高职国际英语 进阶综合教程2 unit1 练习题1.pdfVIP

Unit1Company-1

1.Fillintheblanksaccordingtothepassage“IsVolvoSwedish,

AmericanorChinese?”.

1)By1945Volvohadbecome______________outsideSweden,buttheyweretoo

expensiveformostpeople.

2)Accordingtotheirplan,GeelywilluseVolvo’stechnologyinits

______________andbuildafactorythatcanproduce300,000carsperyear.

3)TheHangzhou-basedcompanynotonlypaidFord$1.8billion,butalso

____________another$900millionintheproductionofVolvo.

4)_______________andkeepingthestandardswillnotbeeasy.

5)Thisisavery_____________planasonly30,000VolvosweresoldinChinain

2009.

6)AssarGabrielssonandGustavLarsonhadtheideatobuildcarsthatpeoplecould

driveonSweden’s_________roadsandduringSweden’s__________winters.

7)Fordthoughtitwouldmakeabig__________fromthisdeal,butitdidnot.

8)ItpromisedtochangeVolvofromacompanythatwasmakinga__________toa

companythatwouldmakeaprofit.

9)Geelydoesnothavethe____________tomanagealargecompanylikeVolvo.

2.TrueorFalse.

1)AssarGabrielssonwasanengineer.()

2)In1924,thefirstVolvocarwasmanufactured.()

3)In1999,VolvosoldthecarmanufacturingpartofitscompanytoFordMotor

Company,America,for$6.45billion.()

4)UnderChina’sregulations,foreigncarmanufacturerscanproducecarsby

themselvesinChina.()

5)Chinaistheworld’slargestautomobilemarketwithsalesof16millionin2010.

()

3.Translation.

1)ThisSwedishcompanyquicklybecameawell-knownproducerofcarsand

commercialvehicles,includingbuses,trucksandheavyconstructionmachinery.

2)ForVolvo,manufacturingcarsinChinaseemedessentialasitwantedtoincrease