· rEAD thE pAssAgE BElow ABout volkswAgEn.
· For EACh quEstion (23 -28),-ChoosE thE CorrECt AnswEr.
· mArk onE lEttErA,B、orC、on yourAnswEr shEEt.

{{B}} thE history oF volkswAgEn{{/B}} FErDinAnD porsChE stArtED work on thE "pEoplE" CAr with monEy hE rECEivED From thE gErmAn govErnmEnt. in 1938 hE rEturnED to gErmAny, FounDED volkswAgEn gmBh AnD stArtED proDuCtion with his nEwAmEriCAn mAChinEry in wolFsBurg, lowEr sAxony. CommErCiAl proDuCtion stoppED During thE wAr AnD FACtory AnD its 9,000 workErs FEll intoBritish hAnDs in 1945.AFtEr thE wAr thEBritish hElpED thE loCAl EConomy By orDEring 20,000 CArs But DECiDED not to tAkE ovEr thE CompAny As thEy DiD not think it hAD A FuturE. instEAD, hEinriCh norDhoFF took ovEr As mAnAgingDirECtor AnD thE volkswAgEn suCCEss story BEgAn. within FivE yEArs AnnuAl proDuCtion wEnt From 20, 000 to 230, 000 CArs AnD thE CompAny FounDED its First southAmEriCAn suBsiDiAry, volkswAgEn DoBrAzil s.A、in 1949 thE First Exports to thE usA、ArrivED in nEw york, whErE thEy wErE DEsCriBED As ’BEEtlE-likE’ AnD thE vwBEEtlE lEgEnD wAs Born. thirty-two yEArs lAtEr thE 20 millionthBEEtlE rollED oFF A volkswAgEn DE mExiCo proDuCtion linE. in 1960 volkswAgEn BECAmE A puBliC limitED CompAny vAluED AtDm 600 m. thE CompAny ContinuED its gloBAlizAtion By sEtting up its own proDuCtion FACilitiEs inAustrAliA (1957), nigEriA (1973) AnD jApAn (1990) whilE ExpAnDing into thE usA、(1976) AnD spAin (1986) By Buying CAr mAnuFACturErs. thE CompAny Also jEt up A joint vEnturE inChinA (1982). politiCAl EvEnts At thE EnD oF 1989 gAvE vw thE opportunity to movE into CEntrAlEuropE, whErE it soon BEgAn proDuCtion in thE FormErEAst gErmAny AnD ExpAnDED into thECzECh rEpuBliC、 toDAy volkswAgEnAg isEuropE’s lArgEst CAr-mAkEr with 242,770 EmployEEs AnD A turnovEr oF $65 Bn. with nEw vErsions oF thE worlD’s two most suCCEssFul CArs, thEBEEtlE AnD thE golF, thE FuturE For vw looks EvEry Bit As Bright As its pAst.

BEtwEEn 1945 AnD 1950 proDuCtion inCrEAsEDA．

A、EvEry yEAr By 20, 000.

B．

B、From 20,000 to 230, 000.

C．

C、By 20,000 to 230, 000.