剑桥商务英语中级模拟20.doc

Test 7 READING 1 hour READING PART ONE Questions 1—7 ·Look at the statements and the short news below. ·Which news does each statement 1—7 refer to. ·For each sentence, mark one letter A, B, C or D oh your Answer Sheet. ·You will need to some of the letters more than once. 1. One of the purposes of entering China is to have a better idea of Chinese market. 2. Its products are sold to over 195 countries. 3. One hundred million dollars will be invested. 4. Government departments are one of its major consumers. 5. This company is going to invest heavily in China to develop its information technology. 6. It is an American company devoted to the development of computer software. 7. It has been voted the best multinational company in Asia. A The Santa Cruz Operation Incorporate (SCO), a US-based software developer, opened a representative office in Beijing yesterday. Founded in 1979, SCO has become the worlds leading developer and supplier of software for UNIX systems. The new office in Beijing will bring SCO closer to Chinese customers and help it understand the massive Chinese market better, said Lars Turndal, SCOS president and chief executive officer. SCO will mainly target government, departments, key industries and service institutions. B US computer giant International Business Machines (IBM) last week announced that it will invest at least $100 million in information technology projects in China. This makes IBM the first foreign company to become involved in the countrys top information infrastructure project, C Coca-Cola has been voted the top international company in Asia, according to a recent survey published by the Far Eastern Economic Review, a major Asian magazine. Readers of this and other prominent Asian economic magazines choose Coca-Cola from among 500 large international companies in Asia. Cola-Cola is now the worlds largest beverage company serving 685 million drinks per day in more than 195 countries. D GRD, the manufacturing giant, plans to cut 1