It can be inferred from Paragraph One that Boeing and Airbus______.A．have not suffered fro

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It can be inferred from Paragraph One that Boeing and Airbus______.

A．have not suffered from a reduction of new orders until this year

B．did not compete with each other intensely in the past

C．used to advertise their success in business at air shows

D．would have to resolve their rivalry as early as possible

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正确答案：C
推断题。第一段第一句指出波音和空客似乎已很久没有利用大型航空展宣传其赢得的多达数百架飞机的订单，言外之意是它们过去曾经做过这样的宣传，故选[C]。同时还可推断，这两家公司不是今年才遭受新订单减少的影响，这种状况似乎已经持续较长一段时间了，故可排除[A]；根据该段第一句得知，波音和空客之间过去就展开了激烈的竞争，该段第二句中的“still”也印证了二者的竞争对手关系南来已久，故排除[B]；本段并未提及波音和空客在面对困境时应尽早解决彼此间的争斗，故排除[D]。