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1 Zentralkommission für Englisch die Lehrabschlussprüfungen der kaufmännischen und der Büroangestellten Leseverständnis Lehrabschlussprüfungen für kaufmännische Angestellte 2002 Serie 1/4 Kandidatennummer: Name: Vorname: Datum der Prüfung: Erlaubtes Hilfsmittel: Wörterbuch Zeit: 40 Minuten Erreichte Punktzahl: Die Experten: Diese Prüfungsaufgabe darf 2002 nicht im Unterricht verwendet werden. Die Zentralkommission hat das uneingeschränkte Recht, diese Aufgabe für Prüfungs- und für Übungszwecke zu verwenden. Eine kommerzielle Verwendung bedarf der Bewilligung des Autors, des Inhabers des Urheberrechtes. HAG

2 Mobile phone airship By Paul Kendall Technology Correspondent 0. High above the clouds Huge unmanned airships twice the length of a football field could be used as airborne mobile phone masts. Floating well above the highest-flying jet planes, they would be the answer to fears over possible health risks from mobile phone masts. 1. A British company has such a craft complete with the high-tech equipment needed to deal with mobile phone signals. It was claimed yesterday that a fleet of 19 airships would be enough to replace all the mobile phone masts in Britain, which campaigners have linked to cancer and blood clots in the brain. 2. The airship, called StratSat, has also been designed to receive and redirect signals for television, digital radio, the Internet and observation services. Strat- Sat has the potential to revolutionise the way the world s communications systems are structured, said Roger Munk, chief technical director of the Bedfordshire-based Advanced Technologies Group (ATG). 3. He added: We have brought together the most advanced lightweight power and propulsion systems and materials that can withstand the greatest extremes of temperature and weather systems to create this phenomenal craft. The Strat- Sat will bring a sophisticated, practical and cost-effective solution to cater for the ever-expanding mobile and Internet markets. 4. The craft unveiled yesterday was a demonstration model, but the real thing will be 200 metres long. It is designed to float at a height of 60,000 feet and will be kept on station by a propeller driven by solar panels and a lightweight diesel engine. Its fabric made from a form of carbon used by Nasa is tougher than a bulletproof vest. The final craft will be 48 metres high and will be capable of holding its position for five years. 5. As well as replacing around 4,000 of the old mobile phone masts, ATG claims the network of airships could also take the place of the 10,000 new masts that will be needed to provide nationwide coverage for so-called third-generation mobile phones. These phones, expected in the shops within 18 months, will have the power of a laptop computer and will enable users to surf the Internet on their handsets. 6. In a sad reminder of the disasters that hit earlier generations of airships, the Strat- Sat has been built in the same gigantic hangar at Cardington, England, that once housed the tragic R101 airship. The R101 left Cardington in 1930 for India. It crashed into a hill in northern France with the loss of 46 lives. Daily Mail, July 13, 2001

3 Task 1 16 points Please look at the information grid below and scan the text for the information you need to complete it. Use key words. Example: The number of people in the crew 0 The health risks connected with mobile phone 1) masts 2) Number of airships needed to set up a national mobile phone net in the company s own country As well as telephones, what StratSat a) can also be used for b) c) d) Three positive aspects of StratSat a) b) c) Types of energy used in StratSat a) b) The airship will be used in place of these The features offered by third-generation a) mobile phones b) Planned destination of the R101 in 1930

4 Task 2 14 points The following paragraph headings are missing from the text. Choose the most suitable heading from the list A H for each paragraph of the article (1 6). There is one extra heading you do not need to use. Cross it out like this: Up in the sky One heading has been done for you: (0). A B C D New passenger service Hi-tech design and features at an acceptable cost The end to public health worries Strange coincidence E High above the clouds 0 F G H Half a decade in position Electronic revolution Helping the new mobile generation Bitte wenden!

5 MAN WHO INVENTED THE TV DINNER ONLY GOT $1,000 By JIM O BRIEN The father of the TV dinner earned only a trivial $1,000 bonus for his life-changing invention. But that was big money to marketing genius Gerry Thomas his salary was $300 a month at Swanson Food in He thought up the idea as a way to unload some chickens that Swanson couldn t sell. (1) His meal-in-a-box, ready to eat in 25 minutes, was an instant hit. Swanson sold 10 million in the first year (2) they hit the market at 98 each. Even the rich and famous loved them. Jackie Kennedy called Gerry and asked for TV dinners for Caroline s 7th birthday party. A few years later, (3) the company added Mexican dinners. Richard Burton was making The Night of the Iguana with Liz Taylor in Mexico. They called and asked if I could send a case. Gerry s inspiration came from the aluminum food tray that Pan Am was using to serve hot meals on overseas flights. But (4) their food ran together in the tray and Gerry knew Americans wouldn t like that. So he made a tray with sections that kept chicken, potatoes and sweetcorn separate. Another Swanson employee, 21-year-old cookery adviser Betty Cronin, helped to perfect the cooking time. By using (5) her college friends as guinea pigs, she worked it out so each course was ready after 25 minutes at 425 F. Despite Gerry s modesty, his marketing abilities speak for themselves. The idea was to attach a product to the most popular thing of those days and, of course (6) that was TV. Gerry Thomas But the real reason TV dinners flew out of the freezers was because American women loved (7) them. There were 19 million women working, says Gerry. A woman could still work and have a nutritionally balanced meal that tasted pretty good. And kids loved them, too. Kids say that it was the happiest time of their life Mom was out and they could make a TV dinner. Although Gerry left Swanson in 1970 after a heart attack, the company brought Gerry back last year as a spokesman for the 45th anniversary of the TV dinner. Gerry jokes that if he made a penny for every dinner sold, he d be rich. But he didn t and he s not complaining. The bonus seemed big at the time because (8) it was a third of my annual income. Today, Gerry s in the Frozen Food Hall of Fame an honor given to important people in the frozen food industry; his name is in concrete outside Mann s Chinese Theatre, and the final version of his aluminum TV dinner tray is in the Smithsonian Institute. The NATIONAL ENQUIRER, 2001 Aufgabenblatt i

6 Task 3 24 points Multiple choice: Choose the best answer a, b or c. 1) ) a) Gerry Thomas invention totally changed his life. ) b) Gerry Thomas invention made him a millionaire. ) c) Gerry Thomas thought his bonus was good. 2) ) a) Gerry Thomas invented the meal-in-a-box because he was a genius. ) b) The meal-in-a-box was created when Swanson had too many chickens. ) c) The meal-in-a-box sold very slowly after its introduction. 3) ) a) Because the meals only cost 98, only poor people bought them. ) b) Wealthy people bought meals-in-a-box, too. ) c) The meal-in-a box was only ever available in one type. 4) ) a) Gerry Thomas invented the idea of a meal in an aluminum tray himself. ) b) Gerry Thomas got the basic idea of the tray from an airline company. ) c) Gerry Thomas copied somebody else s original idea exactly. 5) ) a) The meal-in-a-box contained popular food. ) b) The meal-in-a-box also contained guinea pigs. ) c) The meal-in-a-box took 75 minutes to cook. 6) ) a) TV made the meal-in-a-box popular. ) b) The meal-in-a-box was the answer to working mothers meal problems. ) c) American kids didn t like to cook their own meals-in-a-box. 7) ) a) Gerry Thomas meal-in-a-box gave him heart problems. ) b) Gerry Thomas had a health problem that ended his career at Swanson. ) c) Gerry Thomas celebrated 45 years of working for Swanson in ) ) a) Gerry Thomas is a celebrated figure in his old industry. ) b) A life-size figure of Gerry Thomas has been made in concrete. ) c) Gerry Thomas very first aluminum tray is in the Smithsonian Institute. Task 4 16 points The words underlined and numbered in the text refer to expressions or ideas. What are these expressions or ideas? 1) His = 2) they = 3) the company = 4) their = 5) her = 6) that = 7) them = 8) it =