阅读下列短文,从每题所给的四个选项(A、B、C和D)中,选出最佳选项,并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。
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TheengineerCamilloOlivettiwas40yearsoldwhenhestartedthecompanyin1908.Athisfactoryinlvera,hedesignedandproducedthefirstItaliantypewriter.Todaythecompany’sheadofficeisstillinIvrea,nearTurin,butthecompanyismuchlareerthanitwasinthosedaysandthereareofficesallaroundtheworld.
By1930therewasastaffof700andthecompanyturnedout13,000machinesayear.SomewenttocustomersinItaly,butOlivettiexportedmoretypewriterstoothercountr ies.
Camilllo’sson,Adriano,startedworkingforthecompanyin1924andlaterhebecametheboss.Heintr oduecdastandardspeedfortheproductionlineandheemployedtechnologyanddesionspecialists.Thecompanydevelopednewandbettertypewritersandthecalculators(计算器).In1959itprodycedtheELLAcomputersystem.Thiswasthefirstmainframe(主机)computerdesignedandbradeinItaly.
AfterAdrianodiedin1960,thecompanyhadaperiodoffinancialproblems.Othercompanies,especiallytheJanpanese,madefasterprogressinelectr onictechnologythantheItaliancompany.
In1978,CarlodeBenedettibecamethenewboss.Olivettiincreaseditsmarkingandservicenetworksandmadeagreementswithothercompaniestodesignandproducemoreadvancedofficeequipment.Soonitbecameone,oftheworld’sleadingcompaniesininformationgtechnologyandcommunications.TherearenowfiveindependentcompaniesintheOlivettigroup---oneforpersonalcomputers,oneforotherofficeequipment,oneforsystermsandservicse,andtwofortelecommunications.
56.Fromthetextwelearnthat__________.
A.by1930Olivettiproduced13,000typewritersayear
B.Olivettiearnedmoreinthe1960sthaninthe1950s
C.someofOlivetti,s700staffregularlyvisitedcustomersinItaly
D.Olivettisetupofficesinothercountr iesfromtheverybeginning
正确答案:A


