文档介绍：Progress Test 1 (Units 1–4)
Listening You are going to hear part of a speech given by Lorenzo Zambrano, Chief
Executive of the pany Cemex. At the time of this speech, Cemex was
the world’s third largest cement producer. (Cement is a material used in
building.)
Mr Zambrano describes how and why pany became a pany.
You have one minute to read the questions below before you listen. You will
hear the speech twice.
1 Put the following events in the correct order according to when they
happened. Start with the event which happened first. Write a letter on each
line.
a) Cemex started expanding into Asia.
b) Mexico opened up its economy to foreign investors.
c) Cemex bought cement plants in Spain and South America.
d) There was a financial crisis in Mexico.
e) Cemex decided to e a pany.
f) Cemex acquired panies in the US.
g) Cemex took over two other Mexican producers.
1st event: ...................b
2nd event: ...................
3rd event: ...................
4th event: ...................
5th event: ...................
6th event: ...................
7th event: ...................
plete these sentences with the figures or dates that were given.
a) Cemex decided to globalise in the mid ............................ .
b) In the next ten years, Cemex increased production to
............................ tonnes.
c) Cemex invested