<CD-RAT><Entry><HWD>PART\PART 1</HWD><Activity><GapFillDropdown layer="1" h="380" w="620" y="10" x="10"><Title alignment="left" isOn="1">1 Multiple-choice cloze<br /></Title><Instruction alignment="left" isOn="1">For questions <B>1-12</B>, read the text below and decide which answer (<B>A</B>, <B>B</B>, <B>C</B> or <B>D</B>) best fits each space. There is an example at the beginning (<B>0</B>). <br /></Instruction><ReferenceObject soundIsOn="0" videoIsOn="0" defaultHeight="200" alignment="left" isOn="0" /><ScrollableAssets /><Content><FONT SIZE="14"><B>The bar code</B></FONT><br />It is interesting how small things can (<B>0</B>) <I><U>make</U></I> a big impact on the way we live. In 1974, the introduction of bar codes transformed the (<B>1</B>) <Dropdown default-text="Choose"><Score num="1" /><Choice is-correct="1"><B>A</B> retail</Choice><Choice><B>B</B> selling</Choice><Choice><B>C</B> shopping</Choice><Choice><B>D</B> buying</Choice></Dropdown> industry, yet it was a very simple idea in the first <br />(<B>2</B>) <Dropdown default-text="Choose"><Score num="1" /><Choice is-correct="1"><B>A</B> place</Choice><Choice><B>B</B> occasion</Choice><Choice><B>C</B> case</Choice><Choice><B>D</B> event</Choice></Dropdown>.<br />How do bar codes (<B>3</B>) <Dropdown default-text="Choose"><Score num="1" /><Choice><B>A</B> go</Choice><Choice is-correct="1"><B>B</B> work</Choice><Choice><B>C</B> proceed</Choice><Choice><B>D</B> do</Choice></Dropdown>? The lines on each bar give the manufacturer’s identity and a product number. In the supermarket, the customer presents the item they want to buy at the checkout, and the bar code is ‘read’ by a laser beam that (<B>4</B>) <Dropdown default-text="Choose"><Score num="1" /><Choice><B>A</B> controls</Choice><Choice is-correct="1"><B>B</B> scans</Choice><Choice><B>C</B> monitors</Choice><Choice><B>D</B> runs</Choice></Dropdown> it quickly. Information is sent to the supermarket’s database, and the product description and price are (<B>5</B>) <Dropdown default-text="Choose"><Score num="1" /><Choice><B>A</B> advertised</Choice><Choice><B>B</B> promoted</Choice><Choice><B>C</B> publicised</Choice><Choice is-correct="1"><B>D</B> displayed</Choice></Dropdown> for the customer on a monitor. This also shows if there is any special (<B>6</B>) <Dropdown default-text="Choose"><Score num="1" /><Choice><B>A</B> cut</Choice><Choice><B>B</B> allowance</Choice><Choice is-correct="1"><B>C</B> discount</Choice><Choice><B>D</B> concession</Choice></Dropdown> on the item, which is then taken off the final <br />(<B>7</B>) <Dropdown default-text="Choose"><Score num="1" /><Choice is-correct="1"><B>A</B> bill</Choice><Choice><B>B</B> invoice</Choice><Choice><B>C</B> paper</Choice><Choice><B>D</B> debit</Choice></Dropdown>. The customer pays by credit card or in (<B>8</B>) <Dropdown default-text="Choose"><Score num="1" /><Choice><B>A</B> money</Choice><Choice is-correct="1"><B>B</B> cash</Choice><Choice><B>C</B> change</Choice><Choice><B>D</B> currency</Choice></Dropdown> and receives a completely itemised (<B>9</B>) <Dropdown default-text="Choose"><Score num="1" /><Choice><B>A</B> prescription</Choice><Choice is-correct="1"><B>B</B> receipt</Choice><Choice><B>C</B> recipe</Choice><Choice><B>D</B> instruction</Choice></Dropdown> which they can check, and which can help them to manage their personal (<B>10</B>) <Dropdown default-text="Choose"><Score num="1" /><Choice><B>A</B> economies</Choice><Choice><B>B</B> reductions</Choice><Choice is-correct="1"><B>C</B> budgets</Choice><Choice><B>D</B> refunds</Choice></Dropdown> more easily.<br />The bar code is useful for marketing people because it enables them to identify items which are popular or unpopular with customers. At first, however, bar codes were resisted by the designers of packaging and magazine covers because they thought the bar code would (<B>11</B>) <Dropdown default-text="Choose"><Score num="1" /><Choice><B>A</B> hurt</Choice><Choice><B>B</B> damage</Choice><Choice><B>C</B> harm</Choice><Choice is-correct="1"><B>D</B> spoil</Choice></Dropdown> their appearance. But now they are universal and no one really (<B>12</B>) <Dropdown default-text="Choose"><Score num="1" /><Choice is-correct="1"><B>A</B> notices</Choice><Choice><B>B</B> remarks</Choice><Choice><B>C</B> observes</Choice><Choice><B>D</B> watches</Choice></Dropdown> them any more.<LineBreak size="12" /><br /></Content></GapFillDropdown><Feedback playallOn="1" showAnswersOn="1" animatedFeedbackOn="1" testModeOn="0" instantFeedbackOn="0"><Sounds /></Feedback><GenericActivity hintsNextTo="0" timerIsOn="0" CDPrefsFolder="preferences/" CDPrefsFile="cd1.xml"><ActivityCanvas graphicAlpha="100" folder="" file="" colourAlpha="100" colour="transparent" /><SoundLibrary y="10" x="10" isOn="0" /><VideoLibrary h="252" w="385" y="78" x="10" isOn="0" /><Assets /></GenericActivity></Activity></Entry></CD-RAT>
