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Proficiency Business English Sample 1
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Part One [10] Part Two A [10] Part Two B [30] Part Three [30] Part Four [10] Part Five [10]
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Proficiency Business English
Level 4
Sample 1
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Part One (10 marks) You have been asked to attend a talk about M2M computing, The Internet of Things. Listen to the presenter and complete the text. You may need to write more than one word in each gap. You will hear the information twice.
The frontier of (1) _________________ applications, data and services is moving
further and further away from the centralised nodes, to the (2) _________________ of
the network, known as the edge. This is where analysis and knowledge generation
takes place, at the source of the data for the Internet of Things. Early machine to
machine, or M2M, applications sent all (3) _________________ data to the data centre
for processing. Today, M2M applications generate more data at the edge, in real-
time, which means more real-time data analysis and (4) _________________
_________________ is also required, as well as a greater need for local data storage
at the edge. The Internet of Things and the rise of M2M ecosystems have long been
anticipated. As this ecosystem converges with (5) _________________ like cloud
computing and big data, businesses need to be prepared to (6) _________________
with the new wave of connected, intelligent devices and harness the data that comes
with them. Network traffic is still expected to increase however, because there will
be an (7) _________________ amount of data generated by the Internet of Things on
the M2M applications, which will require further processing before it can be more
(8) _________________ _________________. Application developers are the key to the
expansion of the Internet of Things. Success on this platform requires a
(9) _________________ and intuitive environment in which M2M application developers
can (10) _________________ ________________ the functionality of the applications
they’re creating, without having to worry about the mechanics of the platform that
will deliver and support the applications.
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Part Two - A (10 marks)
You will hear a telephone conversation. Listen to conversation, answer the
questions below and complete the graph where appropriate. Also complete the
information required. You will hear the conversation twice.
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What happened to cause the decline in sales in September?