2015年12月英语六级考试真题(第一套).docxVIP

It seems to be a law in the technology industry that leading companies eventually lose their positions, often quickly and brutally.Mobile phone champion Nokia, one of Europes biggest technology success stories, was no36, losing its market share in just a few years. In 2007, Nokia accounted for more than 40% of mobile phone sales37But consumerspreferences were already38toward touch-screen smartphones. With the introduction of Apples iPhone in the middle of that year, Nokias market share39rapidly and revenue plunged. By the end of 2013, Nokia had sold its phone business to Microsoft. What sealed Nokias fate was a series of decisions made by Stephen Elop in his position as CEO,which he40in October 2010. Each day that Elop spent in charge of Nokia, the companys market value declined by $ 23 million, making him, by the numbers, one of the worst CEOs in history. But Elop was not the only person at41Nokias board resisted change, making it impossiblefor the company to adapt to rapid shifts in the industry. Most42, Jorma Ollila, who had led Nokias transition from an industrial company to a technology giant, was too fascinated by the companys43success to recognize the change that was needed to sustain its competitiveness. The company also embarked on a44cost-cutting program, which included the elimination ofwhich had motivated employees to take risks and make miracles. Good leaders left the company, taking Nokias sense of vision and directions with them. Not surprisingly, much of Nokias most valuable design and programming talent left as well.assumed I) previousB. bias J) relayedC. desperate K) shiftingD. deterioration L) shrankE) exception M) subtleF) fault N) transmittingG) incidentally O) worldwideH) notablySection BDirections : In this section, you are going to read a passage with ten statements attached to it. Eachstatement contains information given in one of the paragraphs. Identify the paragraphfrom which the information is derived. You may choose a paragraph more t