China has become Volvo’s third largest market, with more of its car models to go on sale in the world’s largest auto market this year, Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of Volvo Cars China said in Tianjin.
Alexander Klose, CEO of Volvo Cars China, told Xinhua at the Ninth Tianjin international Automobile Trade Show, being held from Friday to Wednesday. Klose said Volvo Car had entered a new time of fast development, adding that its sales volume in China roared in 2010. Up to the end of September, Volvo’s global sales volume was up 12.5 percent year on year, compared with 52 percent year-on-year rise in China, he said.
Two new Volvo sales centers opened in Beijing within merely one week in early October, about two months after east China's ZhejiangGeely Holding Group Co acquired the Swedish brand from the US auto giant Ford for $1.5 billion in early August.
Klose said he was confident of seeing tremendous growth in China’s auto market in the next five years. “As the Chinese government has increased the tax rate for large displacement(排量)cars already, we now have a lot of cars below three liters, and I think we’ll stick to that strategy, as you can see now the XC60 which was introduced today is just two liters,” he said.
“As the technology advances, we'll probably even see 1.6 liter engines or 1.5 liter engines in the future," he added.
Volvo Cars is not the only automaker hoping to take advantage of China’s rapidly growing auto market. Bentley, the famous British luxury carmaker, will open a new sales center in China at Tianjin Thursday, which is the 11th one in China, according to a press release(新闻发布) by Shanghai-based Zenith Integrated Communications Corp (Zenith) Saturday at the auto show.
Zenith is the public relations agent of Bentley in China. The automaker has sold 421 limousines(大型豪华轿车) to China in 2009, and the goal for 2010 is 777, the release said.
67. The word “roared” underlined in the second paragraph would probably be___.
A. increased in large numbers B. shouted loudly
C. reduced rapidly D. burned brightly
68. From this passage we can infer that _______.
A. The Ninth Tianjin International Automobile Trade Show was held from Friday to Wednesday.
B. Volvo sales centers are developing very fast in China recently
C. Of all the auto sales volume Volvo sales volume is only number one in China
D. Volvo Cars is a world-famous carmaker in Britain.
69. The text is mainly about_______.
A. Carmakers in China B. Volvo Cars in China
C. Volvo Sales Volume in China D. China Becomes Volvo's 3rd largest market
70. How many carmakers are mentioned in this passage which opened and will open new sales centers in China recently?
A. One B. Three C. Two D. Four
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In the past ten years, America’s National Basketball Association (NBA) has grown increasingly dependent on the rest of the world to supply players.
When Michael Jordan and Larry Bird won gold in Barcelona in 1992, the Americans were praised for teaching the world how to play basketball. This season, however, 20 percent of NBA rosters(花名册) will be filled by non-Americans. NBA commissioner David Stem happily embraces the trend. On a visit to Paris in October, Stern outlined his vision for the future, which is likely to see Europe hosting NBA games by 2010.
The NBA is now planning to take China by storm.
“Our experience in China has been that it is going to be explosive in its growth,” said Stern. The strategy(战略,策略) in China is television. “We’ve made 14 deals in China with local and national networks on cable and satellite.” The success of Chinese centre Yao Ming has paved the way for the NBA marketing blitz in China. The NBA, which is broadcasted in more than 200 countries in 42 languages, will put that to the test in October 2004 when the Houston Rockets play two pre-season games against the Sacramento Kings in Beijing and Shanghai. The NBA knows that it needs a global market to compensate for tough times on home soil.
“It doesn’t matter where the players come from, all the NBA teams now know that they have to scout(寻找,觅得) internationally,” said Terry Lyons, the NBA’s vice-president of international public relations. “It has increased the level of competition here.” As Frenchman Tony Parker and Argentine Emanuel Ginobili showed in winning championship rings with the San Antonio Spurs last season, many people can earn the respect of their American peers. Others, such as the Houston Rockets’ Chinese centre Yao Ming — number one draft pick in 2002 — and the Detroit Pistons’ 18-year-old Serb Darko Milicic — number two overall in this year’s draft — are icons(偶像)in-waiting. It is the ultimate(最后的,根本的) revolution — the rest of the world teaching the US how to play basketball.
According to the report, .
A. Michael Jordan is still playing a very important role in NBA
B. the part played by the foreign players in NBA will be great
C. Yao Ming is to play two pre-season games in NBA
D. European countries will host the 2004 NBA games
The underlined phrase “take China by storm” has the meaning of _______ ___.
A. NBA intends to make China its “marketing center”
B. NBA is planning to set up some training centers in China
C. there’ll be a big storm when NBA comes to China to play against the Sacramento Kings
D. the NBA’s live basket games will be broadcasted on all the TVs in China
What seems to be the biggest change that is happening to NBA?
A. NBA is expecting more foreign players to join the league.
B. China’s rapid development in sports affects NBA.
C. Yao Ming has taken the place of Michael Jordan.
D. The NBA will stop teaching the world how to play basketball.
When the writer talked of “home soil”, he was referring to _ _.
A. farms in the States
B. native Americans
C. the NBA training center
D. the USA
Which of the following can be used as the best title for the passage?
A. The Non-American Basketball Players
B. NBA Is Coming to China
C. The Foreign Ties That Bind the NBA
D. NBA Is Making Big Progress
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A. What; which; which B. That; that; which C. What; that; which D. That; that; what
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A study shows that about two-thirds of typical Chinese Internet users use the computer for news,often entertainment-related, or for online games, music or movies, all of which can be downladed for free. Most people prefer messages to e-mails, and seldom do online shopping at all.
Although they are now depending on the Internet more often than before to communicate with others who have the same professions, hobbies and interests, online shopping still remains unpopular in China. Three-quarters of users surveyed have never bought anything over the Internet, and 10 percent do shopping even once a month.Among those who do buy online.most pay for entertainment while others buy phone cards, or computer hardwares or so of iwares.
"Many people don't trust the quality of goods bought online," the researcher said. "If they buy something in a store and don't like it, they can easily bring it back."
The survey was done in Beijing, Shanghai, Guangzhou, Chengdu and Changsha. There-
sults do not necessarily show the situation countrywide because internet use in the countryside is lower than in cities. The study showed that the typical netizensc网民) in the five cities are richer and more highly educated. Males make up two-thirds of the group, and more than 80 percent of users are under 24. As the age increases, the percentage of netizens decreases.
China has more than 20 million people online, however, forty-two percent say they do not use search engines.Others seek entertainment news, as well as information useful for work or study online. Baidu.com is used by half of those surveyed, compared with a quarter for Go-ogle, the leading search engine in the United States.
【小题1】The passage is mainly about .
A.shopping online | B.Internet use in China |
C.the typical Chinese netizens | D.popular search engines |
A.likes to send e-mails | B.likes to buy goods online |
C.likes to pay for entertainment | D.likes the games sites |
A.it is more difficult to return the goods |
B.most people haven't got computers |
C.people can't have a look at the goods |
D.goods bought online are of good quality |
A.Well educated. | B.Richer. | C.Female. | D.Young. |
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Here in China, as the awareness of climate change improves, realizing a low-carbon way of life, also known as reducing your carbon footprint, is a growing trend among young Chinese.
Zheng Xiyu works at 1. office in Beijing’s Central Business District.Every day, 2. takes her roughly 40 minutes to go to work by bus.But she is thinking of 3. (switch) to a different way of transport--a bicycle.When buying clothes, she will choose those purely made of cotton, 4. it takes less carbon to produce cotton clothes.She’s also adapting to a vegetable diet as livestock(家畜) can make many contributions 5. today’s most serious environmental problems.
A recent survey shows 6. 78% of all the 17,000 people questioned have developed environmentally friendly habits in their daily lives.They are doing things, such as taking reusable shopping bags to the store and setting the air conditioner at a temperature above 26oC in summer.
On many popular 7. (society) networking websites, people are advocating a low-carbon lifestyle.Their tips include using the stairs and public transport more frequently 8. elevators and cars.They hope this lifestyle 9. (become) more than just a trend within certain groups.
As the most populous nation on the planet with the world’s fastest growing economy, China has become the second biggest emitter(排放者) of greenhouse gases.The recent extreme weather in the southern regions reflects a serious environmental challenge.Experts say there is no time 10. (delay) with the effort to reduce carbon emissions.
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World Wildlife Fund ______ very much the efforts that China has made to protect endangered species from being further endangered.
A.enjoys |
B.appreciates |
C.thanks |
D.prefers |
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