● Read the text below about financial help for businesses.
● Are sentences on the opposite page “Right” or “Wrong”?
● If there is not enough information to answer “Right” or “Wrong”, choose “Doesn’t say”.
● For each sentence , mark one letter A, B or C on your book.
● Do not use any letter more than once.
Financial Assistance for Companies The Training and Enterprise Council (TEC) in the City of Bohon is advertising financial grants to businesses located in the city to help them improve their computer systems and train staff in the latest software. This project has been launched in an effort to fight increasing competition from businesses located in neighboring regions.
Mrs. Maria Barker, Project Co-coordinator, explains how the project works：“Assistance is available to companies after an assessment of their activities and current systems. This assessment is carried out by an independent consultant.”
All advice is offered free of charge and the TEC can offer 50％of the cost of investing in up-to-date computer hardware, up to a maximum of￡5,000.Training will be provided by lecturers from Bolton Technology College.
Research shows that up to a third the companies in Bohon will benefit from this scheme. Those companies interested should apply by 19th November.
Assistance is available to multi-national companies.
文中第一段第一句提到financial grants to businesses located in the city，由此可知显然不是给跨国公司提供援助。故该题表述错误。business此处指“公司，企业”。
The main aim of the project is to make business in Bolton more successful.
第一段第二句指出该项目的目的是to fight increasing competiffon from businesses located in neighboring regions（帮助本地企业跟相邻地区的企业进行竞争），与题干中提到的（使Bolton的企业更加成功）意思相一致。
Mrs. Marker visits the companies in order to assess them.
第二段Barker女士最后一句指出“This assessment is carried out by an independent consultant”。由此可知评估是由独立的顾问进行，不是由Barker女士进行。故题干表述有误。
Companies are assessed during one day.
句意：所有公司的评估是在一天之内完成的。文中并未体现。
Companies can obtain financial help to replace old equipment.
第三段首句的后半句提到“The TEC can offer 50％of the cost of investing in up-to-date computer hardware.”（TEC可以给公司提供投资新电脑硬件所需费用的50％），与题干“公司可以获得经费援助来替换旧设备”表达内容相符。
Training will take place at the company premises.
句意：培训将在公司办公场所进行。文中并未提及。
The project will be helpful for the majority of businesses in Bohon.
最后一段第一句提到up to a third of the companies in Bohon will benefit from this scheme（oIton市高达1／3的公司将从这项计划中受益），显然不是多数公司能受益。由此可知题干表述有误。