14、Coca Cola’s secret is saved!

Three people have been arrested for trying to sell Coca-Cola company secrets to PepsiCo, according to the US Department of Justice.

Two men of Georgia and one man of New York City have joined in the trick to sell the Coke secrets to opponent Pepsi for $1.5 million. In May, PepsiCo told Coca-Cola that it had received a letter from a person calling himself "Dirk" offering "very detailed and secret information" about Coke’s products for a fee, according to the DOJ press release.

The FBI got its secret men to look into the case, and over the course of the next month gave the men envelopes with money in exchange for Coke secrets. Ibrahim Dimson of New York and Edmund Duhaney and Joya Williams of Georgia were arrested in Atlanta on Wednesday without incident, and charged with unlawfully stealing and selling trade secrets. Williams was a Coca-Cola employee.

"Sadly, today’s arrests include a person within our company," said Coke CEO Neville Isdell in an email to employees. "While this failure of trust is difficult for all of us to accept, it stresses the responsibility we each have to watch out in protecting our trade secrets." "Information is the lifeblood(生命線) of the company," Isdell continued. "As the health of our enterprise(事業(yè)) continues to strengthen, our ideas and our competitive data carry increasing interest to those outside our business."

A PepsiCo spokesman said that the company was pleased to be of help in the investigation(調(diào)查). "We did what any responsible company would do," said the spokesman. "Competition can be fierce, but it must also be fair and legal."

1.What do the words “a person” refer to in the fourth paragraph?

A. Ibrahim Dimson       B. Edmund Duhaney   

C. Joya Williams   D. Neville Isdell

2.What is the lesson of three men’s trying to sell Coca Cola’s company secrets?

A. The Coca-Cola company should strengthen the responsibility to protect trade secrets.

B. The Coca-Cola company shouldn’t employ any new employees.

C. The Coca-Cola company should fire some employees.

D. The Coca-Cola company should give the employees a rise.

3.What is the most expensive possession for a company?

A. Information          B. Equipment            C. Products     D. Fame

4.The relationship between PepsiCo and Coca-Cola is ___________.

A. terrible             B. not so good         

C. friendly                    D. uncertain