For decades, the television was the flagship of anyconsumer-electronics pro

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问题 For decades, the television was the flagship of any
consumer-electronics product line-up. In all the gadgets in the home,【M1】______
the TV held the most prominent real estate in the living room, cost
the most to buy, and carry the biggest brand mark. And for【M2】______
consumer-electronics makers who manufactured them, selling TVs
was a good business.
As the bulky cathode-ray tube televisions of the past turned
into the sleek, flat-screen televisions of today, another shift started
to occur. The price competition was merciful and unrelenting since【M3】______
the televisions were hard to differentiate. Even so consumers were【M4】______
buying more televisions than ever, TV makers struggled to turn a
profit. Now, another shift is taking place, and it is threatening to
rob televisions their prominence—and value—in the home. With【M5】______
more people streaming or downloading video as an alternation to【M6】______
cable or satellite broadcast, more consumers are watching TV
shows and movies on smartphones, tablets and laptops. The
television, meanwhile, may become just another screen. "That’s a
very real possibility," says Paul Gagnon, the director of North 【M8】______
American TV research for DisplaySearch, a market-research firm
based in Santa Clara, Calif. When televisions end up becoming【M8】______
just another monitor, he says, " that is a low-profit, no-money
business with just a handful of players."
To stay ahead of changing viewing habits, television makers
are pushing Web-connected televisions loading with applications.【M9】______
Web TVs count for about a quarter of all new flat-panel televisions【M10】______
this year, rising to about half of all shipments in three years,
according to DisplaySearch. [br] 【M4】

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答案 so一if／though

解析词汇错误。even so是固定搭配．虽然能表示句子间的让步关系，但so在此结构中是副词，指代前面所叙述的情况或事实等，表示“即便如此”，“即便……”的内容需放在even so的前面。本句是说“消费者的电视机购买量比以往更大”，与上一句“由于各类电视机之间难分伯仲，价格竞争也呈现激烈态势”并不是让步关系，故不用even so，而用词组even if或even though，使之与下一句“电视机制造商却在艰难地力图扭亏为盈”形成让步关系。

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