PARK COLLEGE OF ENGINEERING AND TECHNOLOGY, KANIYUR 641659
HS 8461 ADVANCED READING AND WRITING
SECOND YEAR INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY (2019-2020)
FIRST ASSESSMENT TEST
Reading
Questions
1-5
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Look at questions 1-5
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In each question, which phrase or sentence is correct?
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For each question mark the correct answer A, B
or C
1.
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The supply department will provide overalls.
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The company
provides
A an overcoat
B a uniform
C a suit
2.
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Mrs. Rothe called- she’s unavailable for the meeting tomorrow
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Mrs. Rothe
will
A be late for the meeting tomorrow.
B take part in the meeting tomorrow.
C not be at the meeting tomorrow.
3.
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19.2.2020
Mike called yesterday to say he’s flying to Turkey tomorrow.
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Mike is
flying to Turkey on
A 18 February
B 19 February
C 20
February
4
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European sales have recovered this year.
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Compared to
last year, European sales have
A improved
B remained steady
C decreased
5
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Thank you for your enquiry of 18 February
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The company
received a letter asking for
A a delivery date
B information
C an order
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Volkswagen: a history
Ferdinand Porsche started work on the ‘people’s car with money he
received from the German government in 1934. First of all he travelled to
America to learn about car production. Then in 1938 he returned to Germany,
founded Volkswagen GmbH and started production with he=is new American
machinery in Wolfsburg, Lower Saxony.
Commercial production stopped during the war and the factory and its
9,000 workers fell into British hands in 1945. After the war the British
helped the local economy by ordering 20,000 cars but decided not to take over
the company as they did not think it had a future. Instead, Heinrich Nordhoff
took over as Managing Director and the Volkswagon success story began.
Within five years annual production went from 20,000 to 230,000 cars
and the company founded its first South American subsidiary, Volkswagen do
Brasil SA. In 1949, the first exports to the USA arrived in New York, where
they were described as ‘beetle-like’ and the VW Beetle legend was born.
Thirty- two years later, the twenty-millionth Beetle rolled off a Volkswagen
de Mexico production line. In 1960, Volkswagen became a public limited company
valued at DM600m
The company continued its globalization. By setting up its own
production facilities in Australia (1957), Nigeria (1973), and Japan (1990)
while expanding into the USA (1976) and Spain (1986) by buying car
manufacturers. The company also set up a joint venture in China (1982). VW
moved into central Europe at the end of 1989, where it soon began production
in the farmer East Germany and expanded into the Czech Republic.
Volkswagen always had a close relationship with the Porsche, the sports
car manufacturer, and in 2011, the two companies merged to form one large
car- manufacturing group. Today, the Volkswagen group is the biggest motor
vehicle manufacturer in Europe and- after Toyota Group and General Motors(
which are number one number two respectively)- the third biggest car
manufacturer in the world.
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2. Read the above passage and answer the
following questions:
1. The
company was first registered in
A 1912 B 1938 C 1947
2. The
company produced its first car in
A 1920 B 1938 C 1947
3. The
company exported the first Beetle to the USA in
A 1949 B 1957 C 1976
4. How many
Beetles have been produced?
A 3 million B about 12 million C over 20 million
5. The
company opened a Chinese joint venture in
A 1977 B 1982 C 1994
6.
Volkswagen merged with Porsche in
A 2007 B 2009 C 2011
7. Porsche
produced the first Volkswagen car
A ten months after he received government
money
B three years after he received the government
money
C four years after he received the government
money
8. During
the war the company
A stopped producing cars completely
B stopped producing cars for sale to the
public
C continued producing cars as before
9. The
British did not take over the company because
A they did not think that it would survive
B They did not have enough money
C Nordhoff had already bought it
10. Between
1945 and 1950 production increased
A every year by20,000
B from 20,000 to 230,000
C by 20,000 to 230,000
3. Write a descriptive paragraph on’ My
best friend”
