Part B
Text-based tasks
1
Decide whether the following statements are true, false or not in the text.
Example: B 1 g) - not in the text
Example: B 1 g) - not in the text
| a | The majority of products sold online are delivered in brown cardboard boxes. |
| b | Many Prime members end their membership within a year. |
| c | In the future Amazon will reduce shipping time to less than a day. |
| d | Because of the carbon footprint of their companies, FedEx, UPS and DHL now use alternative fuel. |
| e | Finding customers' homes in rural areas is sometimes difficult for delivery drivers. |
| f | Online sellers are discussing to use only drones to deliver their produtcs. |
(3)
2
Match the headings with the parts of the text.
There are two more headings than you need.
Example: B 2 h) - 6)
There are two more headings than you need.
Example: B 2 h) - 6)
| a | Importance of delivery speed |
| b | Jeff Bezos' biography |
| c | Consequences of home delivery |
| d | Trip to the shops |
| e | Unsolved issues |
| f | Changes in the way of shopping |
| g | Ideal packaging |
- lines 1 - 8
- lines 9 - 28
- lines 29 - 37
- lines 38 - 50
- lines 51 - 54
(5)
3
Finish the sentences using the information from the text.
Example: B 3.7 - e
Example: B 3.7 - e
3.1
DVDs, video games and groceries ...
| a | are the most popular things ordered online. |
| b | arrive in plastic boxes. |
| c | are available online. |
| d | are only delivered by Amazon. |
3.2
Being an Amazon Prime member...
| a | you need to pay an annual fee. |
| b | makes you patient. |
| c | you have to wait for the ordered goods for more than two days. |
| d | you only have to pay shipping. |
3.3
More than 200 million people...
| a | do online shopping at least twice a week. |
| b | regret their subscriptions as Prime members. |
| c | have deleted items from their shopping baskets. |
| d | have joined Amazon Prime. |
3.4
Returning unwanted products...
| a | is cheap for Prime members. |
| b | costs Amazon several million dollars per year. |
| c | demands revisits of couriers. |
| d | costs an extra fee. |
3.5
In cities...
| a | inhabitants struggle with ordering online. |
| b | there is too much competition. |
| c | packaging materials pollute the streets. |
| d | transport activity has increased because of e-commerce. |
3.6
To cope with e-commerce in the future you will have to ...
| a | reduce it. |
| b | improve eco-friendliness. |
| c | concentrate on longer shipping distances. |
| d | get rid of the packaging. |
(6)
4
Answer the questions in complete sentences using the information from the text.
| a | How can e-commerce help you with your jobs around the house? |
| b | What should not be a problem for Jeff Bezos' customers? |
| c | How does Amazon influence other retailers? |
| d | Why do cardboard boxes have to be light? (2 items) |
| e | What adds to the carbon footprint of online shops? |
(10)
(24)
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1
Decide whether the following statements are true, false or not in the text.
Example: B 1 g) - not in the text
Example: B 1 g) - not in the text
| a | The majority of products sold online are delivered in brown cardboard boxes. | true |
| b | Many Prime members end their membership within a year. | false |
| c | In the future Amazon will reduce shipping time to less than a day. | not in the text |
| d | Because of the carbon footprint of their companies, FedEx, UPS and DHL now use alternative fuel. | not in the text |
| e | Finding customers' homes in rural areas is sometimes difficult for delivery drivers. | true |
| f | Online sellers are discussing to use only drones to deliver their produtcs. | false |
2
Match the headings with the parts of the text.
There are two more headings than you need.
Example: B 2 h) - 6)
There are two more headings than you need.
Example: B 2 h) - 6)
| a | Importance of delivery speed | 2) |
| b | Jeff Bezos' biography | x |
| c | Consequences of home delivery | 4) |
| d | Trip to the shops | x |
| e | Unsolved issues | 5) |
| f | Changes in the way of shopping | 1) |
| g | Ideal packaging | 3) |
3
Finish the sentences using the information from the text.
Example: B 3.7 - e
Example: B 3.7 - e
3.1
DVDs, video games and groceries are available online. (c)
3.2
Being an Amazon Prime member you need to pay an annual fee. (a)
3.3
More than 200 million people have joined Amazon Prime. (d)
3.4
Returning unwanted products demands revisits of couriers. (c)
3.5
In cities transport activity has increased because of e-commerce. (d)
3.6
To cope with e-commerce in the future you will have to improve eco-friendliness. (b)
4
Answer the questions in complete sentences using the information from the text.
| a | How can e-commerce help you with your jobs around the house? You can order, for example, a gardener or a plumber to help you. |
| b | What should not be a problem for Jeff Bezos' customers? He never wanted his customers to worry about the shipping. (price, how long it takes) |
| c | How does Amazon influence other retailers? Other retailers are forced to hurry by Amazon. |
| d | Why do cardboard boxes have to be light? (2 items) Cardboard boxes have to be light because their cheaper and need less fuel to be shipped. |
| e | What adds to the carbon footprint of online shops? Traffic increases because of delivery trucks and vans. |