China has become Volvo's third largest market, with more of its car models to go on sale in the world's largest auto(汽車(chē)) market this year, Chief Executive Office (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 Cars 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(同年比), 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(購(gòu)得)the Swedish brand from the US auto giant Ford for $1.5 billion in early August.
Klose said he was confident of seeing tremendous(巨大的) 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(升), 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(豪華) carmaker, will open a new sales center in China at Tianjin Thursday, which is the 11th one in China, according to a press release(新聞發(fā)布) by Shanghai-based Zenith Integrated Communications Corp (Zenith) Saturday at the auto show.
Zenth is the public relations agent of Bentley in China. The automaker has sold 421 limousines(大型豪華轎車(chē)) to China in 2009, and the goal for 2010 is 777, the release said.
小題1:The word underlined in the third paragraph would probably be___.      
A.shouted loudlyB.increased in large numbers
C.reduced rapidlyD.burned brightly
小題2:From this passage we can infer that ___.                       
A.The Ninth Tianjin International Automobile Trade Show was held from Friday to Wednesday.
B.Volvo Cars is a world-famous carmaker in Britain.
C.Of all the auto sales volume Volvo sales volume is only number one in China
D.Volvo sales centers are developing very fast in China recently
小題3:The text is mainly about____.                       
A.China Becomes Volvo's 3rd largest market
B.Volvo Cars in China
C.Volvo Sales Volume in China
D.Carmakers in China
小題4:How many carmakers are mentioned in this passage which opened and will open new sales centers in China recently?                                 
A.OneB.TwoC.ThreeD.Four

小題1:B
小題2:D
小題3:A
小題4:B
文章是關(guān)于這個(gè)汽車(chē)市場(chǎng)的迅猛發(fā)展,讓很多世界汽車(chē)巨頭在中國(guó)大力開(kāi)拓市場(chǎng)。
小題1:B 猜測(cè)詞義題。根據(jù)本文內(nèi)容是指沃爾沃在中國(guó)的銷(xiāo)售數(shù)據(jù)大量增加。故B正確。
小題2:D 推理題。根據(jù)文章內(nèi)容可知在中國(guó)沃爾沃的銷(xiāo)售中心的發(fā)展也非常迅速。故D正確。
小題3:A 主旨大意題。文章主要就是關(guān)于沃爾沃在中國(guó)的迅速發(fā)展,成為沃爾沃第三大市場(chǎng)。
小題4:B 細(xì)節(jié)題。根據(jù)文章倒數(shù)第二段Bentley, the famous British luxury(豪華) carmaker, will open a new sales center in China at Tianjin Thursday可知賓利在中國(guó)也將有新的銷(xiāo)售中心,文章還提及了沃爾沃也有新的銷(xiāo)售中心,故B正確。
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