There is a difference in US and UK usage for words referring to groups of people, like “company” and “team.” US (formal agreement, “team” is formally singular) — “The team is playing well today,” UK (notional agreement, the team is actually made up of multiple members) — “The team are playing well today.” I believe that UK English also allows for formal agreement when they want to stress that the people are acting as one unit, but I’ll let a British speaker give an example of that. Btw, in Mainland China, students generally learn US English and take the TOEFL… may I ask what you’re plans are?