Pearson LCCI

English for Business

Level 1
Friday 4 April 2014 Paper Reference

Time: 2 hours ASE1041

Complete the details below in block capitals.
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examination paper.
• When you finish, cross through any rough notes and preparatory work.
• Answer all questions. EXAMINER’S QUESTION
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• T he total mark for this paper is 100.
• There are four questions in this question paper. 2
• The marks for each question are shown in brackets
– use this as a guide as to how much time to spend on each question. 3
• There is credit for correct spelling, punctuation and grammar.
• You may use an English or bilingual dictionary. 4

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• R ead each question carefully before you start to answer it. Turn over
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1 Situation
You work as the Area Manager of a furniture-manufacturing company, Sterling
Furnishings. Your Sales Team has just won a regional award and has been invited to
the Awards Ceremony in your capital city.
Task
Write a memo of between 150 and 200 words to the Sales Team, congratulating
all three of them on the award, and give details of the arrangements you have
made for them to attend the ceremony. The information should include details of
travel arrangements, hotel accommodation and meals provided. Also, describe
the cash allowances they will be given for expenses such as taxis and the cost of
socialising with other award winners. Remind them firmly of their responsibilities
as representatives of the company, and wish them an enjoyable time at the Awards
Ceremony.
(30)
Write your memo in the space below.

MEMORANDUM
TO:

FROM:

DATE:

SUBJECT:

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 You may continue writing your memo here.

(Total for Question 1 = 30 marks)

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2 Situation
You work as the Assistant Editor of a magazine called ‘Worldwide Railways’. You have
been asked to check an article about a new high-speed rail link in China.
Task
Read the article below entitled ‘China’s New Rail Link’, then say whether the
statements on the following page are True or False. Write down the exact words or
phrases from the passage that support your answer. Do not write more than six
support words for each answer. You will lose marks if you write more than this.
(30)
Note: Answers usually have two parts. The words or phrases that you need may be in
different parts of the article.
China’s New Rail Link
It used to take almost 24 hours to travel by train from Beijing to the southern town of
Guangzhou. Recently, however, when the world’s longest high-speed rail line opened
for business, the 1,428 mile journey was reduced to eight hours. The trains travel at an
average speed of 186 miles per hour as they race through the Chinese countryside.
China’s high-speed rail network is one of the country’s most expensive projects and
a symbol of its long-term ambitions. Although the government has not published
the total cost of the Beijing to Guangzhou link, the section between Wuhan and
Guangzhou has cost, according to several newspaper reports, more than £11 billion.
The world’s longest rail line consists of four main divisions; these divisions connect
the national capital, Beijing, with three provinces, which are Henan province, the
province of Central China, and the southern province of Guangdong. The principal
cities of these provinces are, respectively, Zhengzhou, Wuhan, and Guangzhou.
The line connecting Wuhan and Guangzhou opened in 2009, and the one between
Beijing and Zhengzhou in 2013. The new line connecting Beijing to Guangzhou stops
in 35 cities and will eventually reach Hong Kong. Business class tickets on the line
cost £270, more than a month’s wages for many Chinese workers. Standard seats cost
£86 and are slightly cheaper than the cost of the air fare.
China’s high-speed rail programme was established in 2007, and its first line,
connecting Beijing and nearby Tianjin, opened just before the 2008 Beijing Olympics.
The rail network system now has more than 5,780 miles of track.
A great many recent articles in the state-run Chinese press have said that the new line
will improve the country’s transport system considerably, especially during the Spring
Festival Holiday. This is the time when hundreds of millions of Chinese city-dwellers
travel back to their ancestral home villages in what is the world’s largest annual
movement of people.

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 Example: Zhengzhou is in Central China; the Chinese press is independent
of the government.
False: Henan province state-run
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(a) The new train has a maximum speed of 150 miles per hour; the new line has
reached Hong Kong.

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(b) The first high-speed rail line ran between Beijing and Wuhan; it opened in 2009.

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(c) The Beijing to Guangzhou line is China’s only high-speed line; Guangzhou is in
Central China.

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(d) China’s high-speed rail network exceeds 5,000 miles of track; business class tickets
are expensive.

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(e) The Beijing to Guangzhou journey used to take more than a day; the high-speed
rail programme started after the Beijing Olympics.

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(f ) The new rail link visits many cities; it links Beijing with several provinces.

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(g) The high-speed rail network cost a lot of money; the price of a standard seat from
Beijing to Guangzhou is less than the cost of flying.

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(h) Other countries have longer rail links than the Beijing to Guangzhou link; the new
link will make no difference to China’s transport system.

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(i) The new journey time is less than half of the old one; at the time of the Spring
Festival, no country has more people on the move than China.

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(j) Tianjin is a very long way from Beijing; the Beijing to Guangzhou line is divided
into three parts.

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(Total for Question 2 = 30 marks)

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3 Situation
You work as the Assistant Librarian in the main library of your town or city. You have
been asked to write a report on the most popular books for children in different age
groups.
Task
Study the table entitled ‘Best Children’s Books’ on the page opposite, and then
answer the following questions. Write your answer as a single word, a name, or a
figure. You will lose marks if you write more than this.
(20)

(a) Which book for 3–4 year-olds has more than 20 pictures?

(b) How many publishers have a book in the list costing less
than £8?

(c) Does the book ‘Twinkles’ have more pictures than ‘Best Pals’?

(d) Who is the publisher of a ‘magical’ book for 6 year-olds?

(e) How many authors in the table have a book costing less than £8?

(f ) Are there more writers of ‘fairy’ books than there are writers of
‘animal’ books?
(g) What is the cost of the book with the fewest pictures published
by Simmons?
(h) How many publishers have an ‘animals’ or ‘fairy’ book with 15 or
more pictures?

(i) Does Topley write books for more than one age group?

(j) Which author has written an ‘adventure’ book with more than
10 pictures?
(k) Which publisher has an ‘animals’ book for 5–7 year-olds with
more than 10 pictures?
(l) Excluding ‘adventure’ books, how many books in the table are
suitable for 5–7 year-olds?

(m) Which book with over 20 pictures is suitable for a 4 year-old?

(n) Does Simmons publish more books for 5–7 year-olds than
Carfax?
(o) What is the cost of the book for 5–7 year-olds with the fewest
pictures?
(p) As a child who likes ‘fairy’ books grows older, which book would
he/she read last?

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 (q) Does the book written by Yardley cost more than the book
‘Flashpoints’?
(r) How many publishers have a book that costs less than the most
expensive book for 4 year-olds?

(s) Do all the books costing more than £7 have more than 10 pictures?

(t) How many ‘adventure’ and ‘magical’ books are suitable for
9 year-olds?

BEST CHILDREN’S BOOKS

STORY TITLE AUTHOR PUBLISHER AGE GROUP STORY TYPE PICTURES PRICE
(YEARS OLD) (£)

BRIGHTWINGS TOPLEY CARFAX 3–4 FAIRY 12 6.00

BEST PALS RUSHTON HOLLAND 5–7 ANIMALS 24 7.00

ABRACADABRA BIGLEY CARFAX 5–7 MAGICAL 15 8.50

CLIFFHANGER PETERS SIMMONS 8 – 10 ADVENTURE 6 7.00

GOSSAMER SINDELL HOLLAND 3–4 FAIRY 20 6.50

TREETOPS YARDLEY WILLIS 8 – 10 ADVENTURE 12 9.00

WILDLIFE COONAN SIMMONS 3–4 ANIMALS 25 9.50

TWINKLES TOPLEY CARFAX 5–7 FAIRY 18 7.20

FLASHPOINTS TOMMS WILLIS 8 – 10 MAGICAL 10 9.00

ALIENS DUDLEY SIMMONS 5–7 ADVENTURE 8 8.50

(Total for Question 3 = 20 marks)

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4 Situation
You work in the Media Studies Department of your local college. A Communications
Seminar has been arranged for students.
Task
Read the transcript of a conversation you had with your colleague, and then use
the information in it to complete the ‘Communications Seminar’ table on the page
opposite.
(20)
Transcript
Colleague: What time does the seminar start?
You: The first speaker, John Beech, opens the seminar at 9.30 a.m.
Colleague: Is he talking about Newspapers?
You: No, that’s Frances Summers. She is first after lunch. Beech is talking
about TV.
Colleague: Mm..he’s a bit boring. I am more interested in Radio.
You: Our radio expert is Danni Tanner. She follows Beech an hour later.
Colleague: Have they got the same Chairperson?
You: Yes, they have. It’s Ted Hamill, I believe.
Colleague: So who is the final speaker for the morning session. I hope it’s
someone I like!
You: Yes, you’ll like Tina Hardy. She’s really good. She’s talking about the
Internet.
Colleague: Is Ted Hamill doing the whole morning?
You: No, he has to go at 11.30, so Gus Clark will chair the last morning
session.
Colleague: Three hours is a long time. How long is the lunch break?
You: We have a whole hour to relax.
Colleague: And then three one-hour sessions in the afternoon?
You: No, just two. The final speaker was going to be Ian Cole on Telephones.
Colleague: Isn’t he in hospital?
You: Yes, he’s been replaced. You won’t be very pleased, though.
Colleague: Why not?
You: It’s the person you said was “a bit boring”.
Colleague: Not him again?

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 You: Well, he used to be an expert in Telephone Communications.
Colleague: Who is in the chair?
You: Jackie Monks is first after lunch, and then Garth Storey takes over.
Colleague: Well, I just hope the students like it all!
COMMUNICATIONS SEMINAR
(COMPLETE IN CAPITALS IN ORDER OF START TIME)

SPEAKER CHAIRPERSON
START TIME SEMINAR TOPIC
(LAST NAME) (LAST NAME)

(Total for Question 4 = 20 marks)

total for paper = 100 marks

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