Passage 8Questions 19 - 33　　● Read this information about Nokia.　　● Choose the best word to fill each gap.　　● For each question 19-33, make one letter A, B, C or D on your Answer Sheet.　　● There is an example at the beginning. (0)　　Nokia, the world’s top handset maker, promised recently to deliver its first, new-generation mobile phones in the near future, having (0)______. about 10,000 third-generation (3G) handsets to operators Vodafone Group PIc and Orange and equipment makers Ericsson and Nortel Net-works for testing.　　The Finnish heavyweight is arriving (19)______ to the European market with 3G phones, which offer video services and (20)______ fast, multimedia products. Arch rivals—such as Japan’s NEC and US-based Motorola—have already delivered their 3G phones in (21)______ However, despite spending more than 100 billion euros (US $107 billion) on 3G licences in 2000, equipment makers’ top customers—mobile phone (22)______—have delayed commercial 3G launches. They are waiting for evidence that customers want the new services before investing further in the costly technology.　　In the meantime, Nokia is (23)______ with computer technology giant IBM and the world’s biggest enterprise software maker, Oracle, to (24)______ deeper into the lucrative market for mobile access to E-mail, calendar and corporate databases. The (25)______ is in response to Microsoft, which wants to (26)______ into the mobile phone software market with its Windows operating system—already a (27)______ force in the personal computer (PC) industry—which allows (28)______ to corporate networks.　　Nokia, unlike many others in the hard-hit (29)______ equipment sector, has been showing double-digit profitability throughout the sector’s two-year fall. Its operating (30)______ reached 25 percent in the fourth quarter of 2002.　　As Nokia and other European mobile phone manufacturers are only starting to unveil their 3G phones now, their overseas (31)______ have been securing some of the early (32)______. Japanese heavyweight NTT DoCoMo became the world’s first, operator to start selling 3G phones in its (33)______ market in 2001, using home-grown vendors such as NEC, Matsushita Panasonic and Fujitsu.　　Example:　　A taken　　　B sent　　　C made　　　D performed　　19. A. early　　　　　　　B. slowly　　　　C. late　　　　　　 D. lately　　20. A. many　　　　　　 　B. other　 　　　C. more　　　 　　　D. some　　21. A. U. S.　　　　　　　B. Finland　　　 C. Japan　　　　　　D. Europe　　22. A. manufacturers　 　 B. operators　　 C. clients　　　　　D. users　　23. A. teaming　　　　　　B. grouping　　　C. working　　　　　D. banding　　24. A. go　　　　　　　　 B. enter　 　　　C. dig　　　　　　　D. step　　25. A. principle　　　 　 B. plan　　　　　C. strategy　　　　 D. move　　26. A. muscle　　　　　　 B. push　　　　　C. squeeze　　　　　D. crowd　　27. A. powerless　　　　　B. powered　　　 C. powerful　　　　 D. powering　　28. A. link　 　　　　　　B. connect 　　　C. log　　　　　　　D. access　　29. A. electric　　　　　 B. telecoms　　　C. electronic　　　 D. telegram　　30. A. margin　　　 　　　B. income　　　　C. output　　　　　 D. gain　　31. A. partners　　　 　　B. customers　　 C. counterparts　 　D. distributors　　32. A. trades 　　　　　　B. deals　 　　　C. transactions　 　D. orders　　33. A. own　 　　　　　 　B. foreign　　　 C. oversea　　　　　D. home

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