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). 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) 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) 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：工程師家奧利弗40歲時，他在1908創辦了公司。他的工廠在意大利，他設計并制造了第一個意大利打字機�，F在公司比當年大得多，在世界各地設有辦事處。到了1930年，公司有700名工人，一年出產13000臺機器。它很快成為一個世界領先的信息技術和通訊公司。

1.1】細節理解題。問題：這篇信息提供了什么事實？聯系原文：By 1930 the company had 700 workers and it turned out 13,000 machines a year. 句意：到了1930年，公司有700名工人，一年出產13000臺機器。聯系選項中第一項的描述，到了1930年有工人達到700人，平均每個月生產機械達到1000臺。因此第一項正確。故選A

2.2】細節理解題。問題：通過這篇短文我們能了解到奧利弗哪些信息？聯系原文：There are now five companies in the Olivetti group 句意：在奧利弗團隊中現在已經有五家公司。明確答案為第四項。故選 D

3.奧利弗創辦公司的過程，通過這些講述明確短文重點在介紹這個公司的發展歷史。結合選項第三項正確。故選C

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