Coke's popularity grows steadily because of ______？A．its high quality of the productB．its

A.That's all right

B.Two beers,please

C.Coke for me,too

D.I don't feel like eating much

d bars around the world, Coca-Cola has nearly always been in the lead and Pepsi in second place. When Warren Buffett, Coke's long-time investor, told the board that he had visited a pizza parlour in Omaha, Nebraska, with his grandson only to discover it served nothing but Pepsi, Coke's bosses acted swiftly to remove their arch-rival from the menu and replace it with Coke.

If only the Atlanta-based company had moved as determinedly in response to changing consumer tastes, it might have avoided a humiliating reversal in fortunes. On December 12th PepsiCo overtook Coca-Cola in market capitalisation for the first time. With PepsiCo's share price having risen by 14% this year, its stock market value reached $98.4 billion, compared with $97.9 billion for Coca-Cola, which has seen its shares decline by 1.2% in the same period.

Pepsi is powered not by its traditional fizzy drinks—sales of those are flat—but such products as Gatorade, a sports drink that has seen sales grow by more than 30%. Gatorade also represents a broader diversification by PepsiCo away from a reliance on sugary colas and into other products. PepsiCo now reportedly gets around 20% of its revenue from soft drinks, unlike Coca-Cola, where they account for some 80%.

Many of the brands that PepsiCo has been acquiring and promoting appeal to consumers' concerns a bout their health. PepsiCo's latest advertising programme promotes a new "Smart Spot" symbol, which al lows people to identify healthier products. The spots are being attached to Gatorade and other PepsiCo brands such as Tropicana orange juice, Aquafina water, baked lay's crisps and Quaker Granola Bars.

Coca-Cola will now try to regain the crown. Having endured various troubles and two chief executives since the death in 1997 of Roberto Goizueta, a much-admired boss, Coke brought a veteran, Neville Isdell, out of retirement last year to reinvigorate the company. Mr. Isdell knows a thing or two about being in second place. In the 1980s he took Coke from the number two spot in the Philip pines to move ahead of Pepsi.

Mr. Isdell has Coke's own sports drink, Powerade, in his portfolio—but he could have had Gatorade. Five years ago another fizzy drink (champagne) was on ice, to celebrate Coca-Cola's $15.8 billion takeover of Quaker Oats, then owner of Gatorade. This takeover was supposed to lead Coke into what looked to be a hot new market for health drinks. But the "Sage of Omaha", as Mr. Buffett is known, blocked the deal, in part because it would have diluted the value of Coke's shares. Pepsi took over Quaker Oats instead—a memory that must leave Mr. Buffett and other Coke shareholders with a bitter taste in their mouths.

The story of Mr. Buffett is noted to suggest that

A．Mr. Buffett is the investor of Coca-Cola.

B．Pepsi is served in the pizza parlour.

C．Coke is now served in the pizza parlour.

D．Coke used to win the battle against Pepsi.

______ the popularity of robots in Japan, the country’s robot-production growth is slowing down.

A. As

B. Although

C. With

D. Despite

enjoyed by many fans all around the world.()

A.popular,fast

B.popularity,rapidly

C.popular,fast

D.popularity,fast

In the United State , soccer' s popularity began to grow rapidly in the late 1950' s.（）

此题为判断题(对，错)。

A. A Street Car Named Desire

B. The Hairy Ape

C. Long Day’s Journey into Night

D. Death of Salesman

A. Privilege

B. promotion

C. compliments

D. advantage

d into the some language in a number of differing versions.()

此题为判断题(对，错)。

A.Go/Gr期

B.S

C.G2

D.M