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Hauptprüfung 1999

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AUFGABE
GIVE COMMUTING A MISS AND STAY AT HOME TO WORK Z.
Teleworking, with the help of a computer and phone, seems an increasingly attractive option to
employers and empoloyees alike. New research published by MORI reveals that 27% of office-
based employees already telework.		  
Paul Butcher, managing director of Mitel, the business communications company which
commissioned the report, says that companies can save up to 40% of their employment costs
by using teleworkers. The threat of rail strikes, traffic jams, bad weather and delayed work e.g.
may be replaced with a short walk into the private study. Companies could also downsize their
number of offices and thus reduce operating costs. So tele-computing makes economic sense.
One major problem is that nine out of ten companies have yet to offer it as an option to staff;
most of the increase has been within companies that already use teleworkers. There seems to
be a lack of forward thinking in boardrooms.		  
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"Employees can also profit from teleworking," says Paul who works from home 2 or 3 days a
week. "When I'm at home, I can work as early or late as I want. All I have to do is walk into my
study with a bowl of cornflakes. I can go to the gym for a couple of hours in the afternoon or get
the food shopping done when it's less busy and can work later in the evening to accomodate
that." Other benefits include wearing what you want, never being late and creating a more pleasant
and familiar working environment.		  


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The study also shows, however, that working from home is not suitable for everyone as it can
cause stress, anxiety and social isolation. People who enjoy a good gossip in the office, could
even hate it. Another problem for teleworkers is not being able to switch off at the end o the day.
It can be difficult to separate home life and work life and they may lose the time saved
commuting by working longer hours.		  

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Adapted from: The Express, July 2, 1998

Einjähriges Berufskolleg Englisch

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Language
AUFGABE
I.1. L A N G U A G E           ( ) = line P.
Give a corresponding noun from each of the following words (no 'ing' -forms).
1. attractive (1)
2. published (2)
3. replaced (7)		  
0,5
0,5
0,5
Give a corresponding verb.
4. threat (6)
5. pleasant (17)		  
0,5
0,5
Give a corresponding adjective (no participles).
6. sense (8)
7. creating (16)
8. environment (17)		  
0,5
0,5
0,5
Find a synonym.
9. seems (10)
10. benefits (16)		  
1
1
Find an opposite.
11. major (9)
12. longer (22)		  
1
1
Explain in a complete sentence.
13. staff (9)		  
2
Change into the passive voice.
14. Working from home can cause stress and social isolation.
1
Change into direct speech.
15. Some of the interviewed said that they couldn't telework because it was against
company policy.
1
Change the subordinate clause into a participle construction.
16. People who enjoy a good gossip in the office, could even hate telework.		  
1
Put the verbs in brackets into the correct form.
17. Computer technology (to improve) since teleworking (to be introduced) six years
ago.
18. If more peole worked at home instead of driving to work, this (to mean) less
congestion and pollution.		  

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Einjähriges Berufskolleg Englisch

Aufgabe 1

Hauptprüfung 1999

Questions
AUFGABE
I. 2. Q U E S T I O N S Punkte
Answer the following questions in your own words. Use complete sentences.
Questions 1 to 3 refer to the text directly.		 I S
1. Why is tele-computing an attractive option to employers? 2 4
2. How do employees benefit from teleworking? 2 4
3. Why may telework not be the ideal choice for everyone? 2 4
4. What makes computers irreplaceable in the working world of today? Give arguments
not mentioned in the text.		 2 4
Inhalt 8
Sprache 16
Questions 24

Einjähriges Berufskolleg Englisch

Aufgabe 1

Hauptprüfung 1999

Translation
AUFGABE
II. T R A N S L A T I O N Z. P.
WAITING FOR THE CROWN
The Queen, as Prince Charles well knows, will never abdicate. She will gradually hand
over to her son certain public rituals, e.g. foreign visits, including Commonwealth
Conferences, or the Opening of Parliament.
Abdication, however, remains a taboo word in Buckingham Palace. There are good
reasons for this attitude. Abdication would set a difficult precedent: if the Queen were to
hand over to Charles at a certain age, would he then also be obliged to step aside for his
son William? Moreover, abdication, believe the Windsors, would devalue the monarchy
as a job like any other, which can be set aside at retirement age.
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So Charles must face the prospect of being a grandfather of over seventy before
inheriting the job to which he has been heir since the age of three.		 10  
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Adapted from: The Daily Mail, August 22, 1998
Translation 20

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Einjähriges Berufskolleg Englisch

Aufgabe 2

Hauptprüfung 1999

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AUFGABE
IF THE FUTURE IS GREEN, THE THIRD WORLD WANTS TO BE THERE FIRST Z.
Masai tribesmen in Kenya are lighting their mud huts with solar panels. In the plains of India you
can hear the sound of wind turbines. In Brazil, cars run on alcohol fermented from sugar cane.
Has the age of coal and oil passed? Can these Third World nations quickly develop from rural
economies into industrial powerhouses without following the West and burning billions of tonnes
of coal and oil, and pumping out greenhouse gases? Can they grow rich without bringing about
global climatic change?		  



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One man who says they can is Brazilian physics professor Jose Goldemberg. "Developing
countries have a fundamental choice," he says. They can imitate the industrialised nations and
go through an economic development phase that is dirty, wasteful and creates an enormous
legacy of environmental pollution; or they can overtake the Western nations and move directly
towards modern and efficient technologies."		  


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Consider, he says, how villages in the developing world, where more than 2 billion people live
without electricity, might light their huts. There is the old way: an ordinary electric light bulb
hooked to distant coal-burning power stations. That way, only 1 per cent of the original fuel
provides energy for the light because of the inefficiency of the power station, the transmission
lines and the light bulb. Instead they can use a low-energy compact fluorescent lightbulb
powered by a solar panel on the hut roof, creating the "zero-emission village".		  


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Wind and solar and hydroelectric power, all have huge potential. Solar power remains a novelty
in Europe, but is taking hold in Africa, and solar panels are widely available in city markets in
Nairobi. Last month the energy giant Royal Dutch Shell announced a $30 million investment to
bring solar power to 50 000 homes currently without electricity in rural South Africa.		  

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Some experts in the developing world believe that in the long term the world has no option but
to go for greenhouse-friendly energy technologies. And if they no longer want to borrow
traditional Western technologies to get rich, they have to welcome these new technologies.		  
Adapted from: The Guardian Weekly, November 8, 1998

Einjähriges Berufskolleg Englisch

Aufgabe 2

Hauptprüfung 1999

Language
AUFGABE
I. 1. L A N G U A G E           (  ) = line P.
Give a corresponding noun from each of the following words (no 'ing-forms').
1. provides (15)
2. longer (23)		  
0,5
0,5
Give a corresponding verb.
3. choice (8)
4. transmission (15)		  
0,5
0,5
Give a corresponding adjective (no participles).
5. creates (9)
6. option (22)		  
0,5
0,5
Find a synonym.
7. ordinary (13)
8. currently (21)		  
1
1
Find an opposite.
9. rural (3)
10. huge (18)
11. welcome (24)		  
1
1
1
Explain in a complete sentence.
12. greenhouse gases (5) 		 
2
Change into the passive.
13. In the plains of India you can hear the sound of wind turbines.		  
1
Rewrite the sentence, use subordinate clauses.
14. They can use a lightbulb powered by a solar panel on the hut roof, creating the
"zero-emission" village.		  
2
Change into direct speech.
15. In the joumal "Energy Policy", Goldemberg wrote that China had triggered
efficiency gains at power stations that reduced CO2 emissions by 155 million tonnes
a year. 		 


1
Use the correct form of the verbs in brackets.
16. If we had known about the impact of industrialisation on the environment, we
(to act) much earlier.
17. Twenty years ago industry (to have) a different attitude towards environmental
issues.		  

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Language   16

Einjähriges Berufskolleg Englisch

Aufgabe 2

Hauptprüfung 1999

Questions
AUFGABE
I. 2. Q U E S T I O N S Punkte
Answer the following questions in your own words. Use complete sentences.
Questions 1 to 4 refer to the text directly.		 I S
1. Which alternative energies are used in some Third World countries? 1 2
2. Which options do Third World countries have, according to professor Goldemberg? 2 4
3. Which two ways are there for people to light their homes in Third World countries? 2 4
4. Which factors indicate that solar power is getting more important in Africa? 1 2
5. Which environment-friendly technologies are most likely to succeed? Give reasons. 2 4
Inhalt 8
Sprache 16
Questions 24

Einjähriges Berufskolleg Englisch

Aufgabe 2

Hauptprüfung 1999

Translation
AUFGABE
II. T R A N S L A T I O N Z. P.
FIRST WENT THE TREES, THEN CAME THE FLOODS.
At first the Chinese blamed El Nino for this summer s devastating floods that submerged
21 million hectares of land, destroyed countless homes and killed more than 3,000
people. Now they realize they have mostly themselves to blame.
Over the years excessive logging has stripped the areas along the Yangtze River of 85%
of its forests, according to some estimates. So instead of being absorbed by forests,
rainwater rapidly runs off into rivers. Moreover, soil erosion has deposited sediment into
lakes and streams, thus reducing their depth.
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Recognizing that deforestation helped lead to disaster, Chinese authorities are rushing to
adopt a new policy. Provinces along the Yangtze have banned logging in certain areas
and launched afforestation programs. Thousands of lumberjacks are now being retrained
to be tree planters instead.		  

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Adapted from: TIME, September 28, 1998
Translation 20

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