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Phoenix Automobiles rises to become a major international car company!

By Aaron Deleon

 

Phoenix, Arizona - President Vincent Dixon announced through his spokesperson last week that Phoenix Automobiles will be restructuring some of its factories and expanding overseas. The Phoenix-born president fostered his company from a small company that supplied forklifts and other vehicles demanded at construction sites to an internationally renowned automobile company.

 

Due to skyrocketing sales, the company has recently decided to restructure some of its existing factories and build five more factories, including factories in two overseas locations. Two factories, one in Alabama and another in Arizona, will be shut down by the end of next month. The Arizona factory has been warned by the state government because it has violated environmental regulations, emitting excessive carbon dioxide. In addition, part of the Alabama factory began falling apart after a recent hailstorm. This led the company to make this decision. The two factories will be closed by August.

 

Three new factories, scheduled to be completed by the end of this year, are going to have independent sanitation facilities that can filter wastewater before it goes to the state sewage disposal plant. The new plants will be built in Delaware, Georgia and Illinois. Two overseas factories will be built in developing countries by the end of next year. These overseas plants were included as part of the government's overseas development aid program, which will provide benefits including medical services, education, and housing to the company's workers in cooperation with the US State Department. Moreover, Phoenix Automobiles will be relocating its headquarters from Alabama to New York.

 

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Theresa Wagner

Editor

Mega Automobiles Magazine

 #926 Broomfield dr. Beal City

MJW 46943 BC

 

Dear Ms. Wagner,

 

Concerning the article your magazine published last week about our company's restructuring, I would like to correct some errors. Please make sure that corrections are included in the next issue of the magazine.

 

First of all, the Arizona factory did not violate state environmental regulations. The writer must have confused our factory with the Neton Arizona factory, which was penalized by the state government for breaching Article 7, Section 1 of the state's environmental law. Our company is greatly concerned about pollution. This is exactly why we are installing independent sanitation facilities at our new factories.

 

Also, the domestic factories will not be completed by the end of this year, as the independent sanitation facilities take more than a year to be built and installed.

 

While I appreciate your magazine for publicizing our company's success, I regret that some of the errors in the article may be damaging to our company's reputation. Please fix these errors and make sure that they don't affect our brand image.

 

Sincerely,

 

Ernest Perkins,

Spokesperson

Phoenix Automobiles

#72 Leaton St., Mobile,

Alabama G5N-724


1. What can be inferred about Phoenix Automobiles?
A. It is planning to build five more factories overseas
B. It is looking for more investors
C. It will be closed by August
D. It cares about the environment
Explain:


2. What is NOT listed as a benefit workers at the overseas factories will receive?
A. Free meals
B. Housing
C. Education
D. Medical services
Explain:


3. Where are they installing the sanitation facilities?
A. Arizona
B. Delaware
C. California
D. Alabama
Explain:


4. In the letter, the word “violate” in paragraph 2 is closest in meaning to
A. exaggerate
B. transport
C. disobey
D. publish
Explain:


5. Why did Mr. Perkins write to Ms. Wagner?
A. To ask for an old issue of the magazine
B. To notify her of some errors made in the magazine
C. To donate some money to the publisher
D. To extend gratitude for publishing the magazine
Explain:
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