Question

The engineer Camillo Oliver was 40 years old when he started the company in 1908. At his factory in Ivrea, he designed and produced the first Italian typewriter(打字機(jī)). Today the company's head office is still in Ivrea, near Turin, but the company is much larger than it was in those days and there are offices all around the world.

By 1930 the company had 700 workers and it turned out 13,000 machines a year. Some went to offices and homes in Italy, but more typewriters were sold to other countries.

Camillo's son, Adriano, started working for the company in 1924 and later he became the boss. The production(生產(chǎn)) line was improved a lot and some top engineers in technology and design fields worked for him. The company developed new and better typewriters. More and more people became interested in their products. In 1959 it produced the ELEA computer system. This was the first mainframe(主機(jī)) computer designed and made in Italy.

After Adriano died in 1960, the company had a period of financial(財政) problems. Other companies, especially the Japanese, made faster progress in electronic technology than the Italian company.

In 1978, Carlo de Benedetti became the new boss. Olivetti increased its marketing and service networks and made agreements with other companies to design and produce better office equipment(設(shè)備). Soon it became one of the world's leading companies in information technology and communications. There are now five companies in the Olivetti group---one for personal computers, one for other office equipment, one for systems and services, and two for telecommunications.

1.What fact does the passage provide?

A. By 1930 Olivetti produced over 1,000 typewriters each month.

B. Olivetti made more money in the 1960s than in the 1950s.

C. Some of Olivetti's 700 workers often visited users in Italy.

D. Olivetti set up offices in other countries from the very beginning.

2.From the text we know that Olivetti

A. produced the best typewriter in the world.

B. designed the world's first mainframe computer.

C. sold more typewriters abroad than other companies.

D. has five companies with its head office in Ivrea.

3.Which of the following can be the best title of the passage?

A. Camilla Olivetti’s Career

B. The Success of Olivetti

C. The History of Olivetti

D. The Production of Olivetti

 

Answer 1

1.A

2.D

3.C

【解析】

試題分析：本篇文章為記敘文。主要講述意大利的計算機(jī)和電信集團(tuán)Olivetti(好利獲得)公司的建立、發(fā)展。

1.細(xì)節(jié)判斷題。根據(jù)文章第二段By 1930 the company had 700 workers and it turned out 13,000 machines a year可知該公司每月應(yīng)產(chǎn)出1000臺左右的機(jī)器，故選A。

2.最后一段的There are now five companies in the Olivetti group---one for personal computers, one for other office equipment, one for systems and services, and two for telecommunications和第一段的Today the company's head office is still in Ivrea, near Turin可知該公司有五家分公司，總公司在Ivrea，故選D。

3.文章主要介紹的該公司的發(fā)展歷程，故選C。

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