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Ⅱ. Grammar and vocabulary
Section A
Directions: After reading the passage below, fill in the blanks to make the passages coherent and grammatically correct. For the blanks with a given word, fill in each blank with the proper form of the given word; for the other blanks, use one word that best fits each blank.
China’s coffee upstart is pouring millions into overtaking Starbucks
Luckin Coffee, a Chinese startup that’s banking on selling cappuccinos to on-the-go coffee worker, __21__ (spend) millions of dollars a year opening outlets to unseat Starbucks Corp. as the top java seller in the country.
__22__ (launch) about a year ago, the local challenger is confident it’s got a winning model: small coffee outlets that __23__ (outnumber) Starbucks cafes by year’s end, an app that rushes out deliveries in about 18 minutes and lots of steep discounts, Chasing the entrenched rival, it’s burning through $130 million a year, according to the Xiamen-based company on China’s southeast coast.
“China is Starbucks’ best and most profitable market now, __24__ it took them nine years of making huge losses,” said Chief Strategy Officer Reinout Schakel in an interview in Beijing this week. “We will be __25__ (fast) than that.”
Questions abound whether Luckin can parlay customer discounts and media hype into as powerful a brand as its rival. Starbucks reported last month that comparable sales growth __26__ be as low as 1 percent over the long term, sparking concern __27__ competition and cannibalization are taking their toll.
Seeking to shift focus __28__ its competition with Starbucks, Schakel said that Chian has enough potential __29__ (sustain) more than on chain. Even as it mounts its challenge, Luchin still looks to Starbucks to lead the way with __30__ considerably larger resources in promoting coffee consumption in China.
“Of course we are competitors, but ultimately we both want the market to grow,” he said.
Section A
Directions: After reading the passage below, fill in the blanks to make the passages coherent and grammatically correct. For the blanks with a given word, fill in each blank with the proper form of the given word; for the other blanks, use one word that best fits each blank.
China’s coffee upstart is pouring millions into overtaking Starbucks
Luckin Coffee, a Chinese startup that’s banking on selling cappuccinos to on-the-go coffee worker, __21__ (spend) millions of dollars a year opening outlets to unseat Starbucks Corp. as the top java seller in the country.
__22__ (launch) about a year ago, the local challenger is confident it’s got a winning model: small coffee outlets that __23__ (outnumber) Starbucks cafes by year’s end, an app that rushes out deliveries in about 18 minutes and lots of steep discounts, Chasing the entrenched rival, it’s burning through $130 million a year, according to the Xiamen-based company on China’s southeast coast.
“China is Starbucks’ best and most profitable market now, __24__ it took them nine years of making huge losses,” said Chief Strategy Officer Reinout Schakel in an interview in Beijing this week. “We will be __25__ (fast) than that.”
Questions abound whether Luckin can parlay customer discounts and media hype into as powerful a brand as its rival. Starbucks reported last month that comparable sales growth __26__ be as low as 1 percent over the long term, sparking concern __27__ competition and cannibalization are taking their toll.
Seeking to shift focus __28__ its competition with Starbucks, Schakel said that Chian has enough potential __29__ (sustain) more than on chain. Even as it mounts its challenge, Luchin still looks to Starbucks to lead the way with __30__ considerably larger resources in promoting coffee consumption in China.
“Of course we are competitors, but ultimately we both want the market to grow,” he said.
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