[填空题]
· Read the article below about video games.
· Choose the best sentence
from the opposite page to 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.
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Strong players{{/B}}
Video games let you escape into an
alternative reality -- something gaming firms know about at first hand. For as
other technology firms face stagnant or shrinking markets, the video-games
industry seems to inhabit a parallel universe. It has had a bumper year, maybe
the best it ever will. Global sales of games software and hardware will exceed
$31 billion this year. This summer, UBS Warburg invested 17% of its model
technology portfolio in two games publishers, Electronic Arts and Activision.
Gaming, it seems, is recession-proof.
The industry is booming
because it has its own cycle, as one generation of hardware succeeds another
every f