English Test Unit 5 – To the IT trade fair (Year 2, block 2) Naam student Turab Hussain Klas 2D Datum 29-01-2021 Unit 5 To the IT trade fair Duur 60 minuten Aantal vragen 9 hoofdopdrachten Beoordeling Score: maximaal 100 punten Vanaf 55 punten of hoger heb je een voldoende: 5,5. TOETSSTOF / TOETSINHOUD • Reading • Word order • Vocabulary • Grammar: o Present Simple o Present Continuous Let op! De lay-out van deze toets mag niet veranderd worden: Je maakt de toets enkel door de juiste antwoorden in te vullen of te selecteren. Word order (5 points) Form correct sentences by putting the words in the correct order. Example: ought / while / you / to / once / represent / company / every / your /. You ought to represent your company once every while. 1. you / go / ever / main / did / in / to / office / the / Amsterdam? Did you ever go to the main office in Amsterdam. 2. is / at / John / software / quite / fixing / problems / good / . John is quite good at fixing software problems. 3. know / about / thing / printers / not / does / a / she / unfortunately / . She unfortunately does not know any thing about printers. 4. never / been / fair / a / have / to / trade / we / . We have never been at a trade fair 5. wanted / her job / at / help desk / Lisa / immediately / to / the / quit /. Lisa wanted to immediately quit her job at the help desk. Reading and vocabulary (5 points) Look at the following advertisement in which some words are missing. Fill in the gaps in the advertisement using the following words . There are afew extra words. rapid – amount – contacts – website – latest – enthusiastic – miss – badge 1st missing word: latest 2nd missing word: contacts 3rd missing word: enthusiastic 4th missing word: miss 5th missing word: website Reading and vocabulary (10 points) Complete the following email by choosing from the following words. enclose – hear – details – estimate – met – amount – whole – improve 1st missing word: met 2nd missing word: improve 3rd missing word: enclosed 4th missing word: details 5th missing word: estimate 6th missing word: amount 7th missing word: whole 8th missing word: hear (10 points) Read the following review about an IT trade fair in Verona. Are the following statements about the review correct or false? 1. “The writer of this review is quite negative about this year’s trade fair in Verona.” True 2. “The catering was quite good.” False 3. “The attendance list proves that the representatives from the established companies were absent.” True 4. “There were lots of visitors at the trade fair looking for companies that can fix their IT related problems.” False Reading 5. “According to the writer, the trade fair has changed its target group.” False Reading (10 points) Take a look at the following review about the topic ‘Reviewing IT products’ and answer the following questions by using one sentence only per question. 1. What is the writers main point in the first paragraph? Showing examples of how Ultrabook laptops have been defined by the regular user and then introducing the new HP envy 6 by telling it is not like the traditional ultrabook but that does not by any means, mean that it isn’t a good ultra book and actually can be used very well. 2. What is the writer’s opinion about the appearance of the product? He woud have liked the laptop to be without the “Beats” logo which would have it look nicer, also he isn’t that fond of the light-up power button and various HP and windows stickers but according to him those do not stand out much. He also dislikes the brushed aluminum look which will leave allot of fingerprints. The screen is also quite a bit bigger but that has not scaled with the resolution which stays at 1366 x 768, making the screen quality worse as well for the size you get. 3. What is the final point the writer makes in the last paragraph? That you are paying more for this Ultrabook despite having a faster hardddrive this being a HDD instead a SSD and you would pay a hefty amount if you would like to have the storage changed into it and also indicates what specifications he likes and dislikes about the Ultrabook. Reading (10 points) Read the text and answer the following questions. 1. Why should you visit trade fairs according to the text? To expand your network, by engaging with other companies and influential/useful persons. Which can build up your company but also learn about the newest developments. Seeing new suppliers which you can come into contact. Price changes which occur and see why that happens and make yourself relevant in front of everyone attending there. 2. What should a visitor focus on when visiting a trade fair? Meeting key people, visiting relevant events also listening at important persons and their speeches which can be informative since they also attract many people in one place. That gives you an opportunity to introduce yourself. 3. What tips does the writer give about networking at exhibitions? Everyone is wearing a badge and they have come for the purpose of getting to know about the market, products, prices and new suppliers and also make new contacts. Soo take the initiative and promote yourself and your business and make valuable contacts. Which will build you up. Vocabulary (10 points) Translate the following sentences to English. 1. Het bedrijf heeft dit jaar 13% minder omzet dan vorig jaar. The company has made 13% less revenue than the previous year. 2. Ik heb nog nooit met dit systeem gewerkt. I have never worked with this system. 3. Is zijn computer gisteren gehackt? Did his computer get hacked yesterday? 4. Kun jij dit toetsenbord repareren? Could you repair the keyboard. 5. Tom gebruikt nog steeds dezelfde oude software. The old software is still in use by Tom. Present Simple / Present Continuous (10 points) Select the correct form of verbs in the following sentences. 1. She said that she is living in Dubai. 2. They are going on vacation tomorrow. 3. Why are all these people here? What is happening? 4. Mr. Evans just left the office. He is promises to call you back. 5. Don’t put the dictionary away. I am using it. Are the underlined verbs OK? Correct them where necessary or type OK if they’re correct. 1 Nicky is thinking of giving up her job. 2 I’ve never eaten that fruit. What is it tasting like? thinks Does it taste 3 I’m not sure what she does. I think she works in a shop. OK 4 Look over there. What are you seeing? 5 You’re very quiet. What are you thinking about? OK OK Vocabulary and grammar (30 points) Choose 5 words from the vocab box below. With these five chosen words and the two grammatical concepts from the grammar box below, you write a coherent text in English. GRAMMAR BOX • Present Simple (2x) • Present Continuous (2x) • VOCAB BOX exhibitor – supplier – benefits – opportunities – browsing – attend – ensure – spending power – feature – key people – business card – networking – initiative – valuable – review – contacts – website – latest – enthusiastic – miss – trade fair – software – help desk – printer – office – occasionally – travel – airport – usually – enclose – hear – details – estimate – meet – amount – whole – improve – finish – contain – posted /posting – crash /crashed – charger – suddenly – paragraph – impression – main point – in order to – original – badge – summary/summarising – element – include – exclude – exchange – experience – ought to – represent – company – rapid – imply – busy – environment – browsing I was attending the yearly IT convention in New York which is held every December and I got really enthusiastic because for a few years I have been trying to get into the badges usually would sell out in the matter minutes. This year I got to be lucky and travelled all the way to New York and attend it, to learn how everything works and to gain experience and perhaps meet a few people which I can leave a good impression on since I dream of opening a company myself. The whole day just went on by so rapidly by meeting new persons and building up by network. This is the end of the test. You are expected to hand in your work via Teams in the assignment box.
