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In 2009 the European Commission carried out an investigation into Microsoft. The American software giant tied Internet Explorer,

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问题     In 2009 the European Commission carried out an investigation into Microsoft. The American software giant tied Internet Explorer, its web browser, into Windows, the operating system in the great majority of personal computers. This, thought the commission, might be an abuse of its dominance in operating systems: buy a PC, and unless you took the trouble of choosing otherwise, you would browse the web through Explorer.
    In December that year Microsoft promised that until 2014 it would provide a "choice screen" , asking European Windows users whether they wanted to install another browser. The screen first turned up in March 2010.
    Jolly good—but Microsoft forgot to keep its word. On March 6th the competition commissioner, Joaquin Almunia, said he had fined it 561m($ 732m)for not including the choice screen with 15m copies of Windows software between May 2011 and July 2012. Neither Microsoft nor the commission spotted the lapse. It seems that eventually other companies did.
    The fine must sting all the more because Microsoft’s transgression brought it little if any gain. Explorer has fallen behind Chrome, made by Google, and Firefox, made by Mozilla, a non-profit organization. And people are doing more and more browsing on smartphones and tablets, the domain of Apple, Google and their browsers.
    Microsoft’s antitrust woes in Europe should have been over. In 2004 it was fined 497 m for trying its media player and server operating systems with it PC system. In 2008 it copped another 899m penalty for failing to comply with the commission’s ruling in that case. Lately it has been among the accusers of Google, which Mr Almunia has been investigating since 2010.
    He suspects Google of abusing a position in online search every bit as imposing as Microsoft’s in PC operating systems. Bing, Microsoft’s search engine, is a distant second. The commissioner believes that Google may be favouring its own specialised services at rival’s expense; that its deals with publishers may unfairly exclude competitors; and that it prevents advertisers from taking their data elsewhere.
    Mr Almunia asked Google to propose by the end of January ways of meeting his concerns. He has not yet said what it suggested or how he will respond. European antitrust cases have a habit of dragging on. Just ask Microsoft.
According to Paragraph 1 , which of the following is true?
选项 A、Microsoft is the only software giant in the world.
B、A great majority of PCs use Windows as operating system.
C、There are many alternatives for users except Internet Explorer.
D、The Commission found no evidence of Microsoft’s abuse of its dominance.
答案B
解析 选项[A]对应原文第二句的前半句，文章提到微软是美国软件巨头，但没有说是世界唯一巨头，the only过于绝对，故该项错误。选项[B]对应第二句的后半句：Windows，theoperating system in the great majority of personal computers．该项是把这个句子换个表达方式，是同义替换关系。故正确。选项[C]对应该段最后一句:．．．buy a PC，and unless you took thetrouble of choosing otherwise，you would browse the web through Explorer．可见用户并非有许多选择，该项错误。选项[D]对应该段最后一句：This，thought the commission，might be an abuse ofits dominance in operating systems．该委员会只是这样认为，并没有提及证据的问题，故该项错误。综上所述，该题答案为选项[B]。
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