Задания к тексту The modern auto industry (1, 2, 3)

Exercise 1

Ответьте на следующие вопросы:

 

  1. What was the estimated amount of cars, trucks and buses operating throughout the world by 1980?
  2. When did Germany's Volkswagen send its first shipment of autos to the USA?
  3. Why do we consider that Volkswagen in the early 1950s became a major force in the U.S. auto industry?
  4. What do you know about British and French automakers exports to the United States during the 1950s?
  5. What were the Japanese exports of cars to the USA by 1980?
  6. How did Japanese reach a huge figure of 2.1 million sales in the United States?
  7. What do you know about assembly plants of Honda and Nissan in the USA?
  8. 8.     What models of cars Nissan began to produce in 1983?

 

 

Exercise 2

Заполните пропуски недостающими по смыслу словами, используя текст:

 

  1. In the United States commercial automobile registrations stood at … million vehicles in operation.
  2. In the early 1950s Germany's Volkswagen sent its first … of autos to the USA.
  3. Germany's Volkswagen a U.S. … plant in Pennsylvania in 1978.
  4. British and French automakers also enjoyed growth in … to the United States during the 1950s.
  5. In 1959 the French … a record 187,000 autos and the British a record … units.
  6. To compete with imports in 1959 U.S. auto manufacturers … their first lines of small “compact” cars.
  7. The smallest-size market in the USA was left to … notably the Japanese in 1970s.
  8. The first Japanese …. to the United States were 16 compact pickups—arrived in 1956.
  9. By 1980 the Japanese claimed 2.1 million … in the United States
  10. 10.                       The Japanese firm Honda built an … … in Ohio that began production in 1982.

 

Exercise 3

Соответствуют ли данные предложения содержанию текста:

 

  1. By 1980 more than 500 million cars and 35 million trucks and buses were operating throughout the world.
  2.  In the United States automobile registrations stood at about 30 million, with 114 million commercial vehicles in operation.
  3.  Germany's Volkswagen sent its first shipments of autos to the United States in the early 1970s.
  4. Germany's Volkswagen opened the U.S. assembly plant in Pennsylvania in 1978 .
  5. British and French automakers failed in exports to the United States during the 1950s.
  6. To compete with imports U.S. auto manufacturers introduced their first lines of medium-size cars in 1959.
  7. In later years, however, size and weight of American models were decreased thus giving a chance to American manufacturers to increase production for export.
  8. The first Japanese imports to the United States took place in 1959—1600 compact pickups were discharged in San-Francisco port.
  9.  In 1966 Japanese vehicle imports reached 65,000 units.
  10. The Japanese firm Toyota built an assembly plant in Ohio in 1982.