公共英语考试三级阅读理解模拟题：　　
　　Buick in China
　　The first Buick model off the line was just the beginning of General Motors'long march into the Chinese market.A total of 23,000 cars rolled out of the factory in 1999.This year,Shanghai GM Buick aims to produce 50,000 cars.
　　It is interesting to review the long negotiations with the Chinese government to set up Shanghai GM Buick.The biggest issue was who would supply the car parts and how the parts would get from the factory to the Buick plant.
　　A car is made up of more than 30,000 parts.Parts manufacturers in China don't have the technological know-how to make all the necessary parts.Therefore,at the beginning,about half the necessary parts will be shipped to Shanghai from North America.These parts are made at GM's Tillsonburg.Ontario facility.The trains carry the parts over 3,000 miles to the Port of Vancouver.From Vancouver,the parts are shipped to Shanghai.All told,the door-to-door delivery time is 17 days.But there may be a 42-day delay between steel plates leaving the steel works in America and arriving in Shanghai.To prevent the long-distance shipping and delay,Shanghai GM Buick has asked Shanghai Baoshan steelworks to produce plates of similar quality.
　　"Imported car parts are our biggest headache,"says Jay Hunt,"local suppliers are very responsive."To our surprise,however,the cost of localized production is much higher than buying from overseas.The reason is that although labor costs are low in China,wages comprise only 20%of the cost of producing car parts.Small-scale production in China makes production costs very high.The deputy general manager,Laurence Zahner said,"Only if the price of domestic parts drops 30%shall we be able to qualify for the international market."
　　Thankfully,a solution has appeared.Foreign car parts makers are coming to the Yangtse River Delta to set up joint ventures.Shanghai GM Buick will depend on those parts makers for car parts.Perhaps the Buick plant will not worry about the agreement with the Chinese partner any longer.The agreement says that in the first year of production,the Buick plant must have 42%of locally made parts,and in the second year,the locally made parts rise to 60%,and in the third year,80%.
　　1.What was the biggest issue in the negotiation between the Chinese government and General Motors?
　　A.Annual production of cars.
　　B.The location of Shanghai GM Buick.
　　C.Car parts and their shipment.
　　D.The price of domestic car parts.
　　2.How many car parts is a car made up of?
　　A.23,000
　　B.30,000
　　C.50,000
　　D.62,000
　　3.Who was the first supplier of the car parts to Shanghai GM Buick?
　　A.Baosteel steelworks.
　　B.Joint ventures in China.
　　C.GM's Tillsonburg.
　　D.The Buick plant in the Yangtse River Delta.
　　4.How does Shanghai GM Buick feel about the agreement on localization with Chinese partner?
　　A.Disappointed.
　　B.Hesitated.
　　C.Unhappy.
　　D.Confident.
　　5.With foreign car parts makers coming to the Yangtse River Delta,how does Shanghai GM Buick feel about the localized production of car parts?
　　A.The production cost is too high.
　　B.To carry out the agreement on localized production is impossible.
　　C.The quality of localized car parts must be improved.
　　D.The localization agreement can be carried out without any problem.
　　参考答案：CBCAD
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　　中国别克
　　第一款离线的别克车型只是通用汽车进入中国市场的漫长征程的开始。1999年，共有23000辆汽车从工厂出厂。今年，上海通用别克汽车计划生产50000辆汽车。
　　回顾与中国政府就建立上海通用别克汽车公司进行的长期谈判很有意思。最大的问题是谁来供应汽车零部件，以及这些零部件如何从工厂运到别克工厂。
　　汽车由3万多个零件组成。中国的零件制造商没有制造所有必要零件的技术专长。因此，在开始时，大约一半的必要零件将从北美运到上海。这些零件是在通用公司的Tillsonburg生产的。安大略工厂性能。火车把这些零件运到3000多英里外的温哥华港。从温哥华，这些零件被运到上海。总的来说，门到门的交货时间是17天。但是，从美国钢铁厂出发到上海的钢板之间可能要延误42天。由于长途运输和延误，上海通用别克要求上海宝山钢铁厂生产类似质量的钢板。
　　“进口汽车零件是我们最头疼的问题，”杰伊·亨特说，“当地的供应商反应灵敏。然而，令我们惊讶的是，本土生产的成本远高于从海外购买。原因在于，尽管中国的劳动力成本低，但工资只占生产成本的20%。汽车零部件。中国的小规模生产使得生产成本很高。副总经理劳伦斯·扎纳说：“只有国内零部件价格下降30%，我们才有资格进入国际市场。”
　　谢天谢地，一个解决办法出现了。外国汽车零部件制造商来到长江三角洲建立合资企业。上海通用别克将依赖这些零部件制造商生产汽车零部件。也许别克工厂将不再担心与中国合作伙伴的协议。在第一年生产时，别克工厂必须有42%的本地制造的零件，第二年本地制造的零件增加到60%，第三年增加到80%。