Progress test 4 20.1 Grammar  Fill in the correct past simple form of the verb in (brackets). Five years ago production at Greville Motors (1) ________ (rise) to 53,000 cars a year. Then the dollar (2) ________ (fall). Prices in America (3) ________ (go) up and sales (4) ________ (decline) dramatically. Greville then (5) ________ (try) to increase sales at home and in other markets, especially Japan. It also (6) ________ (stop) production of its cheapest model, the 670, and (7) ________ (start) selling more expensive cars. For a short time this (8) ________ (be) very successful. Now fill in the correct form of the present perfect. This year (9) ______________ (not be) a good year for Greville. Sales (10) _____________ (begin) to fall again. Profits (11) _______________ (fall) to $30 million and the company (12) _______________ (cut) the number of employees to 8,600. 20.2 Grammar Write short answers to these questions. 1 Have you read the sales report? Yes, __________________. 2 Did sales go up last year? No, __________________. 3 Will they go up next year? Yes, __________________. 4 Did exports to the USA increase last year? Yes, _________________. 5 Will they increase again next year? No, _________________. 6 Has your boss seen the report too? No, _________________. 20.3 Grammar Complete these sentences with a suitable preposition. 1 Sales have risen _____ 10%. 2 Production has increased ______ 2,000 units to 2,500 units. 3 Sales usually increase _____ Christmas time. 4 I’m sure there will be a fall _____ interest rates. 5 Unemployment always increases _____ winter. 6 I think there will be a rise _____ 15% in production. 20.4 Language in use Write a suitable response to each sentence. 1 Thanks for arranging that. ______________________________________ 2 The printer isn’t working. ______________________________________ 3 Would you like me to call a taxi? ______________________________________ 4 We need a new price list. ______________________________________ 5 Would you like to see anything else tonight? ______________________________________ 6 Give my regards to Maria. ______________________________________ 20.5 Vocabulary Put the words in the box under the correct headings. Then add two more words to each group. Entertainment Change Business information exhibition rise unemployment ___________ ___________ _______________ ___________ ___________ _______________ ___________ ___________ _______________ ___________ ___________ _______________ ___________ ___________ _______________ 20.6 Listening Listen to Joyce Morgan talking about prices in Europe and New York. The first time you listen, label the charts (A-C) with the names of the items in the box. The second time you listen, add the names of the city to the correct column for each item (1-9).  1 ________________ 2 __________________ 3 ____________________  1 ________________ 2 __________________ 3 ____________________  1 ________________ 2 __________________ 3 ____________________ References 20.1 1 rose 2 fell 3 went 4 declined 5 tried 6 stopped 7 started 8 was 9 has not been 10 have begun 11 have fallen 12 has cut 20.2 1 Yes, I have. 2 No, they didn’t 3 Yes, they will. 4 Yes, they did 5 No, they won’t. 6 No, he/she hasn’t. 20.3 1 by 2 from 3 at 4 in 5 in 6 of 20.4 Suggested answers 1 You’ve welcome. / It was a pleasure. 2 I’ll call the Service department. 3 That’s very kind of you. 4 I’ll phone the Service department. 5 No, thank you ---- I’m very tired. 6 Thank you. I will. 20.5 Entertainment: museum, theatre, restaurant + cinema, opera … Change: increase, decline, fall + go up, go down … Business information: production, wages, inflation + investments, markets … 20.6 A Levi 501s B Timberland boots C Apple iMac 1 London 2 Berlin 3 New York 4 Berlin 5 London 6 New York 7 New York 8 Berlin 9 London INTERVIEWER: … and today in our consumers affairs slot we have Joyce Morgan to tell us some interesting news about prices. JOYCE: If you think you’d like a holiday in New York but can’t afford it, we’ve found the answer: go shopping! This may seem strange, but this week we’ve done some research on prices in Europe compared with those in New York. We looked at three popular consumer items: a pair of Levi 501s, an Apple iMac computer and a pair of men’s Timberland boots. If you bought all three items in New York, you’d save an astonishing ￡314.25 over prices in London ---- that’s more than enough to cover a return flight and a hotel in New York! INTERVIEWER: That’s incredible! Tell us more. JOYCE: Well, let’s start with the boots. We found that in Berlin they cost ￡108, in New York ￡90.06, but in London a staggering ￡145! So in London the same pair of boots costs nearly ￡55 more than in New York. It was exactly the same for the Levi 501s. in New York they cost ￡24.85, in Berlin ￡57.80 and in London ￡59.95, well more than double the price! INTERVIEWER: What about the iMac computer? JOYCE: Again, the European prices were pretty close, while the price in New York was substantially lower. In Berlin the iMac cost ￡1,009, in London it was 999.99, while in New York it was only ￡775.78. INTERVIEWER: Well, thank you, Joyce. I’m sure I know where I’ll be doing my shopping in future! JOYCE: Yes, but don’t forget, it’s a long way home from the shops!