The engineer Camilla Olivetti was 40 years old when he started the pany in 1908. At his factory in Ivrea, he designed and produced the first Italian typewriter. Today the pany’s head office is still in Ivrea, near Turin, but the 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 the pany 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 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. The pany developed new and better typewriters and then calculators(计算器). In 1959 it produced the ELEA puter system. This was the first mainframe(主机) puter designed and made in Italy.
After Adriano died in 1960, the pany had a period of financial problem. Other panies, especially the Japanese, made faster progress in electronic technology than the Italian pany.
In 1978, Carlo de Benedetti became the new boss. Olivetti increased its marketing and service networks and made agreements with other panies to design and produce more advanced office equipment. Soon it became one of the world’s leading panies in information technology and munications. There are now five independent panies in the Olivetti group—one for personal puters, one for other office equipment, one for systems and service, and two for telemunications.
【小题1】From the text we learn that A．by 1930 Olivetti produced 13.000 typewriters a yearB．Olivetti earned more in the 1960s than in the 1950sC．some of Olivetti’s 700 staff regularly visited customers in ItalyD．Olivetti set up offices in other countries from the very beginning【小题2】What was probably the direct result of Olivetti’s falling behind in electronic technologyA．Adriano’s deathB．A period of financial problemsC．Its faster progressD．Its agreements with other panies.【小题3】What do we know about Olivetti?A．It produced the best typewriter in the world.B．It designed the world’s first mainframe puter.C．It exported more typewriters than other panies.D．It has five independent panies with its head office in Ivrea.【小题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.A
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(答案→)A
解析：本文叙述了意大利的Olivetti公司的历史发展过程。它于1908年成立，它起初是意大利第一个生产打字机的工厂，后来提高了技术生产了更多更好的打字机，在1959它设计并制造了意大利的第一台电脑。现在公司有5个独立的小公司，但总部还是在Ivrea.
【小题1】这是细节理解题。根据By 1930 there was a staff of 700 and the pany turned out 13.000 machines a year.年生产量为13.000故选 A。
【小题2】这是细节理解题。根据After Adriano died in 1960, the pany had a period of financial problem. in 1960公司有一次财政危机，故选B。
【小题3】这是细节理解题。根据Today the pany’s head office is still in Ivrea, near Turin There are now five independent panies in the Olivetti group，Olivetti group现在有5个独立的小公司，但总部还是在Ivrea， 故选D。
【小题4】这是标题归纳题。根据整篇课文来看Olivetti 的发展历史，故选C。