商务英语考试

【单选题】Passage 1Business GiantsIn the 20th century, businesses and industry changed in many ways. The “industrial age” ended and the “information age” began.But one famous information age company, IBM, actually started operations in the 19th century, in 1889. Now, an IT giant, IBM employs over 350,000 people around the world and has a revenue of about $100 billion. In its early days, the company made business machines for time-keeping and data-processing, and it marketed its products in the US
A、andCanad
A、IBM didn’t develop the first totally electronic and digital computer but they designed and produced the first digital computers for commercial purposes. Digital technology is essential to the success of companies such as Vodafone, one of the biggest telecommunications network companies in the worlD、Vodafone provides mobile phone services to over 200 million customers in nearly 30 countries. In 1984, the company started operating one of only two UK mobile phone networks. In the 1990s, the company expanded; it acquired other communications companies around the world and launched new services.Currently, Vodafone’s revenue is around￡30,000 million.In 1837, a partnership between two brothers-in-law made candles and soap. 170 years later, the company now a global corporation, owns brands such as Pringles,Braun,Duracell, Gillette and Pampers. William Proctor and James Gamble arrived in the US
A、fromEngland and Ireland respectively. They met through marrying sisters, Olivia andElizabeth Norris, whose father persuaded his sons-in-law to go into business together. The company survived the introduction of domestic electric lighting (this was the end of the market for candles) and the economic depression of the 1930s. They invested money in research and developed many new products in the first half of the 20th century. In the second half, P&G expanded by buying other companies. With over 135,000 employees today, P&G has a revenue of about $75,000 million.IBM sold its first products __________
A、all over the worlD、
B．inCanada and the US
A、
C．toBritish scientists.

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