【单选题】
In this section you will find after each of the passages a number of questions or unfinished statements about the passage, each with 4A,B,C、andD、choices to answer the question or complete the statement. You must choose the one which you think fits best.Blacken the corresponding letter as required on your Machine-scoringANSWER SHEET.
While some international {{U}}couriers{{/U}} are showing signs of exhaustion,EMSExpress Mail Service), the generic name for the courier services of post offices, seems to be finding its {{U}}stride{{/U}}. Known asDatapost inBritain, asChronopost in France, and asA1-Barid al-Mumtaz in SaudiArabia,EMS is now second in the international courier business (jointly with TNT Skypack). Last year it delivered 5.6 million items, weighing less than 20 kilograms each, across borders. That and its annual growth rate of around 5 percent have worriedDHL, the market leader, enough for it to counter-attack in theCourts.
On October 26, aDutch judge ruled againstDHL on all three counts filed against theDutch post office: that the three-initial name was too close toDHL’s; that the orange lines in theEMS logo were too similar toDHL’s dark red ones; and that the claim to the widest route system in the world was unfounde
D、DHL has threatened the Swiss post office with similar action, but it may reconsider after theDutch ruling.
EMS has some advantages over the private couriers. One is a dense ready-made network of offices, especially inEurope, the avowed target area of the private couriers.Another advantage is a long tradition of working with customs authorities. In a business where minutes count, it pays to have good friends at customs. That advantage particularly irritates the private couriers because there is no legal way to combat such unquantifiable coziness.
The private courier services are also annoyed because in countries like Switzerland and Italy, where the post office is officially a monopoly, they pay it a fee. In SwitzerlandDHL says it pays more than SFr lm ($ 708,000) "to the competition" each year. In France the couriers have won a battle for exoneration.
Although governments are under little pressure to keep prices artificially low,EMS is often cheaper than the private couriers, but not always.A、recent test inBritain (on a domestic route) showedDatapost about halfway between the least and the most expensive, but gave it full marks for speed and service.
Each nationalEMS is free to set its rates and follow its own rules on things like bulk discounts. The Universal Postal Union, based inBerne, determines how costs and revenues are split between sending and receiving countries, and standardizes procedures. More than 100 postal administrations have linked into the system—and more are coming, including Russia’s. That makes the feistyEMS particularly happy since its rivals have not been allowed to serve anywhere in RussiA、
B．When wasEMS set up
C．How many countries have startedEMS
D、What items are not allowed inEMS
网考网参考答案：A
网考网解析：
[分析] 是非题型 选项A的内容在第三段中有提及；且在第一段、第二段及最后一段提到几个已经有了或正要启动EMS服务的国家，但没提及具体数目；因此A为答案。 document.getElementById("warp").style.display="none"; document.getElementById("content").style.display="block"; 查看试题解析出处>>
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