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Airbus crisis over
Airbus says it has turned the corner after a crisis connected to production problems and turmoil in the boardroom at its A380 super-jumbo project that has gone on for the past year. Speaking at the Paris air show, Louis Gallois, CEO of the European planemaker, said, "Airbus is back."
Airbus, which announced a raft of orders on the first day of the show, is competing with Boeing, its American rival, for the title of the largest planemaker in the world.
Boeing is expected to reveal the numbers of orders for its 787 Dreamliner soon. Airbus orders unveiled on Monday included Qatar Airways confirming a $16bn order for 80 A350 Airbus planes and ordering three A380 super-jumbos for about $750m.
Boeing and Airbus are also competing for orders from aircraft leasing firms. Orders from these companies - who rank highly among the biggest global buyers of aircraft - are often regarded as an indication of how successful a model will be in the long term.

Airbus also secured orders from US Airways that are worth $10bn for 22 of its A350 jets, 60 A320s and ten of its A330-200 wide-body planes.

A few months ago, Airbus unveiled a major cost-cutting programme aiming to reduce the workforce in Europe by 10,000, as well as announcing a group restructuring. "I can tell you with full confidence that Airbus is back and fully back, as you have started noting yesterday as demonstrated by our first day announcements," said Mr Gallois on the second day of the air show.

However, Boeing also announced a deal with General Electric (GE) on the show's first day. GE's commercial aviation services placed an order for six 777 Boeing freighters valued at around $1.4bn, to be delivered in the last quarter of 2008.

A Wall Street Journal website report, quoting the Delta operating chief yesterday said that Delta Air Lines were on the verge of ordering as many as 125 Boeing 787 jetliners by the end of this year. However, a spokesman for Delta later said that it had been having conversations "with several aircraft makers" and that "no final decision" had been made on future fleet purchases. 


Question
Q1 - The problems at Airbus
have been resolved completely.
are well on their way to being sorted out.
are far from resolved.

Q2 - Airbus announced
a large number of orders on the first day of the show.
some orders on the first day of the show.
a few orders on the first day of the show.

Q3 - Qatar Airways ordered
83 planes on Monday.
80 planes on Monday.
3 planes on Monday.

Q4 - US Airways
placed an order for the new super-jumbo.
didn't place an order for the new super-jumbo.
may have placed an order for the new super-jumbo.

Q5 - Boeing
announced sales of the Dreamliner.
may sell some Dreamliners to General Electric.
may sell some Dreamliners to Delta Air Lines.

Q6 - The Wall Street Journal website report
was definitely correct.
was possibly correct.
was definitely wrong.

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E-Learning Material: Reading Comprehension

Materi
Question

Q1 - Ada Lovelace's teacher introduced her to Charles Babbage.
True False

Q2 - Babbage programmed the first computer.
TrueFalse

Q3 - Ada translated the article in 1842.
TrueFalse

Q4 - The Analytical Engine was electronic.
TrueFalse

Q5 - Luigi Menabrea designed the first computer.
TrueFalse

Q6 - Babbage finished the machine before he died.
TrueFalse

Q7 - Babbage's design was ahead of its time.
TrueFalse

Q8 - Ada's work was instantly recognised as being the first computer program.
TrueFalse

Q9 - Babbage saw that his machine could write music.
TrueFalse

Q10 - Ada wrote military and aviation computer programs.
TrueFalse

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