Prüfungsaufgaben Englisch Hauptschulabschluss 1994

The Man Who Made Chewing-Gum Famous

William Wrigley was a very good salesman. His father had a soap factory, and as a boy William sold soap for him in the streets of Philadelphia. In 1891, when he was twenty-nine years old, he went to Chicago because he wanted to have his own business. He built a small soap factory and began to sell soap there. He wanted to make more money, so his big idea was to give little presents to people who bought soap for him. First he gave them packets of baking powder. Soon he found out that baking powder was easier to sell than soap, so he produced baking powder and sold it in cans. In 1892 he had another great idea. He bought a lot of chewing-gum and gave away two packets of it with each can of baking powder that was sold. This was a fantastic success. The next year he started a new business. Again he built a new factory - this time it was to make chewing-gum! His company was one of the first to use advertising and soon "Wrigley's" became America's favourite chewing-gum. William Wrigley was a famous American who made his way to the top. When he first arrived in Chicago he only had 32 dollars in his pocket. By the time he died in 1932 he was a millionaire.

1. Questions on the text.

a)  How did William help his father?

b)  Why did he leave Philadelphia?

c)  What did he do to earn more money?

d)  Why was his baking powder business so successful?

e)  What does the text tell you about William's arrival in Chicago?

2. Find the words in the text.

a)  A person who sells goods in a shop or at the market

b)  It's white and used in the kitchen to make cakes and bread

c)  Factories and shops use this to show people what they want to sell

3. Now you give the definitions.

a)  soap

b)  factory

c)  millionaire

4. Fill in the missing words!

Example: a packet of baking powder

a)  _______ chocolate

b)  _______ bread

c)  _______ apples

d)  _______ cheese cake

5. Zufällig kommt ein Amerikaner in der Pause an eurer Schule vorbei. Er stellt einige Fragen. Schreibe diese Fragen auf Englisch.

a)  Magst du Kaugummi?

b)  Wieviel Geld gibst du für Kaugummi aus?

c)  Warum kaust du jetzt gerade Kaugummi?

d)  Darfst du in der Schule kauen?

e)  Hast du schon einmal 'sugar-free' Kaugummi versucht?

6. Find the opposites!

a)  to sell

b)  more

c)  to give

d)  first

7. Fill in the verbs in their correct form.

"Use Chewing-Gum Instead"

Tom is an English schoolboy.

a)  He always (to eat) _________ too many sweets.

b)  Three weeks ago he (to have) _________ toothache, but

c)  he (not / to want) _________ to go to the dentist's.

d)  When it (to become) ________ worse

e)  his mother (to take) ________ him to the dentists's.

f)  The dentist (to look) ________ in Tom's mouth.

g)  He (to be) ________ very angry.

h)  (to clean) ________ you ever ________ your teeth?"

i)  he (to ask) ________ .

j) "If you clean your teeth in future they (to get) ________ better, and if you haven't got a toothbrush you can use chewing-gum instead."

8. Mache passende Aussagen! Wie sagst du auf Englisch, wenn du Folgendes angibst?

a)  Deinen Namen und dein Alter?

b)  Dein Herkunftsland und deine Nationalität?

c)  Dein genaues Geburtsdatum?

d)  Deine Lieblingsfächer in der Schule?

e)  Deinen Berufswunsch?

9. Find the correct prepositions and fill in!

Tom bought a packet of chewing-gum _________ the supermarket. He took __________ the paper and put the chewing-gum _________ his mouth. Two hours later he took it __________ his mouth and stuck it __________ the table. The chewing-gum stayed there _________ the rest of the day.

10. The Story of Chewing-Gum

People have enjoyed chewing-gum from very early times. The first American settlers learned how to chew gum from the Indians. The Indians taught them how to cut the bark of special trees so that the juice came out. When this juice became hard they used to chew it. The first modern kind of chewing-gum was sold at the markets in the eastern United States in the 1880s. Here you could buy small pieces of something that was Iike gum to chew. Later on "chicle" was used to make chewing-gum. Chicle is the white juice from gum trees which grow in the rain forests in Central America. It made the gum nicer and easier to chew. This chewing-gum became very popular, so they started to make it in factories in the USA. Chewing-gum often helps people to concentrate on their work. Truck drivers say it helps to keep them awake. It can help to keep your teeth clean, too. You can chew it after meals if there isn't a toothbrush at hand! Now it is sold all over the world. Every day millions of people chew different kinds of gum from peppermint to juicy fruit.

Beantworte nun folgende Fragen zum Text auf Deutsch.

a)  Was brachten die Indianer den ersten Siedlern bei?

b)  Wann und wo gab es die erste neue Art Kaugummi zu kaufen?

c)  Wo wachsen die Bäume, aus denen die Grundmasse für Kaugummi gewonnen wird?

d)  Was sagen Fernfahrer über Kaugummi?

e)  Welchen weiteren Vorteil hat Kaugummi?

11. Erzähle die angefangene Bildgeschichte weiter. Ergänze die angegebenen Wörter zu passenden Sätzen.

Two Weeks Ago Tom And His Friends Went on a Cycling Tour.

a)  were  -  lot  -  stones  -  road

b)  suddenly  -  had  -  flat tyre  -  couldn't repair

c)  let's try  -  repair  -  chewing-gum  -  friend  -  said

d)  put  -  chewing-gum  -  hole  -  pumped up  -  tyre

e)  two hours  -  arrived  -  youth hostel  -  and  -  was enough air  -  tyre