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北京外国语大学1999年基础英语试题 Part One Read the following and be prepared to answer questions: Hewlett-Packard Co. is aprimary engine of the Information Age economy. In 1997, it sold $43 billion worth of desktop computers, printers and other products on the global market, and the company reached a value of almost $70 billion on Wall Street. That year, Hewlett-Packard paid $25 million in compensation to its chairman, president and chief executive officer, Lewis H. Platt, and his three deputies. Hewlett- Packard also compensates the men and the women who clean the offices of Platt, his deputies and every-