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1、高二英语限时阅读训练(十三)AChinahasbecomeVolvo’sthirdlargestmarket,withmoreofitscarmodelstogoonsaleintheworld’slargestautomarketthisyear,ChiefExecutiveOffice(CEO)ofVolvoCarsChinasaidinTianjin.Dr.AlexanderKlose,CEOofVolvoCarsChina,toldXinhuaattheNinthTianjinInternationalAutomobileTradeShow,being
2、heldfromFridaytoWednesday.KlosesaidVolvoCarshadenteredanewtimeoffastdevelopment,addingthatitssalesvolumeinChinaroaredin2012.UptotheendofSeptember,Volvo’sglobalsalesvolumewasup12.5percentyearonyear（同年比）,comparedwith52percentyear-on-yearriseinChina,hesaid.TwonewVolvosalescentersopened
3、inBeijingwithinmerelyoneweekinearlyOctober,abouttwomonthsaftereastChina’sZhejiangGeelyHoldingGroupCoacquiredtheSwedishbrandfromtheUSautogiantFordfor$1.5billioninearlyAugust.KlosesaidhewasconfidentofseeingtremendousgrowthinChina’sautomarketinthenextfiveyears.“AstheChinesegovernmentha
4、sincreasedthetaxrateforlargedisplacement（排量）carsalready,wenowhavealotofcarsbelowthreeliters,andIthinkwe’llsticktothatstrategy,asyoucanseenowtheXC60whichwasintroducedtodayisjusttwoliters,”hesaid.“Asthetechnologyadvances,we’llprobablyevensee1.6literenginesor1.5literenginesinthefuture,
5、”headded.VolvoCarsisnottheonlyautomakerhopingtotakeadvantageofChina’srapidlygrowingautomarket.Bentley,thefamousBritishluxurycarmaker,willopenanewsalescenterinChinaatTianjinThursday,whichisthe11thoneinChina,accordingtoapressreleasebyShanghai-basedZenithIntegratedCommunicationsCorp(Ze
6、nith)Saturdayattheautoshow.ZenithisthepublicrelationsagentofBentleyinChina.Theautomakerhassold421limousines（大型豪华轿车）toChinain2011,andthegoalfor2012is777,thereleasesaid.56.Thewordunderlinedinthethirdparagraphwouldprobablybe___.A.shoutedloudlyB.increasedinlargenumbersC.reducedrapidlyD.
7、burnedbrightly57.Fromthispassagewecaninferthat___.A.TheNinthTianjinInternationalAutomobileTradeShowwasheldfromFridaytoWednesdayB.VolvoCarsisaworld-famouscarmakerinBritainC.OfalltheautosalesvolumeVolvosalesvolumeisonlynumberoneinChinaD.VolvosalescentersaredevelopingveryfastinChinarec
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