問題詳情

Microsoft has, in a relatively short time, advanced in two key areas by creating its own search engine and online advertising platform. _____59_____ Microsoft Corp. Chief Executive Steve Ballmer admits that he’d have preferred to have gotten started sooner.Redmond-based Microsoft only recently began using its own technology for delivering search results. _____60_____ Nielsen/Net Ratings reported that Google had 49 percent of the U.S. search market share in March, 2006 while Yahoo had 22.5 percent and MSN Search had 11 percent.Still, Microsoft executives have repeatedly argued that the industry is just beginning to understand the potential of Internet search and that Microsoft is in it for the long term. _____61_____ He said at one online conference, “I think we’ve made more than two years’ progress in the last two years, so I’m excited about that.” _____62_____ “I think this is one of the rare cases where we’re being underestimated,” he said at the same conference.
59.
(A) Ballmer defended the company’s advancement so far.
(B) But the software maker still has plenty of work to do.
(C) Microsoft Chairman Bill Gates insisted Microsoft’s effort is strong.
(D) It remains substantially less popular than Google and Yahoo.

參考答案

答案：B
難度：適中0.583333
統計：A(1),B(14),C(5),D(2),E(0)

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