一.reading
part one
questions 1-7
. read these sentences and the following business index.
. which advisor each sentense (1-7) describe?
. for each sentence mark one letter (a , b ,c ,d or e) on your answer sheet.
example
the company invests a large sum of money in high technology.
answer: e

1. it is engaged in the expansion of a telecommunications line.
2. no other steel industries have such a high rating. .
3. the company is the chief holder of a british company\’s shares.
4. as much as forty million u. s. dollars are invested in Chinese Taiwan.
5. it has business transactions with an american company.
6. the company gets a very high interest rate from its stocks.
7. agreements were signed between two companies about technological cooperation.

a. telecom asia corporation limited (thailand )
-it serves as international advisor in connection with the debt and equity financing for a us $3 billion telephone line expansion project in bangkok. (current)
b. singapore telecom international pte. ltd. (singapore)
- it acquires its 50/00 interest in cambridge holding ltd. ,the controlling shareholder of cambridge cable ltd. of the u. k. (6/1992)
c. pohang iron 6 steel co. ,ltd. (korea) .
in connection with its ratings with standard & poor\’s and moody\’s investor services. the company obtained the highest rating of any steei company in the world. (ii/1991)
d. goldstar co. ,ltd. (korea)
in its investiment in ,and technology agreements with ,zenith electronics of the u. s. -the first transaction of this type in korea. (2/1991 )
e. concord venture capital co. , ltd.(Chinese Taiwan) \’
-structured ,marketed to investors and made a principal investment in the fund with total equity of nt $ 940 million(us $ 40 million) to invest in Chinese Taiwanese high-technology venture capital opportunities. (i/1991)