The engineer Camilla Olivetti was 40 years old when he started the company in 1908. At his factory in Ivrea, he designed and produced the first Italian typewriter. 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 there was a staff of 700 and the company turned out 13.000 machines a year. Some went to customers in Italy, but Olivetti exported more typewriters to other countries.
Camillo’s son, Adriano, started working for the company in 1924 and later he became the boss. He introduced a standard speed for the production line and he employed technology and design specialist. The company developed new and better typewriters and then calculators(計(jì)算器). In 1959 it produced the ELEA computer system. This was the first mainframe(主機(jī)) computer designed and made in Italy.
After Adriano died in 1960, the company had a period of financial problem. 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 more advanced office equipment. Soon it became one of the world’s leading companies in information technology and communications. There are now five independent companies in the Olivetti group—one for personal computers, one for other office equipment, one for systems and service, and two for telecommunications.
小題1:From the text we learn that            
A．by 1930 Olivetti produced 13.000 typewriters a year
B．Olivetti earned more in the 1960s than in the 1950s
C．some of Olivetti’s 700 staff regularly visited customers in Italy
D．Olivetti set up offices in other countries from the very beginning
小題2:What was probably the direct result of Olivetti’s falling behind in electronic technology
A．Adriano’s deathB．A period of financial problems
C．Its faster progressD．Its agreements with other companies.
小題3:What do we know about Olivetti?
A．It produced the best typewriter in the world.
B．It designed the world’s first mainframe computer.
C．It exported more typewriters than other companies.
D．It has five independent companies with its head office in Ivrea.
小題4:The best title for the text would be            
A．The Origin of Olivetti.B．The Success of Olivetti.
C．The History of OlivettiD．The Production of Olivetti.

小題1:A
小題2:B
小題3:D
小題4:C

試題分析：本文敘述了意大利的Olivetti公司的歷史發(fā)展過程。它于1908年成立，它起初是意大利第一個(gè)生產(chǎn)打字機(jī)的工廠，后來提高了技術(shù)生產(chǎn)了更多更好的打字機(jī)，在1959它設(shè)計(jì)并制造了意大利的第一臺(tái)電腦。現(xiàn)在公司有5個(gè)獨(dú)立的小公司，但總部還是在Ivrea.
小題1:這是細(xì)節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)By 1930 there was a staff of 700 and the company turned out 13.000 machines a year.年生產(chǎn)量為13.000故選 A。
小題2:這是細(xì)節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)After Adriano died in 1960, the company had a period of financial problem. in 1960公司有一次財(cái)政危機(jī)，故選B。
小題3:這是細(xì)節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)Today the company’s head office is still in Ivrea, near Turin There are now five independent companies in the Olivetti group，Olivetti group現(xiàn)在有5個(gè)獨(dú)立的小公司，但總部還是在Ivrea， 故選D。
小題4:這是標(biāo)題歸納題。根據(jù)整篇課文來看Olivetti 的發(fā)展歷史，故選C。
點(diǎn)評(píng)：文章標(biāo)題是文章的點(diǎn)睛之筆。標(biāo)題歸納題在英語閱讀理解題中屬深層理解題，它要求考生在通讀全文的基礎(chǔ)上，準(zhǔn)確把握文章大意及作者的寫作意圖。一般說來，標(biāo)題應(yīng)該具有概括性、針對(duì)性、簡(jiǎn)潔性三個(gè)突出特點(diǎn)。其中概括性，是指標(biāo)題應(yīng)最大程度地覆蓋全文，囊括文章的主要內(nèi)容，體現(xiàn)文章的主題；針對(duì)性，是指標(biāo)題的含義要直接指向文章的主要特點(diǎn)；而簡(jiǎn)潔性，則是指標(biāo)題應(yīng)言簡(jiǎn)意賅，能吸引讀者的注意力，并喚起讀者對(duì)文章的閱讀興趣等。
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