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Questionsare based on the following passage． It seems to be a law in the technology industry that leading companies eventually lose theirpositions, often quickly and brutally．Mobile phone champion Nokia, one of Europe's biggesttechnology success stories, was no（36）, losing its market share in just a few years．
In 2007, Nokia accounted for more than 40% of mobile phone sales（37）But consumers'
preferences were already（38）toward touch-screen smartphones．With the introduction of Apple'siPhone in the middle of that year, Nokia's market share（39）rapidly and revenue plunged．By theend of 2013, Nokia had sold its phone business to Microsoft．
What sealed Nokia's fate was a series of decisions made by Stephen Elop in his position as CEO,which he（40）in October 2010．Each day that Elop spent in charge of Nokia, the company's marketvalue declined by $ 23 million, making him, by the numbers, one of the worst CEOs in history．But Elop was not the only person at（41）Nokia's board resisted change, making it impossiblefor the company to adapt to rapid shifts in the industry．Most（42）, Jorma Ollila, who had ledNokia's transition from an industrial company to a technology giant, was too fascinated by thecompany's（43）success to recognize the change that was needed to sustain its competitiveness．The company also embarked on a（44）cost-cutting program, which included the elimination of which hadmotivated employees to take risks and make miracles．Good leaders left the company, taking Nokia'ssense of vision and directions with them．Not surprisingly, much of Nokia's most valuable design andprogramming talent left as well．
A．assumed
B．bias
C．desperate
D．deterioration
E．exception
F．fault
G．incidentally
H．notably
I．previous
J．relayed
K．shifting
L．shrank
M．subtle
N．transmitting
O．worldwide
第（36）题选
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