One thing about Huawei is easy to understand: its (36) . In Paris on May 7th the Chinese telecoms company showed off the Ascend P7, a sleek smart phone (37) with the speedy fourth-generation mobile-phone networks being built in many countries. Huawei started pushing its own brand of smart phones only in 2011, but by 2013 it was the world’s third-biggest vendor. (38) it is still far behind the leaders, Apple and Samsung, it hopes that phones like the P7 will help it (39) the gap. In 2013 this part of its operations brought in about 70% of its revenue of 239 billion yuan. Huawei’s (40) and management are less well understood. Some American politicians and competitors regard the company as little better than a front for the Chinese state, partly because Ren Zhengfei, its chief (41) , was an engineer in the People’s Liberation Army before he founded Huawei in 1987. Its network equipment has in effect been (42) out of the American market. However, Huawei has always denied being under the state’s thumb. Unlike Alibaba and other Chinese technology companies that have sought stock market listings, Huawei has no such plans. Huawei’s system, he believes, fosters a (43) view that will help it overtake listed competitors. Nor does he think that going public would (44) Huawei’s difficulties in America. "It might take ten or 20 years for the United States to know that Huawei is a company with (45) ," he said. Meanwhile, Huawei will put its energy into more welcoming markets. A. shut B. ambition C. integrity D. short-term E. compatible F. honesty G. ownership H. enlarge I. bridge J. decrease K. long-term L. however M. executive N. alleviate O. Though