2011届高考复习6年高考4年模拟分类汇编: 第三章阅读理解 第三节人物传记类 第一部分六年高考题荟萃 2010年高考题 Passage 1 (10·安徽A篇) The engineer Camilla Olivetti was 40 years old when he started pany in 1908. At his factory in Ivrea, he designed and produced the first Italian typewriter. Today pany’s head office is still in Ivrea, near Turin, but pany 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 pany turned out machines a year. Some went to customers in Italy, but Olivetti exported more typewriters to other countries. Camillo’s son, Adriano, started working for pany in 1924 and later he became the boss. He introduced a standard speed for the production line and he employed technology and design specialist. pany developed new and better typewriters and then calculators(计算器). In 1959 it produced the puter system. This was the first mainframe(主机) computer designed and made in Italy. After Adriano died in 1960, pany had a period of financial problem. panies, especially the Japanese, made faster progress in electronic technology than the pany. In 1978, Carlo de Benedetti became the new boss. Olivetti increased its marketing and works and made agreements with panies to design and produce more advanced office equipment. Soon it became one of the world’s panies in information technology mucations. There are now five panies in the Olivetti group—one for puters, one for other office equipment, one for systems and service, and two for munications. the text we learn that A. by 1930 Olivetti produced 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 57. What was probably the direct result of Olivetti’s falling behind in electronic technology A. Adriano’s death period of financial problems C. Its faster progress D. Its agreements with panies. 58.
