• Exam: PET-O
  • Course: READING
  • Part 4, Exam 2

Instructions

You are given a piece of text.

For questions 1 – 5, choose the correct answer by clicking on the buttons given.

When you click the CHECK button, If your answer is correct, it will show in green, if not it will show in red. An explanation for incorrect answers can be seen by clicking the SEE CORRECT ANSWERS button

The pass mark for this exam is 70% and you need to do this exam in 10 minutes or under.

Kodak Pays the Price

Jenny Jordan has mixed feelings. She is still very angry but satisfied because she feels she has got justice. Q. 3) She had gone to China on a once-in-a-lifetime visit, and had had a marvellous time. She kept a diary of everything and took loads of pictures to support her diary entries. When she got back to Harpenden where she lived, she decided to give her precious films to her local Kodak shop for developing. She gave them one at a time because it would be easier to build up her diary in stages rather than having to sort out all the photos together. She was really glad that she did that because she was soon informed that Kodak had lost her film. Q. 4) Luckily she still had the others. They even had the cheek to offer her a free film as compensation, and Jenny was furious. She wrote them a very strong letter, Q. 5) telling them of her intention to go to court. They wrote back and offered her £20, but she replied that the lowest figure she would accept was £75. Even then she would prefer her pictures, and when the company refused to pay she was set to go to court over the issue. Then, fortunately, before the matter went to court, Kodak decided to pay the £75, which shows what can be done if you make the effort to complain to a firm or manufacturer and insist on getting fair treatment.

Q. 2) The Gazette

Questions

  • 1 - What is the writer trying to do?
  • Possible answers:
  • (A) To complain about photographic printing.
  • (B) To inform us about legal problems.
  • (C) To give advice on how to complain.
  • Correct answer: (B) To inform us about legal problems.
  • 2 - This text is from ...
  • Possible answers:
  • (A) a diary.
  • (B) a newspaper.
  • (C) a letter.
  • Correct answer: (B) a newspaper.
  • Why?
  • 3 - Before her visit, Jenny had ...
  • Possible answers:
  • (A) been to China once before.
  • (B) never been to China before.
  • (C) already been to China several times.
  • Correct answer: (B) never been to China before.
  • Why?
  • 4 - It was a good thing that Jenny sent her films away one at a time because ...
  • Possible answers:
  • (A) not all the films were lost.
  • (B) she was offered a free roll of film.
  • (C) she was able to complete her diary.
  • Correct answer: (A) not all the films were lost.
  • Why?
  • 5 - When Jenny said she would go to court, the company ...
  • Possible answers:
  • (A) made the decision to pay £75.
  • (B) offered her £20.
  • (C) said their offer wasn't enough.
  • Correct answer: (B) offered her £20.
  • Why?

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