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They were the Macbeths of information technology: a wicked couple who seized
They were the Macbeths of information technology: a wicked couple who seized
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2023-07-19
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They were the Macbeths of information technology: a wicked couple who seized power and abused it in bloody and greedy ways. But in recent years, the story has【S1】______Bill Gates, Microsoft’s founder, has retired to give away his billions. The "Wintel" couple (short for "Windows" and "Intel") are【S2】______seen as yesterday’s tyrants. Rumors【S3】______that a coup is brewing to oust Steve Ballmer, Microsoft’s current boss.
Yet there is life in the old technologists. They still control the two most important standards in【S4】______: Windows, the operating system for most personal computers, and "Intel Architecture", the set of rules governing how software【S5】______with the processor it runs on. More than 80% of PCs still run on the "Wintel" standard. Accordingly,【S6】______for Windows and PC chips, which flagged during the global recession, has【S7】______So have both firms’ results: to many people’s surprise, Microsoft announced a thumping (巨大的) quarterly profit of $4.5 billion in July; Intel earned a(n)【S8】______$2.9 billion.
So now is a good time to take stock of IT’s most hated power couple. As The Economist went to press, Intel was on track to reach a【S9】______with America’s Federal Trade Commission (FTC), which would in effect end the antitrust woes that have【S10】______both firms. And Microsoft has recently strengthened its ties with ARM, Intel’s new archrival (对手). This suggests that the Wintel marriage is crumbling.
A) interacts F) impressive K) incredibly
B) increasingly G) resolution L) demand
C) various H) recovered M) computing
D) persist I) plagued N) settlement
E) desire J) changed O) consider [br] 【S3】
选项
答案
D
解析
动词辨析题。本句应为“主语+谓语+宾语从句”结构,故此处应填人动词作谓语。根据句意,选项中只有persist符合句意。consider有“认为”的含义,但其主语一般是人而非物,故应排除。
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