2nd year IT Advanced reading and writing assessment 1

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

·         Look at questions 1-5

·         In each question, which phrase or sentence is correct?

·         For each question mark the correct answer A, B or C

1.

The supply department will provide overalls.

The company provides

A   an overcoat

B   a uniform

C   a suit

2.

Mrs. Rothe called- she’s unavailable for the meeting tomorrow

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.

19.2.2020 Mike called yesterday to say he’s flying to Turkey tomorrow.

Mike is flying to Turkey on

A   18 February

B   19 February

C   20   February

4

European sales have recovered this year.

Compared to last year, European sales have

A   improved

B   remained steady

C   decreased

5

Thank you for your enquiry of 18 February

The company received a letter asking for

A   a delivery date

B   information

C   an order

                                               

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.

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”