<p>Part C</p><p>Directions: Read the following text from which five sentences have, been removed. Choose from the sentences A-G the most suitable one to fill each numbered gap in the text (41 -45). There are TWO extra sentences that you do not need to use. Mark your answers on your ANSWER SHEET.</p>About 10 years ago I met an advertising executive in New York who explained the difficulty of advertising a new brand of deodorant(除臭剂) to consumers. "Most people never change their de- odorant, "I remember him saying, "They ,pick one brand when they are young, and stick with it　for a long, long time. If it works why switch?" <br style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-family: "Microsoft YaHei"; white-space: normal; background-color: rgb(250, 250, 250);"/><span style="text-decoration: underline;">1 </span>Once they have picked a type of phone, whether it' s Apple iOS, Google t adroid or something else, it' s difficult, and often expensive, to switch. Consumers become comfortable with the interface and design of the phone and the apps they have purchased on that platform.<span style="text-decoration: underline;"> 2 </span><br style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-family: "Microsoft YaHei"; white-space: normal; background-color: rgb(250, 250, 250);"/>That is why the race to pull in smartphone buyers is going to be especially severe over the next 18 to 24 months.<span style="text-decoration: underline;"> 3 </span>there are still hundreds of millions of mobile phone owners around the world who have yet to move from a standard mobile or feature phone to its smarter, more intelli- gent big brother:the smart phone. <br style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-family: "Microsoft YaHei"; white-space: normal; background-color: rgb(250, 250, 250);"/>Yet the change is happening at a much quicker pace than technology analysts and corn aries originally theorized. A report issued this week by Nielsen, the market research firm, four that among Americans <span style="text-decoration: underline;">4 </span>55 percent opted for a smart phone. This is up from 34 pert ;nt a year ago. <br style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-family: "Microsoft YaHei"; white-space: normal; background-color: rgb(250, 250, 250);"/>At this point, who will lead that market is not up for debate. Android has been growing at a pace no one could have imagined, even Google. The company said this week that it now activates more than 500,000 Android devices each day. <br style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-family: "Microsoft YaHei"; white-space: normal; background-color: rgb(250, 250, 250);"/>Mr. Llamas said Apple, which changed the smart phone game in 2007 when it introduce the iPhone, potentially has a ceiling with consumers as its mobile phone is often more expensive ban those of its competitors. <br style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-family: "Microsoft YaHei"; white-space: normal; background-color: rgb(250, 250, 250);"/>Although millions of customers flock to Apple products for their beauty, simplicity and powerful brand, many can't afford a new iPhone. This could change<span style="text-decoration: underline;"> 5 as</span> some analysts expect. <br style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-family: "Microsoft YaHei"; white-space: normal; background-color: rgb(250, 250, 250);"/>"Right now the iPhone only comes in one flavor; it' s not like other Apple products like the iPod where there are several different sizes, shapes and prices, " Mr. Llamas said. <br/><br/><br/>A.Although it may seem that everyone owns a smart phone these days,<br/>B.if Apple offers a less expensive model of the iPhone later this year,<br/>C.If it works, why switch?<br/>D.who purchased a new mobile phone in the last three months,<br/>E.The smart phone race is still raging.<br/>F.The same theory can be applied to customers who are making the switch to smart phones today.<br/>G.iPhone is too expensive for most people．<br/><br/>-公共英语三级题库-考无忧网校