48- TOEIC - listening/reading

This is a very interesting test where you are asked to read a composition . You need to be prepared to show a good and clear intonation. Let's practice it a lot of times .


The company Robo Ventures is based in San Diego and makes dog-walking and lawn-mowing robots which are sold online for approx. $2,798 each. The annual sales topped $300,000,000 last year and the company is planning to expand the business by creating English-Speaking Robots that it expects to be a hit in Japan where there are many English students who desire to have such robots to practice English conversation at home any time of day. Tom burns is the project manager in charge of the English-speaking robot project. He has been given a budget of
$100,000,000 and a staff of ten engineers to create the first working prototype within one year.
So far in the first three months of development his team has managed only to make a prototype that can introduce itself and ask WH questions which begin with "what, where and why". That is not a bad start but the prototype cannot understand the user's answers and it still is incapable of asking "yes or no " questions. It's very good at asking " What did you say?". Unfortunately that kind of response will only frustrate the users and make them want to get their money back.
Tom just came out of a meeting with his boss. His boss told him he has a month to at least get the robot to understand the user's questions and answers and to ask some "yes or no" questions.

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Let's answer some questions according to the reading.

1- What is the name of the company?

* It's Robo Ventures.

2- Where is the company?

* It's based in San Diego, California.

3- What are the company's current products?

* They are "dog-walking and lawn-mowing robots.

4- How does the company sell its products?

* It sells them online.

5- How much does one dog-walking robot cost?

* It cost 2,798

6- What kind of new product is the company developing?

* It's developing an English - speaking robot.

7- Where does the company think it will sell a lot of the English-speaking robots?

* In Japan

8- Who is the project manager for the English-speaking robo project?

* Tom Burns is the manager

9- How much budget does Tom's team have?

* They have $100,000,000

10- How many engineers are on Tom's team?

* There are ten engineers

11- How long do they have to complete a working prototype?

* They have one year

12- What kind of questions can the first prototype ask so far?

* It can ask WH questions starting with What/Where/When and Why

13- Does the first prototype understand the answers of the users?

* No. It doesn't.

14- What will the response " What did you say ? most likely do to the users?

* It will frustrate them

15- Who has Tom just met with?

* He has just met his boss

16- How much time did Tom's boss give him to make improvements to the prototype?

* He gave him one month

17- What must the prototype be able to understand within a month?

* It must be able to understand the user's answers and questions

18- What kind of questions must the robot prototype be able to ask within a month?

* It must be able to ask some yes or no questions.

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Now you can listen to a part of this composition and answer again the questions. Let's do it together.


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The company Robo Ventures is based in San Diego and makes dog-walking and lawn-mowing robots which are sold online for approx. $2,798 each. The annual sales topped $300,000,000 last year and the company is planning to expand the business by creating English-Speaking Robots that it expects to be a hit in Japan where there are many English students who desire to have such robots to practice English conversation at home any time of day.

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Questions with options

1- What's the name of the company?

a) It's San Diego Ventures
b) It's Robo ventures
c) It's Robo adventures

2- Where is the company based?

a) It's based in San Bernardino, California
b) It's based in San Jose, California
c) It's based in San Diego, California

3- What are the company's current products?

a) They are dog-walking and lawn-mowing robots
b) They are log rolling and vacuum cleaner robots
c) They are chinese-speaking robots

4- How does the company sell its products?

a) It sells them through bookstores
b) It sells them on time.
c) It sells them online.

5- How much does one dog-walking robot cost?

a) It costs $2,978
b) It costs $2,798
c) It costs $2,897

6- What kind of new product is the company developing?

a) It's developing a Chinese speaking robot.
b) It's working on an English-Speaking robot.
c) It's developing an English-speaking robot with a dictionary.

7- Where does the company think they will sell a lot of English-speaking robot?

a) They think they will sell a lot of them in Saipan.
b) They think they will sell many of them in China.
c) They think that they will sell well in Japan.













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