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Public image refers to how a company is viewed by its customers, suppliers, and stockholders, by the financial community, by the

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问题     Public image refers to how a company is viewed by its customers, suppliers, and stockholders, by the financial community, by the communities【C1】______it operates, and by federal and local governments. Public image is controllable 【C2】______ considerable extent, just as the product, price, place, and promotional efforts are.
    A firm’ s public image plays a vital role in the 【C3】______ of the firm and its products to employees, customers, and to such outsiders【C4】______stockholders, suppliers, creditors, government officials, as well as【C5】______special groups. With some things it is impossible to【C6】______all the diverse publics: for example, a new highly automated plant may meet the approval of creditors and stockholders, 【C7】______it will undoubtedly find【C8】______from employees who see their jobs 【C9】______. On the other hand, high quality products and service standards should bring almost complete approval,【C10】______low quality products and【C11】______claims would be widely looked down upon.
    A firm’s public image, if it is good, should be treasured and protected. It is a valuable【C12】______that usually is built up over a long and satisfying relationship of a firm with publics. If a firm has learned a quality image, this is not easily【C13】______or imitated by competitors. Such an image may enable a firm to【C14】______higher prices, to win the best distributors and dealers, to attract the best employees, to expect the most【C15】______creditor relationships and lowest borrowing costs. It should also allow the firm’s stock to command higher price-earnings【C16】______than other firms in the same industry with such a good reputation and public image.
    A number of factors affect the public image of a corporation.【C17】______include physical【C18】______, contacts of outsiders【C19】______company employees, product quality and dependability, prices【C20】______to competitors, customer service, the kind of advertising and the media and programs used, and the use of public relations and publicity.
【C13】
选项 A、countered
B、defeated
C、repelled
D、compelled
答案A
解析 考查动词辨析。句意为：如果一个企业有良好的形象，那么对手就很难与之______或者效仿。本句中空格一词应能与imitate并列，如果选择“打败(defeat)”或者“抵制(repel)”，那么竞争者效仿这一获得良好形象的企业就无从谈起。A．countered“反对，反击，抗衡”，符合语境，为正确答案。defeat“击败，战胜，使失败，挫折”；repel“击退，抵制，使厌恶，使不愉快”；compel“强迫，迫使”，均不符合题意。
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