填空题
{{B}}PART SIX{{/B}}
{{B}} · In most lines of the following text, there
is one unnecessary word. It is either grammatically incorrect or does not fit in
with the sense of the text.
· For each numbered line 41—52, find
the unnecessary word. Some lines are correct. If line is correct, write
CORRECT.{{/B}}
With IBM clearly on top in the early 1960s, Watson took in one of
(41) ______
the biggest gambles in
corporate history. He proposed of spending
(42) ______
more than $5 billion—which about three times IBM% revenues
at (43) ______
the time to
develop a new line of computers that would make
the company's existing
machines obsolete. The goal was to
replace for specialized units with a
family of compatible computers (44)
______
that could fill what every data-processing need. Customers could start
(45) ______
with small computers and move up as their
demands increased, (46)
______
taking their old software along with them. If this flexibility
inspired (47) ______
in the name System/360, after the
360 degrees in a circle.
(48) ______
Ultimately, as System/360, which revolutionized the
industry, proved (49) ______
to be wildly
successful as well. Because IBM's base of installed
(50) ______
computers jumped from 11,000 in early 1964 to
35,000 in 1970, (51)
______
and with its revenues more than doubled, to $7.5 billion. At the same
(52) ______
time, IBM's market value soared from
about $14 billion to more than $36 billion.