PART FOUR· Read the article below about the UK cycle industry.· Are sentences 16-22 on the opposite page ’Right’ or ’Wrong’ If there is not enough information to answer ’Right’ or ’Wrong’, choose ’Doesn’t say’.· For each sentence (16-22), mark one letter (A, B or C) on your Answer Sheet. CYCLES MOVE WITH THE TIMES Times have been hard for the UK cycle industry. Poor weather and competition from abroad have had a serious effect on sales. Manufacturers have had to cut back and last month more than 40 job losses were announced at Cycle World, one of the country’s main bicycle factories in Leicester. But the company says it is fighting to win back customers, using such strategies as improved after-sales and bikes built to specific customer requirements. Two years ago, Cycle World sold off its bike-making machinery in an effort to cut costs and save money. The company’s Leicester factory is now only an assembly plant as most of the parts are imported. The company produces half a million bikes a year across the full Cycle World range, with nearly all of these being sold in the UK. Production is largely done by hand. Workers use the batch production method - everyone making up to 600 bikes of a particular model at any one time. At the height of its success, Cycle World employed 7,000 people but, like many areas of manufacturing, it has since shrunk. Its 1950s purpose- built factory now employs just 470 permanent workers, with numbers rising to 700 as temporary staff are taken on to meet seasonal demands in sales. Cycle World is providing a more personal service to regain market share.
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· Look at the notice below. It shows a list of stands at a trade fair.· For questions 6-10, decide which stand (A-H) each person on the opposite page needs to visit.· For each question, mark one letter (A-H) on your Answer Sheet.· Do not use any letter more than once. TRADE FAIR STANDSA CIP System: Internal Telephone SystemsB Bertix pie: Top-of-the-Range Portable ComputersC Aurora Ltd: Hands-Free Mobile Phones for VehiclesD FastCo Ltd: Distribution ServicesE Tops Recruitment Agency: Specialists in ManagementF HTML Ltd: Website Marketing and Internet AdvertisingG Journey. com: Travel Agency for the Business ExecutiveH FTA: Finance for Training Sophie Jones wants professional help in finding good candidates for senior posts in her computer software company.
· Read part of a letter below from Andrew Trellis inviting you to a business reception at which your company will receive an award. We are pleased to inform you that your company has won this year’s Business 2003 Award. The award will be presented at a reception at the Park Hotel on February 19. I would be grateful if you would let me know as soon as you can whether you will be able to attend and, also, whether you would be prepared to give a short talk during the evening.· Write a letter to Mr Trellis:· thanking him for the award· suggesting a topic for the talk· saying what equipment you will need· asking whether some members of staff can also attend.· Write 60-80 words on your Answer Sheet.· Do not include any postal addresses. Dear Mr Trellis
· You will hear a radio interview with George Johnson, Managing Director of Media-X, an organisation which invests in internet companies.· For each question (23-30), mark one letter (A, B or C) for the correct answer.· After you have listened once, replay the recording. Which of these UK companies has expanded into other countries
A. NetTrade.com
B. TravelDeals.com
C. OrderFree.com
· You will hear a radio interview with George Johnson, Managing Director of Media-X, an organisation which invests in internet companies.· For each question (23-30), mark one letter (A, B or C) for the correct answer.· After you have listened once, replay the recording.
A. George Johnson started to invest in internet companies because the internet A. already had considerable educational value. B. was increasingly popular in Europe. C. was becoming easier to use.