Canadian smart phone maker Research In Motion (RIM), which makes the BlackBerry, says it’s back. The company is   36   to reclaim a market it once dominated by   37   two new devices. The last few years have been a painful time for the company as customers deserted its platform in   38   of newer and more   39   devices. This may be the company’s last chance to   40   a vital player in an increasingly crowded marketplace.

    Two brand new devices are perhaps a fresh   41   for a company that has seen its global market share   42   from 20 percent three years ago to just over 3 percent today.

    For BlackBerry CEO Thorsten Heins, it’s another chance to remake a faded   43  . “We have   44   been on a journey of transformation, not only a journey to transform our business and our brand,   45   one that I truly   46   transforms mobile communications into true mobile computing,” he said.

    The company promises the same   47   level of network security the BlackBerry is known for,   48   a fast new browser and a more intuitive operating system. The Z10   49   much like the touch-screen phones popularized by its competitors, but the Q10 maintains the “qwerty” keyboard that has become BlackBerry’s trademark.

      Besides the technical and cosmetic (外觀上的) updates, Heins says the company will no longer be called RIM or Research In Motion.

   “Our customers use a BlackBerry, our   50   work for BlackBerry and our shareholders are owners of BlackBerry. From today on, we are BlackBerry   51   in the world,” he said.

    Shareholders will be watching if customers   52  the new devices. The company’s stock has dropped as much as 90 percent in the last four years as it lost   53   to competitors. But company shares have doubled in the last four months as anticipation (預(yù)期)  54  for the new models.

Analysts say the new devices could make or   55   a company, which many people praise for starting the technological revolution in smart-phones.

36. A. refusing                     B. trying                     C. urging             D. pretending

37. A. introducing       B. reviewing           C. rejecting      D. discovering

38. A. favor                 B. charge                C. honor               D. defense

39. A. popular               B. expensive                C. complicated       D. familiar

40. A. replace               B. react                      C. remain                     D. reset

41. A. record                B. dilemma                  C. end                   D. start

42. A. lose                    B. increase                  C. rise                   D. fall

43. A. brand                 B. trade                   C. technique          D. phone

44. A. specially             B. definitely          C. doubtfully          D. essentially

45. A. and                    B. or                          C. but                   D. so

46. A. agree                  B. believe                    C. suspect             D. deny

47. A. high                   B. average                   C. backward          D. normal

48. A. except for    B. regardless of             C. apart from         D. along with

49. A. sounds               B. smells                     C. looks                D. finds

50. A. employees           B. consumers              C. relatives            D. competitors

51. A. however             B. whenever                C. nowhere            D. everywhere

52. A. adapt                  B. adjust                     C. adopt                D. advocate

53. A. land                    B. ground                   C. soil                  D. earth

54. A. dropped                     B. changed                  C. remained           D. grew

55. A. desert                 B. abandon                  C. break                D. deny

36-40 BAAAC 41-45 DDABC       46-50 BADCA       51-55 DCBDC

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