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(C) How SABMiller beats Anheuser in global makets.

(D) The success of SABMiller in China.

7. What makes Snow beer one of the best-selling beers in China?

(A) The company has special technologies.

(B) Snow beer tastes better.

(C) The company has adopted an effective marketing strategy.

(D) CR Snow has purposely bought cheaper assets from SABMiller.

8. The word "affluent" in paragraph 4 can be replaced by ______.

(A) wealthy

(B) populous

(C) influential

(D) fluent

9. Which of the following is TRUE according to the article?

(A) SABMiller is an America-based beer company.

(B) Snow beer is now being sold all around the world.

(C) Beer sales in the U.S. and Western Europe dropped recently.

(D) Snow beer is welcomed by both youths and 50-year-olds.

10. What can be concluded from this article?

(A) Tsingdao beer is less tasty than Snow beer.

(B) Anheuser-Busch used to be the largest beer company in Europe.

(C) SABMiller spent $700 million in building new breweries.

(D) Snow beer is likely to become the biggest seller in SABMiller.

Questions 11~15

In the information technology industry, it is widely acknowledged that how well IT departments of the future can fulfil their business goals will depend not on the regular updating of technology, which is essential for them to do, but on how well they can hold on to the people skilled at

manipulating the newest technology. This is becoming more difficult. Best estimates of the current shortfall in IT staff in the UK are between 30,000 and 50,000, and growing.

And there is no end to the problem in sight. A severe industry-wide lack of investment in training means the long-term skills base is both ageing and shrinking. Employers are chasing experienced staff in ever-decreasing circles, and, according to a recent government report, 250,000 new IT jobs will be created over the next decade.

Most employers are confining themselves to dealing with the immediate problems. There is little evidence, for example, that they are stepping up their intake of raw recruits for in-house training, or retraining existing staff from other functions. This is the course of action recommended by the Computer Software Services Association, but research shows its members are adopting the