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  3. Read the news item below about a company that runs health and fitness clubs. Choose the best word to fill each gap from A, B, C

Read the news item below about a company that runs health and fitness clubs. Choose the best word to fill each gap from A, B, C

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问题 Read the news item below about a company that runs health and fitness clubs.
Choose the best word to fill each gap from A, B, C or D on the opposite page.
                         Fighting Fit
    Fine Fitness, the health and fitness club operator, an impressive set of results yesterday.  (19)   a 38-per-cent jump in annual pre-tax profits, the company claimed that it had  (20)   none of the problems  (21)   last week by its rival, Top Fit. According to Samantha Collier, the chief executive, Fine Fitness  (22)   strong and is on  (23)   to reach its target of 100 clubs within three years, its strategy unaffected by the apparent  (24)   down of the economy.
    The company opened 12 new clubs in the past year,  (25)   its total to 51. They have  (26)   to be highly successful, with people joining in large numbers, especially in the 25-to-40 age range. Even the more  (27)   clubs are still seeing sales growth, along with rising retention  (28)   of more than 70 per cent. This can be seen as clear  (29)   of the appeal of Fine Fitness. Ms Collier admitted that as there were  (31)   too many companies competing with one another, there would almost certainly be  (31)   in the health-and-fitness-club sector of the market. She predicted that, within a relatively short time, there might be only about three major companies still in  (32)   However, she declined to say which these were likely to be. Profits rose by ~6.3 million, although there was a fall in gross margins from 31 per cent to 28.6 per cent because of higher insurance  premiums,  extra management costs  and  start-up expenses for the company’s new  (33)   in Spain.
选项 A、union
B、consolidation
C、alliance
D、combination
答案B
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