新视野大学英语测试题bookunit

新视野大学英语测试题book4 unit2

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Part 1 Compound Dictation (每小题：分)

Directions: In this section you will hear a passage or passages three times. When the passage is read for the first time, you should listen carefully for its general idea. When the passage is read for the second time, you are required to fill in the blanks with the information you have just heard. Finally, when the passage is read for the third time, you should check what you have written.

Questions 1 to 10 are based on the following passage.

What does Microsoft do

Microsoft is the world's second largest company by 1.value.

It provides the 2.system for 80 percent of the world's personal computers. Microsoft's operating system is 3.

throughout the world.

Any software needs to be 4.with the operating system for it to work.

The company also produces a 5.of software products, such as Word and Excel. These products run 6.on the Windows operating system.

Many software writers have tended to write for Microsoft rather than for its 7.such as Apple. Those people who end up working for other companies, then, tend to be less qualified.

This makes it even harder for these other companies to compete.

This dominance also feeds through to PC manufacturers 8. .

What does Microsoft say

The company says that 9. . It has had to do such things as giving certain programs away for free in order to be popular with the public.

10.means Microsoft does not have a monopoly (垄断)

position, it says.