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  3. No one can【C1】______Howard Schultz of inaction since he returned as chief executive of Starbucks, the firm he built into a multi

No one can【C1】______Howard Schultz of inaction since he returned as chief executive of Starbucks, the firm he built into a multi

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问题    No one can【C1】______Howard Schultz of inaction since he returned as chief executive of Starbucks, the firm he built into a multinational【C2】______to watch it stumble under his successor. Barely a month has gone by over the past year without the firm【C3】______some new initiative or other. The latest came on February 17th in New York, when Mr. Schultz【C4】______Via, an instant coffee which, he【C5】______, tastes just as good as Java brewed in the shop by one of the firm’s baristas.
   Don Valencia, the firm’s first head of research and development, who【C6】______the blended and frozen frappuccino drinks that earn Starbucks $2 billion a year, could never find a【C7】______to scale up an instant formula he had developed at home. When Mr. Schultz returned as chief executive, he【C8】______that there had been some technological advances, allowing finer grinding,【C9】______. So he asked the R&D team to repeat the recently deceased Valencia’s experiments, and found that "we had broken the【C10】______". The name Via is a hat-tip to Valencia—though during development it was known as Jaws (just add water, stir). Starbucks says it has patents that should【C11】______competitors from quickly replicating Via, which will go on sale in some American stores next month.
   The opportunity may,【C12】______, be biggest in other countries: in Britain over 80% of coffee sold is instant,【C13】______with just 10% in America.【C14】______Starbucks drinkers decide that Via tastes good, the company will have to get the price【C15】______. The risk is that the firm’s existing customers may【C16】______counter service and start making their own cup of instant. To keep customers coming to remaining outlets, he might experiment with discounts such as cheap【C17】______meals of a drink and food. He also wants a visit to a Starbucks shop to be a "【C18】______uplifting experience". Improving the smell in stores by changing the cheese used in breakfast sandwiches was a start. But【C19】______that staff are enthusiastic will be especially difficult when jobs are【C20】______.
【C12】
选项 A、moreover
B、however
C、in fact
D、for instance
答案B
解析 逻辑衔接题。上文提到，Starbucks says it has patents that should prevent competitors from quickly replicating Via,which will go on sale in some American stores next month．(星巴克表示，它已经拥有专利，从而防止竞争对手快速效仿Via，而下个月美国的一些门店将持续销售Via。)而下文则表示，The opportunity may, ______，be biggest in other countries：in Britain over 80％of coffee sold is instant，______with just 10％in America．(______该产品在其他国家可能会获得更大的发展机会：在英国，销售的80％的咖啡是速溶的，______美国仅占10％。)星巴克为美国企业，而速溶咖啡大多出现在英国，转折关系很明显，所以B项为正确选项。
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