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新航道2006考研英语命题预测题五及答案2 Part BDirections:In the following text, some sentences have removed. For Questions 41-45, choose the most suitable one from the list A-G to fit into of the numbered blank there are two extra choices, which do not fit in any of the gaps. Mark your answers on ANSWER SHEET1. (10 points)IT COMES as a surprise, given Microsoft\s notorious tenacity, but the software giant is definitely out to clear its antitrust plate. After its settlement with the Justice Department, the company has now struck an agreement to end more than 100 private class-action suits and signalled that it wants to do the same for the case brought against it by the European Commission. (41)??????????????? .Yet recent events suggest that it will not be that easy for Microsoft to shrug off its legal woes. For a start, the nine state attorneys-general opposing the federal settlement have asked the trial judge to impose tougher remedies. (42)?????????????????????????????????????????? . And this week, a Senate committee hearing was dominated by criticism of the federal settlement.The least of Microsoft\s problems are the class-action suits, filed on behalf of consumers who say they were harmed by the company\s behaviour. Giving money to schools is a good idea. But half of the gift would be in the form of free Microsoft software, costing the company almost nothing, and hurting competitors in the education market, mainly Apple. So worried is Steve Jobs, Apple\s boss, that he has publicly criticised the deal--after having kept quiet during the entire antitrust trial. (43)???????????????????????????????????????? .The proposal of the dissenting states is more serious. (44)?????????????????????????????????? . Central to the plan are remedies concerning Microsoft\s browser software and the Java programming language: the company would be forced to license the source code to its browser, and to make sure that Java programs can run on Windows. Microsoft would also be required to offer a s