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China has become Volvo's third largest market, with more of its car models to go on sale in the world's largest auto（汽车） market this year, Chief Executive Office (CEO) of Volvo Cars China said in Tianjin.

Alexander Klose, CEO of Volvo Cars China, told Xinhua at the Ninth Tianjin International Automobile Trade Show, being held from Friday to Wednesday.

Klose said Volvo Cars had entered a new time of fast development, adding that its sales volume in China roared in 2010.

Up to the end of September, Volvo's global sales volume was up 12.5 percent year on year（同年比）, compared with 52 percent year-on-year rise in China, he said.

Two new Volvo sales centers opened in Beijing within merely one week in early October, about two months after east China's Zhejiang Geely Holding Group Co acquired（购得）the Swedish brand from the US auto giant Ford for $1.5 billion in early August.

Klose said he was confident of seeing tremendous(巨大的) growth in China's auto market in the next five years. "As the Chinese government has increased the tax rate for large displacement （排量）cars already, we now have a lot of cars below three liters（升）, and I think we'll stick to that strategy, as you can see now the XC60 which was introduced today is just two liters," he said.

"As the technology advances, we'll probably even see 1.6 liter engines or 1.5 liter engines in the future," he added.

Volvo Cars is not the only automaker hoping to take advantage of China's rapidly growing auto market.

Bentley, the famous British luxury（豪华） carmaker, will open a new sales center in China at Tianjin Thursday, which is the 11th one in China, according to a press release（新闻发布） by Shanghai-based Zenith Integrated Communications Corp (Zenith) Saturday at the auto show.

Zenth is the public relations agent of Bentley in China. The automaker has sold 421 limousines（大型豪华轿车） to China in 2009, and the goal for 2010 is 777, the release said.

【小题1】           The word underlined in the third paragraph would probably be___.      

A. shouted loudly                                          B. increased in large numbers

C. reduced rapidly                                           D. burned brightly

【小题2】           From this passage we can infer that ___.                       

A. The Ninth Tianjin International Automobile Trade Show was held from Friday to Wednesday.

B. Volvo Cars is a world-famous carmaker in Britain.

C. Of all the auto sales volume Volvo sales volume is only number one in China

D. Volvo sales centers are developing very fast in China recently

【小题3】           The text is mainly about____.                       

A. China Becomes Volvo's 3rd largest market

B. Volvo Cars in China

C. Volvo Sales Volume in China

D. Carmakers in China

【小题4】           How many carmakers are mentioned in this passage which opened and will open new sales centers in China recently?                                 

A. One                              B. Two                              C. Three                           D. Four

Answer

【           B

【           D

【           A

【           B

【解析】

试题分析：

【            猜测词义题。根据上文内容是指沃尔沃在中国的销售数据大量增加。故B正确。

【           推理题。根据文章内容可知在中国沃尔沃的销售中心的发展也非常迅速。故D正确。

 A项是文章中已经给出的信息，所以不对；由第三段的Geely Holding Group Co acquired（购得）the Swedish brand from the US auto giant Ford for $1.5 billion in early August.可知volvo是吉利控股集团从美国福特手中购得的瑞典的品牌，故B不对；沃尔沃不是唯一一家在中国销售量第一的品牌，还有其他的品牌，比如宾利等，所以C不对。

【           主旨大意题。文章主要就是关于沃尔沃在中国的迅速发展，成为沃尔沃第三大市场。

【           细节题。根据文章倒数第二段Bentley, the famous British luxury（豪华） carmaker, will open a new sales center in China at Tianjin Thursday可知宾利在中国也将有新的销售中心，文章还提及了沃尔沃也有新的销售中心，故B正确。

考点：本文是一篇新闻类的文章。