Reading comprehension (part 1)

Read the five texts, items 1-5. Then read the headlines a-j. Decide
which headline a-j goes best with which text. Mark your answer on the
answer sheet in the boxes 1-5.




























1. Mitsubishi
Tokyo Financial Group, Japans second largest bank, said that it would
acquire ufj holdings, the weakest of the countrys big four
banks, to create the worlds biggest bank by assets. Sumitomo Mitsui
Financial Group, Japans third-largest bank, had attempted to outbid
its rival and take ufj for itself.

2. Google
settled a long-running patent dispute with Yahoo!, a rival internet
search
engine. Google will hand over shares worth some 300m dollars in
return for
Yahoo!s dropping of a lawsuit about technology used to serve up ads
with search results, Googles main source of revenue.

3. In a move
that plants it firmly in the vaccine business. Novartis, a large
pharmaceutical
firm based in Switzerland, offered to buy the 58% of shares it does
not
already own in Chiron, for 4.5 billion dollars. Based in California,
Chiron
earlier said it should be able to supply Americas flu vaccine this
winter. The plant that produces Fluvirin (in Britain) had its license
suspended
last year, but has since received a favorable inspection from American
regulators.

4. Oil prices
pushed above 70 dollars a barrel as Hurricane Katrina forced the
shutdown
of operations near America Gulf Coast, affecting 25% of the countrys
oil production. But the federal governments decision to loan crude
oil from its strategic stockpile to refiners to alleviate the crisis eased
process back below 70 dollars mark.

5. Frances
industry minister Francois Loos, said he would soon publish a list of
the
countrys strategic industrial sectors that will be protected from
foreign takeovers. Mr Looss comments came the same week that a
French
building-materials firm made a 5.4 billion euros for British rival


question 1
Text 1
A
Fares unfair
B
Workers' woes continue
C
Injecting some capital
D
Business in dangerous places
E
Economics focus
F
The economy
G
Katrina waves
H
Big banking
I
A share of the spoils
J
Fortress France


question 2
Text 2
A
Fares unfair
B
Workers' woes continue
C
Injecting some capital
D
Business in dangerous places
E
Economics focus
F
The economy
G
Katrina waves
H
Big banking
I
A share of the spoils
J
Fortress France


question 3
Text 3
A
Fares unfair
B
Workers' woes continue
C
Injecting some capital
D
Business in dangerous places
E
Economics focus
F
The economy
G
Katrina waves
H
Big banking
I
A share of the spoils
J
Fortress France


question 4
Text 4
A
Fares unfair
B
Workers' woes continue
C
Injecting some capital
D
Business in dangerous places
E
Economics focus
F
The economy
G
Katrina waves
H
Big banking
I
A share of the spoils
J
Fortress France


question 5
Text 5
A
Fares unfair
B
Workers' woes continue
C
Injecting some capital
D
Business in dangerous places
E
Economics focus
F
The economy
G
Katrina waves
H
Big banking
I
A share of the spoils
J
Fortress France


Reading comprehension (part 2)


Read the following text, choose the answers to questions 6 - 10 and
mark your answer - a, b or c- on the answer sheet.




THE WILD PHARMACOPOEIA





Among the collateral damage in East Asia's economic rise have been
thousands of tigers. New wealth has boosted demand for costly
traditional Chinese medicines. And the tiger is a living
pharmacopoeia: nearly every part of it has commercial value. So,
across Asia, poaching and smuggling have threatened the species'
existence. In India, alarmed by evidence that even fewer tigers survive
in the wild than had been thought, Prime Minister, Manmohan Singh,
appointed a task-force in March to consider what to do. Its members
published their report last month. Unhappily for the tiger, they
disagreed on one of the most important issues: what to do about the
people who share its habitat.
Still, four of the five members, including its chairman, Sunita Narain,
a well-known environmentalist, call for a radical new approach to
tiger conservation. The present strategies plainly not working. It
called for relocation of 66,500 families living in 1,500 villages in India's
28 tiger reserves. But since it was adopted, 30 years ago, only 80
villages and 2,900 families have been moved. Those left behind have
learned to see conservationists and the tiger as their enemies. Most are
tribal peoples and are among India's poorest, lacking any legal status
or right to their land. The ruling Congress party, perhaps seeing them
as useful potential supporters, has promised a "forest rights law", to
save them from legal limbo. This has been stalled, partly because of
the tiger controversy.
Ms Narain does not call for a halt to all relocation, but does argue for
a plan for co-existence, by giving people an economic stake in the
tiger's survival. The report argues that only by saving the forest-which
means helping the people who live there-can the tiger be saved.










Answer the following questions from the information given in the text.

question 6
The tigers in East Asia
A
are suffering from poachers and smugglers
B
are involved in smuggling and poaching
C
are not already suffering from poachers and smugglers


question 7
The task-force committee disagreed on
A
who should share tigers' habitat
B
tigers sharing their habitat
C
how to manage those living in tigers' habitat


question 8
The present strategies are not working because
A
it is going to be adopted in 30 years time
B
it is already working for 30 years now
C
it was not agreed how to adopt it 30 years ago


question 9
The ruling Congress party sees the tribal people as
A
promising because there is potential in them for ruling
B
promising because they cannot support themselves
C
promising because they will vote for them in the elections


question 10
The report suggests that in order to prevent the tiger from extinction:
A
the forest should be saved by making people's life easier
B
to save people themselves
C
to save the forest itself


Reading comprehension (part 3)
Read questions 11 20 and then the texts a l

In which of the texts can you find the information you are looking for?

For each of the items 11 20, decide which text goes with the situation
described.





















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question 11
If you travel by plane and need a quick and not costly vehicle directly
from the airport
A
a
B
b
C
c
D
d
E
e
F
f
G
g
H
h
I
i
J
j


question 12
If you want without paying to receive a motor insurance
A
a
B
b
C
c
D
d
E
e
F
f
G
g
H
h
I
i
J
j


question 13
If you want to make a successful career in management in Asia, have a
command of difficult situations and are inventive
A
a
B
b
C
c
D
d
E
e
F
f
G
g
H
h
I
i
J
j


question 14
If you want to have a special programme for your needs in
jurisdiction, accounts, trust funds and other types of business.
A
a
B
b
C
c
D
d
E
e
F
f
G
g
H
h
I
i
J
j


question 15
If you want to raise a fund in initiation of drilling wells in California
A
a
B
b
C
c
D
d
E
e
F
f
G
g
H
h
I
i
J
j


question 16
If you want to start a business in England and Wales and need all the
administrative information
A
a
B
b
C
c
D
d
E
e
F
f
G
g
H
h
I
i
J
j


question 17
If you want to be a partner with a company that works in the sphere
of new energy-saving technology
A
a
B
b
C
c
D
d
E
e
F
f
G
g
H
h
I
i
J
j


question 18
If you are looking for a holiday package to exotic places, which prices
are decent
A
a
B
b
C
c
D
d
E
e
F
f
G
g
H
h
I
i
J
j


question 19
If you want to perfect your knowledge and keep pace with business
reality
A
a
B
b
C
c
D
d
E
e
F
f
G
g
H
h
I
i
J
j


question 20
If you want to be acquire a prestigious job at Hamburg court of the
sea
A
a
B
b
C
c
D
d
E
e
F
f
G
g
H
h
I
i
J
j