阅读理解Thecountry’stoptradeunionhascalledonallforeigncompaniesoperatinginChinatoestablishunionbranches．TheAll-ChinaFederationofTradeUnions(ACFTU)urgedforeign

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　　The country’s top trade union has called on all foreign companies operating in China to establish union branches．

　　The All-China Federation of Trade Unions(ACFTU)urged foreign companies to follow the example of Wal-Mart which has initiated a process of setting up unions in all its stores throughout the country reported the Xinhua News Agency．

　　At a pace of close to one a day the US retail giant has established union branches in all 62 of its China outlets since the first one was formed at Wal-Mart’s Jinjiang Fujian Province store on July 29．

　　The move was hailed as a “historic breakthrough” by the ACFTU with Wal-Mart finally giving up its passive resistance to trade unions and agreeing to full co-operation in establishing branches in its stores．

　　ACFTU Vice-President Xu Deming called on unions to learn from the experience and set up more branches in foreign companies especially those that rank in the top 500 list．

　　Notably Xu slammed multinationals such as Foxconn Kodak and Dell for their long time refusal to allow the establishment of trade unions and called on unionists at all levels to make the establishment of branches at those companies bases in China “breakthrough goals”．

　　Xu said resistance from foreign companies sprung from their lack of understanding of the status and function of Chinese trade unions which they consider opponents．

　　“A trade union should unite and organize employees boosting the development of a company guarding employees’ rights and maintaining harmony in the workplace ” said Xu．

　　“Our experience with Wal-Mart shows that as long as foreign companies’ apprehension can be dispelled they will support our work and take a positive and active attitude．”

　　Sixty per cent of the more than 150 000 foreign invested companies in the country are expected to have their own trade unions by the end of this year Xu predicted．

　　( China Daily 10/14/2006 Page 2)

(1)

What does the underlined word mean in the second paragraph?
[　　]
A．	Started．
B．	Injected
C．	Completed．
D．	Rage．

(2)

Which one is not the purpose of the trade union according to the passage?
[　　]
A．	Unite and organize employees．
B．	Boosting the development of a company．
C．	Guard employees’ rights and maintain harmony in the workplace．
D．	Get more money for the workers．

(3)

How many foreign invested companies in the country are expected to have their own trade unions by the end of this year?
[　　]
A．	150 000．
B．	90 000．
C．	70 000．
D．	80 000．

(4)

What is the best title of this passage?
[　　]
A．	Foreign firms called on to set up unions
B．	Foreign firms in China
C．	The importance of the trade uninon
D．	More foreign firms in China ?

Answer 1

答案：1．A;2．D;3．D;4．A;
解析：
(1) 单词猜义题。initiate“开始，开创”。 (2) 细节推断题。答案在倒数第三段。“A trade union should unite and organize employees boosting the development of a company guarding employees’ rights and maintaining harmony in the workplace”。 (3) 细节推断题。答案在倒数第一段。“Sixty per cent of the more than 150 000 foreign invested companies in the country are expected to have their own trade unions by the end of this year Xu predicted．”。 (4) 主旨考查题。总结全文可知答案为A项。