D Expressing degrees of meaning

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C Complete the sentence

B Word search

Find a word or phrase in the text that has a similar meaning.

1. when a company makes a product in big volumes to reduce costs (paras 1 and 9) …economies… of… scale…

2. factory in which cars are produced (para 2)

p………………… u…………………

3. independence (para 2)

a…………………

4. needs or demands (para 2)

r…………………

5. head of a company responsible for strategy rather than day-to-day management (para 5)

c…………………

6. consist of or be made up of (paras 6 and 7)

c…………………

7. financially independent (para 7)

s………………… - s…………………

8. total of a company's production (para 8)

o…………………

Use an appropriate word or phrase from Exercise B to complete each sentence.

1. The company ... comprises ... three divisions-cars, trucks and commercial vehicles.

2. Each division has a lot of ………………… to decide its own strategy.

3. Companies seem to change their ………………… every few years in response to changing economic and market conditions.

4. Our total ………………… of cars from all our factories in Europe went down last year.

5. We need to develop products that meet the ………………… of the market.

6. Big car makers now produce different models based on the same platform in order to achieve ………………… .

7. All the main Japanese car makers have ………………… in Europe.

Complete these sentences with the adverb or phrase used in the text.

1. For many years Ford's products differed … sharply … from region to region.

2. Individual countries had ………………… of autonomy.

3. Honda grew ………………… from its early days as a motorcycle manufacturer.

4. For many years Honda was run very ………………… out of Japan.

5. The use of multi-disciplinary teams allowed development work at Honda to take place ………………… in different parts of the company.

6. Honda expects its four regions to become ………………… self-sufficient.

7. No other car maker has ………………… of foreign output as Honda.