2012剑桥商务英语高级阅读理解精选题155 j+ @- W' x3 u: z
Summary of annual progress 0I am pleased to report another year of progress by the company. This
8 q2 i I& P- Y) w. A* f M/ M 00performance has been achieved in the most toughest market conditions we have2 r2 J( Z; V6 h" B) m
34seen for many years yet. It reflects the effort over the past five years that has
5 w }0 T- H' v! j5 `% ` 35gone into transforming of our company into a highly competitive world-classwww.examw.com
# E5 k( h) d/ M1 n4 [ 36business. Since 2002, we have managed to improve almost double our profits, and this
, N3 m# u n- {" ^; ^: ?2 T 37increase in profitability has been placed us at the top of the global glass industry.
1 z0 B3 X; v( C2 {1 e, H5 e: U 38We have managed to succeed this in difficult trading conditions for a number of
3 v; n$ u" A3 e% y9 u5 f7 c4 h' p1 G 39reasons, the most important of which has been from our ability to stay ahead
# t/ c, w7 a: d) Z 40of our competitors. We have refused to allow stand still and have continued to bring
) v' z6 W; i) W1 A" ]9 r0 Y 41out a number of new products, most of which are already on the sale in our key
) S9 @: Q: {; q: Y0 [( x! S 42markets. All this goes to confirm that the company's position as the recognised/ K$ l, {. L4 }' b1 U3 W
43industry leader in technical innovation. We realise that there is still much more to
0 d9 A/ ?6 g" e/ ~3 S 44be done, but we believe that we know precisely what extra this is and we have& k2 r( f6 T3 Y! z/ {
45already put into place organisational and technical changes to bring this about. |