has in effect been(42)__________out of the American market.However,Huawei has A.ways denied being under the state’s thumb.

　　Unlike A.ibaba and other Chinese technology companies that have sought stock market listings，Huawei has no such plans.Huawei’s system，he believes，fosters a(43)__________view that will help it overtake listed competitors.Nor does he think that going public would(44)__________Huawei’s difficulties in America.“It might take ten or 20 years for the United States to know that Huawei is a company with(45)__________，”he said.Meanwhile，Huawei will put its energy into more welcoming markets.

　　A.shut

　　B.ambition

　　C.integrity

　　D.short-term

　　E.compatible

　　F.honesty

　　G.ownership

　　H.enlarge

　　I.bridge

　　J.decrease

　　K.long-term

　　L.however

　　M.executive

　　N. alleviate

　　O.Though