Samsung is one of the world's leading companies and global brands. It began as a domestic producer. Through joints ventures, alliances and technology licensing agreements (技术批准协议) over the years, Samsung developed the capabilities to start exporting electronic product.Initially, it sold its branded products at a discount to its American and Japanese competitors to price-sensitive buyers in overseas markets. Besides, it added sales volume by obtaining relatively large orders as a private-label manufacturer for other foreign companies.To develop new products, Samsung invested in upgrading its market research and product development capabilities, raising the Research & Development (R&D) budget, conducting extensive consumer research, and setting up manufacturing and distribution operations in major export markets, which helped Samsung to the television and mobile phone markets in the 1980s and 1990s.41. Samsung began its business as ________.A. domestic manufacturerB. a joint ventureC. world's leading companyD. global brand
Samsung is one of the world's leading companies and global brands. It began as a domestic producer. Through joints ventures, alliances and technology licensing agreements (技术批准协议) over the years, Samsung developed the capabilities to start exporting electronic product. Initially, it sold its branded products at a discount to its American and Japanese competitors to price-sensitive buyers in overseas markets. Besides, it added sales volume by obtaining relatively large orders as a private-label manufacturer for other foreign companies. To develop new products, Samsung invested in upgrading its market research and product development capabilities, raising the Research & Development (R&D) budget, conducting extensive consumer research, and setting up manufacturing and distribution operations in major export markets, which helped Samsung to the television and mobile phone markets in the 1980s and 1990s. 41. Samsung began its business as ________. A. domestic manufacturer B. a joint venture C. world's leading company D. global brand
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我们来逐句分析这段文字，并找出第41题的正确答案。
原文关键句：
> "Samsung began as a domestic producer."
这句话明确指出三星最初是一家国内生产商（domestic producer），也就是“国内制造商”。
题目41：
Samsung began its business as ______.
选项如下：
A. domestic manufacturer
B. a joint venture
C. world's leading company
D. global brand
分析选项：
- A. domestic manufacturer：正确。这与原文“began as a domestic producer”完全对应，意思是“国内制造商”。
- B. a joint venture：错误。虽然文中提到三星后来通过合资企业（joint ventures）等方式发展，但这不是它最初的状态。
- C. world's leading company：错误。这是三星现在的地位，不是最初的情况。
- D. global brand：错误。三星现在是全球品牌，但最初只是国内生产商。
正确答案：
$\boxed{A}$