（广东省专用）高考英语总复习模块3 阅读理解课件（新人教版）_高考复习指南

（广东省专用）高考英语总复习模块3 阅读理解课件（新人教版）

　　[2010·安徽改编]

　　The engineer Camillo Oliver was 40 years old when he started the company in 1908.At his factory in Ivrea, he designed and produced the first Italian typewriter. Today the company’s head office is still in Ivrea, near Turin, but the company is much larger than it was in those days and there are offices all around the world. 专题六│ 专题预测 By 1930 there were staff of 700 and the company 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 company in 1924 and later he became the boss. He introduced a standard speed for 专题六│ 专题预测 the production line and he employed technology and design specialists. The company developed new and better typewriters and then calculators(计算机)．In 1959 it produced the ELLA computer system. This was the first mainframe computer designed and made in Italy. 专题六│ 专题预测 After Adriano died in 1960, the company had a period of financial problems. Other companies, especially the Japanese, made faster progress in electronic technology than the Italian company.

　　In 1978, Carlo de Benedetti became the new boss. Olivetti increased its marketing and service networks and made agreements with other companies to design and produce more 专题六│ 专题预测 advanced office equipment. Soon it became one of the world’s leading companies in information technology and communications. There are now five independent companies in the Olivetti Group—one for personal computers, one for systems and services, and two for telecommunications. 专题六│ 专题预测 ()1.From the text we learn that ________. A．by 1930 Olivetti produced 13,000 　　 typewriters a year