Q: The automotive industry is a wide range of companies and organizations involved in the design, development, manufacturing, marketing, and selling of motor vehicles, some of them are called automakers. It is one of the world's most important economic sectors by revenue. The automotive industry does not include industries dedicated to the maintenance of automobiles following delivery to the end-user, such as automobile repair shops and motor fuel filling stations.

The term "automotive" was created from Greek "autos" (self), and Latin "motivus" (of motion) to represent any form of self-powered vehicle. This term was proposed by Elmer Sperry.

The automotive industry began in the 1890s with hundreds of manufacturers that pioneered the horseless carriage. For many decades, the United States led the world in total automobile production. In 1929, before the Great Depression, the world had 32,028,500 automobiles in use, and the U.S. automobile industry produced over 90% of them. At that time the U.S. had one car per 4.87 persons. After World War II, the U.S. produced about 75 percent of world's auto production. In 1980, the U.S. was overtaken by Japan and became world's leader again in 1994. In 2006, Japan narrowly passed the U.S. in production and held this rank until 2009, when China took the top spot with 13.8 million units. With 19.3 million units manufactured in 2012, China almost doubled the U.S. production, with 10.3 million units, while Japan was in third place with 9.9 million units. From 1970 (140 models) over 1998 (260 models) to 2012 (684 models), the number of automobile models in the U.S. has grown exponentially.

Answer the following questions:
1. does the automobile industry include maintenance of automobiles?
2. when did the automotive industry begin?
3. what two root words make up automotive?
4. from which languages are they taken?
5. who came up with the term?
6. how many automobiles were in use by 1929?
7. what percent of those were produced by the U.S.?
8. what are the organizations that make motor vehicles called?
9. what percent of cars were produced by the u.s. after world war II?
10. when was the U.S. overtaken by Japan?
A: 1. No
2. 1890s
3. "autos" and "motivus"
4. Greek and Latin
5. Elmer Sperry.
6. 32,028,500
7. over 90%
8. The automotive industry
9. about 75 percent
10. In 1980
Q: John Brown, an office worker, lives in Washington. He inherited $1 000 000 when he was 23. He didn't feel happy at all. His college friends were looking for their first jobs, but he didn't tell any of his friends and gave $ 1 000 000 of his money to a charity that helped poor children to live better lives. Today he is 36, he still wears cheap shoes and clothes and owns a small car only, but he is much happier. Up to now, John has helped 15 children from poor countries all over the world, $200 a month for each. The money is used to afford the child's education, food, medical care and clothing. John receives a report each year on the child's progress. They can write to each other, but usually the children do not speak English. Once John went to meet a little girl in Africa. He said that the meeting was very exciting. "When I met her, I felt very happy." he said. "I saw that the money was used for a very good plan. It brought me closer to the child. I will do everything I can to help those children in need." he added. ,A, B, C, D,.

Answer the following questions:
1. Where does John Brown live?
2. What is his job?
3. How old is he?
4. What happened when he was 23?
5. How long ago was that?
6. Did he like that?
7. What were his friends doing?
8. What did he do with the money?
9. What does the charity do?
10. Did he tell his friends?
11. Is he still helping kids?
12. How many?
13. How much does he give them?
14. Where are they from?
15. Does he get anything in return?
16. What?
17. How often
18. Has he ever met one of them?
19. Where?
20. How did he feel?
A: 1. Washington
2. he's an office worker
3. 36
4. He inherited $1,000,000
5. 13 years
6. no
7. looking for jobs
8. gave it to a charity
9. helped poor children
10. no
11. yes
12. 15
13. $200 a month
14. all over the world
15. yes
16. a report
17. each year
18. yes
19. in Africa
20. very happy
Q: Las Vegas (CNN) -- Declaring victory in Nevada's Republican presidential caucuses on Saturday, Mitt Romney again turned away from his GOP rivals and toward President Barack Obama.

CNN projects that Romney will win the Nevada Republican presidential caucuses, based on results and entrance polling.

With 71% of the votes counted, Romney held about 48% of the vote, while former House Speaker Newt Gingrich had 23% and Rep. Ron Paul had 18%. Former Pennsylvania Sen. Rick Santorum, who had largely bypassed the state, had 11% of the vote. Those numbers were gathered from vote counters at caucus sites across the state and the state's Republican Party.

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Romney thanked supporters at his campaign headquarters in Las Vegas, telling them, "This isn't the first time you gave me your vote of confidence, but this time I'm going to take it to the White House," alluding to his win in Nevada in 2008.

But then he turned his attention to Obama, saying Nevada has had enough of his kind of help in fixing its home mortgage crisis and that he failed at bringing down unemployment.

Entering the race as front-runner, Romney had largely ignored his Republican rivals and focused on Obama. But as Gingrich rose to challenge him in polls, he was forced to address the other candidates in the race.

His victory speech was a one-on-one with Obama.

"This president began his presidency by apologizing for America. He should now be apologizing to America," Romney told cheering supporters.

The only allusion to GOP opponents Romney made was when he told supporters that he was the only one who could fix the economy, "unlike other people running for president."

Answer the following questions:
1. Who won the republican caucus?
2. When?
3. Who projected this?
4. What evidence did they use?
5. Did he run for president before?
6. When?
7. Who did he talk about in his speech?
8. Who did he mostly leave out of his speech?
9. Who came in last in the results?
10. With what percentage?
11. Who came in right after Romney?
12. What was his job previously?
13. What did he force Romney to do?
14. Why?
15. What did he think Obama failed at in Nevada?
16. Where were his campaign headquarters located?
17. How did he say the president started his term?
18. What does he think he needs to do now?
19. Did his supporters agree?
20. What place was Ron Paul in with 71% of the results?
A:
1. Mitt Romney
2. Saturday
3. CNN
4. results and entrance polling
5. Yes
6. in 2008
7. Obama
8. his GOP opponents
9. Rick Santorum
10. 11
11. Newt Gingrich
12. House Speaker
13. address the other candidates in the race
14. because Gingrich rose to challenge him
15. bringing down unemployment
16. Las Vegas
17. by apologizing for America
18. apologize to America
19. yes
20. Third