Despite a string of dismal earnings reports, the two-year-old strategy to return the company to profitability is beginning to ______.
【正确答案】 D
【答案解析】- 方程等号:despite尽管,句内句意取反。
- 强词和对应:前文提到公司有一系列令人沮丧的收入报告,空格和dismal根据despite取反,体现他们两年的扭亏为盈的策略开始“不令人沮丧”,空格填入一个正向词。falter衰退,disappoint使失望,compete竞争,work起作用,circulate循环。答案选D。