Progress test 4
20.1 Grammar
Fill in the correct past simple form of the verb in (brackets).
Five years ago production at Greville Motors (1)(rise) to 53,000 cars a year. Then the dollar (2)(fall). Prices in America (3)(go) up and sales (4)(decline) dramatically. Greville then (5)(try) to increase sales at home and in other markets, especially Japan. It also (6) (stop) production of its cheapest model, the 670, and (7)(start) selling more expensive cars. For a short time this (8)(be) very successful. Now fill in the correct form of the present perfect.
This year (9)(not be) a good year for Greville. Sales (10)(begin) to fall again. Profits (11)(fall) to $30 m川
ion and the company (12) (cut) the number of employees to 8,600. 20?2 Grammar
Write short answers to these questions* 1 Have you read the sales report? Yes,.
2 Did sales go up last year? No,. 3 Will they go up next year? Yes,.
4 Did exports to the USA increase last year? Yes,. 5 Will they increase again next year? No,. 6 Has your boss seen the report too? No,.
203 Grammar
Complete these sentences with a suitable preposition. 1 Sales have risen 10%.
2 Production has increased 2,000 units to 2,500 units. 3 Sales usually increase Christmas time. 4 I'm sure there will be a fall interest rates. 5 Unemployment always increases winter.
6 I think there will be a rise 15% in production. 20.4 Language in use Write a suitable response to each sentence. 1 Thanks for arranging that. 2 The printer isn9t working. 3 Would you like me to call a taxi? 4 We need a new price list.
5 Would you like to see anything else tonight? 6 Give my regards to Maria.
20.5 Vocabulary Put the words in the box under the correct headings* Then add two more words to each group. exhibition rise unemployment museum production theatre increase decline wages fall restaurant inflation Entertainment Change exhibilicm
Business information
20.6 Listening
Listen to Joyce Morgan talking about prices in Europe and New York. The first time you listen, label the charts (A-C) with the names of the items in the box. The second time you listen, add the names of the city to the correct column for each item (1-9).
Apple iMac
Levi 501s
Timberland
boots
□ A ____________
2 3
□ B
□ C _____________
References
20.1
1 rose 2 fell 3 went 4 declined 5 tried 6 stopped 7 started 8 was 9 has not been 10 have begun 11 have fallen 12 has cut 20.2
1 Yes, I have. 2 No, they didn't 3 Yes, they will. 4 Yes, they did 5 No, they wont 6 No, he/she hasn't. 20.3
1 by 2 from 3 at 4 in 5 in 6 of 20.4
Suggested answers
1 You've welcome. / It was a pleasure. 2 PH call the Service department. 3 That's very kind of you.
4 Til phone the Service department. 5 No, thank you -.一 Fm very tired. 6 Thank you. I will. 20.5
Entertainment: museum, theatre, restaurant + cinema, opera ... Change: increase, decline, fall + go up, go down ...
Business information: production, wages, inflation + investments, markets ... 20.6
A Levi 501s B Timberland boots C Apple iMac 1 London 6 New York
2 Berlin 7 New York
3 New York 8 Berlin
4 Berlin 9 London
5 London
INTERVIEWER: ... and today in our consumers affairs slot we have Joyce Morgan to tell us some interesting
news about prices.
JOYCE:
If you think you'd like a holiday in New York but can't afford it, we've found the answer: go shopping! This may seem strange, but this week we've done some research on prices in Europe compared with those in New York. We looked at three popular consumer items: a pair of Levi 501s, an Apple iMac computer and a pair of men's Timberland boots. If you bought all three items in New York, you'd save an astonishing ￡314.25 over prices in London -■一 that's more than enough to cover a return flight and a hotel in New York!
INTERVIEWER: Thafs incredible! Tell us more. JOYCE:
Well, let's start with the boots. We found that in Berlin they cost ￡108, in New York
￡90.06, but in London a staggering ￡145! So in London the same pair of boots costs nearly
￡55 more than in New York. It was exactly the same for the Levi 501s. in New York they cost ￡24.85, in Berlin ￡57.80 and in London ￡59.95, well more than double the price!
INTERVIEWER: What about the iMac computer? JOYCE:
Again, the European prices were pretty close, while the price in New York was
substantially lower. In Berlin the iMac cost ￡1,009, in London it was 999.99, while in New York it was only ￡775.78.
INTERVIEWER: Well, thank you, Joyce. I'm sure 1 know where I'll be doing my shopping in future! JOYCE:
Yes, but don't forget, it's a long way home from the shops!
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