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Read the text taken from an article about the expert of dental care—Colgate. Choose the best answer from the opposite page t
Read the text taken from an article about the expert of dental care—Colgate. Choose the best answer from the opposite page t
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2016-11-29
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Read the text taken from an article about the expert of dental care—Colgate.
Choose the best answer from the opposite page to fill each of the gaps.
For each gap(8-12)mark one letter(A-G)on your Answer Sheet.
Do not use any letter more than once.
There is an example at the beginning(0).
Colgate
Consumers have sworn off many things in this recession. Brushing their teeth is not one of them.(0)C . The results: world-beating market shares for Colgate’s toothpastes(45%)and manual toothbrushes(30%)and a Top 10 position in Business Week’s list of best-performing companies.
Thus far at least, the economic slowdown has not crimped that performance. Sales, excluding the impact of foreign currency exchanged acquisitions, rose 9% in the fourth quarter and JCEO Ian Cook expects similar growth in 2009. 【P1】______. Latin America delivers 27% of revenues, and the company’s toothpastes dominate in Brazil, with a 70% share.
But not everything is bright for the New York consumer-goods giant. 【P2】______. And the global economic crisis isn’t sparing Latin America or Eastern Europe these days. Another concern: Colgate has suffered from innovation inertia. Not since 1992, when it launched Colgate Total toothpaste, has it scored a break through. 【P3】______.In the past year, Colgate launched 17 new o-ral-care products in the US, half P&G ’s output, according to consultant Mintel International, which tracks new-product launches. "What Colgate has been lacking is a home run," says Mark Baum, who heads the consumer packaged-goods practice at Diamond Management &Technology Consultants in Chicago.
Colgate thinks it could score with the Wisp, set to debut on Apr. 6. Several years in development, it’s a disposable mini-toothbrush with a "breath-freshening bead" in the bristles. 【P4】______. The Wisp is part of a new push by Colgate to ramp up innovation and improve its product pipeline. The goal: a series of novel personal-care and household items that would expand Colgate’s customer base and business in mature markets such as the US and Europe. "There are many things over the last 18 months that are different...and one is a greater focus on innovation," Cook told analysts in February. 【P5】______
Example:
A Analysts worry that overseas returns will gradually diminish as developing markets become mature.
B The bead dissolves during brushing, eliminating the need for toothpaste.
C That’s good news for Colgate-Palmolive, which for the past five years has slashed costs, raised prices, and flooded developing markets.
D To achieve this, the company has opened three innovation centres in the U. S.
E In 2008, Colgate was granted a total of 181 U. S. patents, down by 68% from 2002.
F Similar products, such as the Fuzzy Brush, made by a British company of the same name, have been around for years but remain niche items.
G Colgate is still performing overseas, too.
【P1】
选项
答案
G
解析
前一句说明了在经济衰退的背景下,Colgate公司仍然正常经营,且销售额呈增长态势。而后一句分别介绍了Colgate公司在国外市场的绩效情况。根据前句和后句所述内容,可推断出所缺句子应为:继续说明该公司如何顺利发展,包括国内及国外的运营状况等。对应选项G:“Colgate还有海外业务”。
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