Times reported that sitting in a traffic jam for as little as one hour could be enough to trigger a heart attack. 2 . They have estimated that as many as one in 12 of all heart attacks could be caused by traffic pollution. . Of the victims, 450 had been in traffic just hours before they felt 3 ill. 75 were in traffic an hour or less before their symptoms appeared, and 175 had been exposed to traffic in the preceding three days. After 4 allowing for these factors, the researchers calculated that the risk of a heart attack tripled in the first Which text: 1. is an article in a newspaper? A 2. describes a potentially dangerous incident? 3. is written in reply to something? 4. refers to an insult of the writers daughter? 5. recommends ways to cope with lack of discipline? Which text gives you the answers to the following questions? 6. What exceptions are there to the rule “not to shout at pupils”? 7. What happened to Kathleen in school? 8. Why is it harmful to shout at children? 9. What are disruptions for on behalf of bad pupils in the class? 10. What does Ms Fletcher think of a particular teacher?
Part 4 Read the text and answer the questions. DO NOT use more than three words In your answer. The world’s biggest bazaar Almost everything is sold on eBay – it has transformed the way we shop, turning housewives into tycoons and the rest of us into obsessive bargain- hunters. Among the 971 million items sold on the site last year were huge quantities of antiques, cars and consumer electronics. A French computer rogrammer launched eBay in September 1 995 as a central location for trading collectors’ items: coins, stamps, back issues of comics and the like.
But soon everyone was visiting the new site and its shares were valued at $234 at the peak of the dotcom bubble. Its value fell following the dotcom crash, but shares are giving eBay a stock market value of $30bn ” greater than Of General Motors. unlike other dotcom companies, eBay still thrives. Last year about $23. 8bn-worth of goods were traded on the site and eBay itself made gross profits of $1. 75bn. There are almost 10S million users registered in 38 ountries around the world, some nine million in the I-JK.
Some regular eBayers have become so addicted to trading on the site that they ve set up their own businesses for items to sell online. In Britain, eBay’s popularity has grown to such an extent that the University of Birmingham this summer launched the first UK course on buying and selling on eBay. The big attraction for sellers is price. Sellers often find that they are TABLE to get prices for their goods that they could never get any other way. Fashion retailers say that they can sell out-of-season stock for 60p in the pound on eBay, whereas they ould get a mere 25p in the pound in the shop.
And for buyers, the thrill of the auction itself is highly addictive. Bidders obsessively track the progress Of the auction to see how their bid is faring. And eBay Will even send bidders mobile phone alerts to update them on the progress of the auction. The auction system works almost entirely on trust. Buyers and sellers agree to exchange money and goods usually on the basis of little more information than appears on the screen. Sellers post photos and descriptions of the items on eBay and may respond to email enquiries from potential bidders.
Auctions last anything from one to ten days. Often, the bulk of the bids come in the closing minutes. To improve trust, eBay uses a feedback system, with both sides posting comments about one another once the transaction is complete. In this way, regular traders can build reputation for honest dealing. Surprisingly, there is little fraud on eBay. The site is used increasingly to sell stolen goods, pirated CDs and fake designer items but the company employs 800 people to tackle the problem. Example: Q: What form of fraud has become more frequent recently on eBay?
A: Selling tolen goods (Do not use more than three words in your answer. ) 1. How much did eBay earn last year? 2. Which company has higher market value eBay or General Motors? 3. Which institution educates people on how to trade on eBay? 4. What attracts sellers? How can bidders be informed about auctions when they are not online? 6. What is the operation of eBay based on that makes it work? 7. What do sellers put up on the site to inform buyers about the items for sale? 8. At least how long an auction must be? 9. What tools ensures the maintaining of the trust on eBay?
