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Technická univerzita v Liberci Ekonomickou fakultu Rok 2015

Reading Comprehension
An Article by Michiyo Nakamoto
Consumer electronics is a competitive business, and keeping up with the latest fashion is difficult. But a Japanese family-run electronics
group, Casio Computer, has shown that they can do as well as much larger companies.
Over the past decade, Casio has launched a number of innovative products. It was the first to launch a very small digital camera, the Exilim,
in 2002. Casio’s strong G-Shock watches also started a fashion. More recently, the company developed a range of very thin mobile phones for a
large mobile phone operator; they have become the best-selling model in Japan.
Casio’s success is based on selling to young, fashion-conscious people. This is surprising when one considers that its senior executives are
well over the usual age of a senior manager. Kazuo Kashio, the President, is 79. His elder brother and Chairman, Toshio, is 81, while his younger
brother, Yukio, Vice-President, is 76. The company was founded by Mr Kashio’s brother Tadao Kashio, the eldest of the four Casio brothers who
have led it over the past half-century from its beginning.
Other corporations in Japan have elderly executives. Chihiro Kanagawa, 80, has been Chief Executive of Shin-Etsu Chemical since 1990.
Tetsuro Funai – the founder of Funai Electric, a consumer electronics manufacturer – is 79. Many other CEOs are in their 60s and 70s. This is partly
because greater respect is given to old people in Japanese society, and also because the population of Japan is rapidly ageing. The average life span is
79 for men and 86 for women.
Even so, the Kashio brothers’ ability to create innovative products is impressive – particularly when the Chief Executive does not use the
Internet regularly and rarely visits the shops to try out the latest technology.
Normally it is young people who generate rapid changes in trends. But according to Mr Kashio, it isn’t a question of being young: training
and the ability to think creatively are more important.
Choose the best answer – a, b, c or d – to each of the questions.

1. What would be the best title for the article? 7. Kazuo Kashio is ___________________ of four brothers.
a) Young Hearts Keep Casio Ticking a) the third eldest
b) A Broken Clock Is Correct Twice a Day b) the second eldest
c) Time for Change in Casio? c) the youngest
d) Old Dogs Cannot Learn New Tricks d) the eldest

2. Casio’s new phones are 8. The company is

a) slim. a) a very new company.
b) small. b) going to celebrate its 150th anniversary soon.
c) cheap. c) more than ten decades old.
d) fast. d) more than 50 years old.

3. Casio’s G-Shock watches were 9. How many other Japanese companies have senior executives
a) flimsy. who are as old as Kazuo Kashio, according to the article?
b) unconscious. a) One other.
c) well received. b) Several others.
d) failure. c) All of them.
d) No others.
4. Kazuo thinks that success depends on
a) being young. 10. How often does Mr Kashio like to browse the Internet?
b) having new ideas. a) Never.
c) having rapid changes in trends. b) Every day.
d) being old. c) Sometimes.
d) Often.
5. How often does Mr Kashio visit the stores?
a) Seldom.
b) Never.
c) Often.
d) Always.

6. The Exilim is a device for

a) for playing music.
b) taking pictures.
c) telling the time.
d) making phone calls.

100 Strana 1
Grammar and Vocabulary
11. I am a university student. I study ______________________. 22. Our firm has _______________ a lot of business with overseas
a) Economics customers.
b) economy a) been making
c) Economy b) to make
d) Economical sciences c) made
d) done
12. In a shop: “Can I help you, sir?” “No, thank you
___________________.” 23. During the Second World War a lot of people lost
a) I am serving ___________.
b) they are served. a) their life
c) I am served b) their lives
d) I am being served c) life
d) their lifes
13. Can I pick ____________ for my team?
a) anybody 24. I ____________ a new alarm clock the other day in the
b) any jeweller’s, when I actually ___________ somebody shoplifting.
c) some a) was buying / saw
d) nobody b) have bought / saw
c) bought / had seen
14. You must be hungry. Would you like ______________ to eat? d) bought / saw
a) a few
b) everything 25. This car was a complete waste of money. I wish I
c) something _________________________ it.
d) nothing a) wouldn’t have bought
b) had bought
15. Alice ______________ her mother in London most weekends. c) hadn’t bought
a) is seen d) didn’t buy
b) see
c) sees 26. If you want to get a degree, you normally have to study at ____
d) have seen university.
a) -
16. I can’t ____________ his death. b) a
a) fall over c) an
b) get over d) the
c) take over
d) cross over 27. He’d be here if he could, ______________?
a) couldn’t he
17. A weekend in Paris sounds great. I’ll ________ some enquiries b) could he
at the travel agency. c) hadn’t he
a) make d) wouldn’t he
b) give
c) ask 28. I’ll be very surprised ____________________ the letter.
d) do a) when she won’t get
b) if she won’t get
18. “I think it’s a stupid idea and it won’t work.” She said she c) if she doesn’t get
__________________ a stupid idea and it __________________. d) when she doesn’t get
a) thought it was / wouldn’t work
b) had thought it is / wouldn’t have worked 29. Jane has got _________________ holiday this year.
c) thought it will be / wouldn’t work a) three week
d) thinks it was / won’t work b) a three-weeks
c) three weeks’
19. Make the adjective “correct” negative. d) three week’s
a) incorrect
b) correctless 30. Why did you stay at a hotel when you were in New York? You
c) uncorrect _____________________ with Jane!
d) non-correct a) can’t have stayed
b) stayed
20. During the war this hotel was used __________ hospital. c) could have stayed
a) as d) must have stayed
b) like a
c) as a 31. Find the sentence with the same meaning as: “Tom arranged
d) to for somebody else to paint the flat.”
a) Tom had the flat painted.
21. You __________ know some of her songs. She is very famous. b) The flat had painted Tom.
a) are able to c) The flat was painted by Tom.
b) may d) Tom had painted the flat.
c) can
d) might have
32. I am not sure ________ the green coat is. 43. At this bank you can get 14% ____________ on your savings.
a) whom a) interest
b) who b) discount
c) whose c) rate
d) who’s d) rent

33. Has your son ____________ any trouble in school? 44. The customers ______________ us interesting things about our
a) having competitors.
b) had been a) said
c) have b) told
d) been having c) told to
d) explained
34. I ________________ let you know, as soon as I
_________________ from the interview. 45. We wanted to call him, but we couldn’t get ___________.
a) - / come out a) up
b) am going to / will come out b) with
c) will / get out c) over
d) will / will come out d) through

35. We ________________ football this afternoon. 46. Muhammad Ali ________________ his first world title fight in
a) go play 1960.
b) play a) has won
c) going to play b) won
d) are playing c) wins
d) has been winning
36. “To have sympathy” is to ______________________________.
a) feel sad for someone / something 47. Choose the best question to the following answer: “The house
b) to be friendly is old and shabby.”
c) be compatible a) Do you likes the house?
d) seem nice b) What is the house made like?
c) How is the house like?
37. A: “What day is it today – the 18th or the 19th?” B: d) What does the house look like?
“___________. It’s the 20th.”
a) Either 48. Gloria was ________________ in the story he told her.
b) Nothing a) non-interested
c) Neither b) uninteresting
d) None c) uninterested
d) interesting
38. It’s not worth ______________ about it.
a) not to worry 49. Do you think it is going to rain?
b) to worry a) I don’t think that.
c) worrying b) I don’t hope so.
d) worry c) I don’t hope.
d) I hope not.
39. There isn’t ________ milk left.
a) much 50. The river Thames ______________ through London.
b) some a) is flowing
c) many b) is to flow
d) little c) are flowing
d) flows
40. There are _______ people here to see you.
a) any 51. Can you tell me what _____________________?
b) some a) does she wanted
c) few b) is she wanting
d) that c) did she want
d) she wanted
41. If you ________ hurry, you ________ miss the train.
a) - / will 52. I __________________ to the cinema.
b) won’t / - a) never going
c) won’t / don’t b) never don’t go
d) don’t / will c) ever don’t go
d) never go
42. The __________ the words, the better.
a) most 53. You can ask her. She __________ help you.
b) lesser a) will
c) fewer b) usually
d) less c) often
d) ought
54. ____ computer has changed most people’s way of life. 65. Who _______________ my sandwich? There is only a bit left.
a) The a) ate
b) - b) has ate
c) An c) has been eating
d) A d) had eaten

55. I remember ___________ him somewhere. 66. I enjoyed the ride this morning. There was __________ traffic.
a) having see a) almost any
b) to see b) hardly no
c) seeing c) any
d) see d) hardly any

56. I would like to know his number, could you _______________? 67. Our dog ______________ over by a car.
a) look on it a) was run
b) look it up b) run
c) look through it c) was running
d) look up it d) ran

57. She has ___________________ of property prices in this area. 68. Choose the correct equivalent sentence: “What time did he
a) a extensive knowledge come?”
b) extensive knowledges a) Do you know what time he did come?
c) an extensive knowledge b) Do you know what time he comes?
d) an extensive knowledges c) Do you know what time he came?
d) Do you know if he came on time?
58. How _________ equipment do we need?
a) often 69. I gave up smoking last week. I __________________ it earlier.
b) many a) should do
c) few b) should have done
d) much c) must have done
d) may do
59. I ________________ you in the park yesterday. You
________________ on a bench. 70. He is going away ____ business ____ the end of March.
a) was seeing / sat a) on / at
b) saw / sat b) to / in
c) saw / were sitting c) on / in
d) had seen / was sitting d) for / in

60. Roads are very dangerous these days. ____________ people 71. I am not sure if I _____________________ from TUL this year.
drive too fast. a) will be graduated
a) Few b) will graduate
b) Almost c) would have graduated
c) Much d) will have graduated
d) A lot of
72. Did you __________________ football every weekend when
61. A: “When is the meeting? Tomorrow?” B: “Yes, __________.” you were younger?
a) I think a) used to play
b) I think that b) use to playing
c) I hope not. c) use to play
d) I think so d) used to playing

62. My father used to __________ with him, but now he’s retired. 73. Like any top sportsman, Muhammad Ali ____________ train
a) worked very hard when he was young.
b) working a) had to
c) work b) should
d) get working c) must you
d) must have
63. It is such a pity your sister cannot come as well. If only your
sister _______________ as well. 74. A: “Did you enjoy _______________?” B: “Yes, we did.”
a) have come a) yourself
b) come b) yourselves
c) can come c) ourselves
d) could come d) you

64. When I heard his voice on the phone, I knew I 75. I am not used ________________ on the left.
________________ to him before. a) to drive
a) spoken b) to be driven
b) had spoken c) to driving
c) speaked d) drive
d) have spoken
76. The book was _________ good that I couldn’t put it down.
a) such a
b) so
c) enough
d) such

77. Hurry up! If you ______________ your flight, I

_____________ not be surprised.
a) miss / am
b) would miss / would
c) missed / would
d) had missed / would have

78. Which sentence expresses the same meaning as the following

sentence: “She has probably been on a diet.”
a) She has been on a diet.
b) She can’t have been on a diet.
c) She should have been on a diet.
d) I think she has been on a diet

79. They have lived in that house _________ they were children.
a) from
b) after
c) since
d) when

80. A: “Is it OK if I smoke?” B: “I _____________________.”

a) had rather if you don’t
b) had better if you don’t
c) would better if you don’t
d) would rather you didn’t