PART TWO
Ouestions 8--12
· Read the article below about Microsoft anti-trust suit.
· Choose the best sentence from the opposite page m fill each of the gaps.
· For each gap 8—12, mark one letter (A--G) on your Answer Sheet.
· Do not use any letter more than once.
· There is an example at the beginning, (0).
A Bob Herbold, the executive vice president and chief operating officer for Microsoft, said that the judge's ruling this week is just a first step in the process that is just getting under way.
B Microsoft's competitors know that the company in fact has a referee starting directly over the shoulder every time it moves on a playing field.
C What's more, Microsoft erected the barriers to keep others out of the marketplace.
D The Justice Department's top anti-trust prosecutor says this week that the government is looking at a full range of remedies.
E Jackson said that the company took that additional profit and inVested it not in its own products but in efforts to keep other companies out of various software markets.
F Meanwhile Bill Gates, in a full-page advertisement published in the Washington Post and addressed to the company's customers, partners and shareholders, commented on Friday' s ruling.
G He claimed that Microsoft is committed to resolving this matter in a fair and responsible manner, while ensuring that the fundamental principles of consumer benefit and innovation are protected.
Ouestions 8--12
· Read the article below about Microsoft anti-trust suit.
· Choose the best sentence from the opposite page m fill each of the gaps.
· For each gap 8—12, mark one letter (A--G) on your Answer Sheet.
· Do not use any letter more than once.
· There is an example at the beginning, (0).
A Bob Herbold, the executive vice president and chief operating officer for Microsoft, said that the judge's ruling this week is just a first step in the process that is just getting under way.
B Microsoft's competitors know that the company in fact has a referee starting directly over the shoulder every time it moves on a playing field.
C What's more, Microsoft erected the barriers to keep others out of the marketplace.
D The Justice Department's top anti-trust prosecutor says this week that the government is looking at a full range of remedies.
E Jackson said that the company took that additional profit and inVested it not in its own products but in efforts to keep other companies out of various software markets.
F Meanwhile Bill Gates, in a full-page advertisement published in the Washington Post and addressed to the company's customers, partners and shareholders, commented on Friday' s ruling.
G He claimed that Microsoft is committed to resolving this matter in a fair and responsible manner, while ensuring that the fundamental principles of consumer benefit and innovation are protected.