Kimiyuki Suda should be a perfect customer for Japan’s car-makers. He’s a young, successful executive at an Internet-services co

admin2019-05-04  71

问题    Kimiyuki Suda should be a perfect customer for Japan’s car-makers. He’s a young, successful executive at an Internet-services company in Tokyo and has plenty of disposable【C1】______. He used to own Toyota’s Hilux Surf, a sport utility vehicle. But now he uses【C2】______subways and trains. "It’s not inconvenient at all," he says.【C3】______. "having a car is so 20th century."
   Suda reflects a worrisome【C4】______in Japan; the automobile is losing its emotional appeal【C5】______. among the young, who prefer to spend their money on the latest electronic devices.【C6】______mini-cars and luxury foreign brands are still popular, everything in between is【C7】______. Last year’s sales fell 6.7 percent, 7.6 percent【C8】______you don’t count the mini-car market. There have been【C9】______one-year drops in other nations: sales in Germany fell 9 percent in 2007【C10】______a tax increase. But experts say Japan is【C11】______in that sales have been decreasing steadily【C12】______time. Since 1990, yearly new-car sales have fallen from 7.8 million to 5.4 million units in 2007.
   Alarmed by this state of【C13】______. the Japan Automobile Manufacturers Association (JAMA)【C14】______a comprehensive study of the market in 2006. It found that a【C15】______wealth gap, demographic changes and【C16】______lack of interest in cars led Japanese to hold their【C17】______longer, replace their cars with smaller ones【C18】______give up car ownership altogether. JAMA【C19】______a further sales decline of 1.2 percent this year. Some experts believe that if the trend continues for much longer, further consolidation in the automotive sector is【C20】______.
【C19】

选项 A、concludes
B、predicts
C、reckons
D、prescribes

答案B

解析 根据空格所在句的句意,因为是今年的数据,所以只能是预测和估算,所以选项[A]concludes(总结)和[D]prescribes(开处方)错误。选项[B]predicts(预测)和[C]reckons(估算),虽然看似都可以,但是考虑到文章更强调对未发生的事情的预测,后句也在强调如果情况继续下去,而reckon重在强调对数字的大概猜测和估算,并不强调对未来的预计。故答案为[B]
转载请注明原文地址:https://kaotiyun.com/show/D0e4777K
0

最新回复(0)