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9) Fill in the blanks according to the most suitable Conjunction:
Instead, Despite, Therefore, As a result, Although, Due to, Since, However
The Trabant cars were produced from 1963 to 1991, with a 1.1L. ______________ the car seemed very compact, there were two main problems with the engine: the smoky exhaust and the pollution it produced – 20 times the amount of hydrocarbons and five times the carbon monoxide emissions of the average European car of 2022.
__________________ it could take years (usual waiting time 15 years) for a Trabant to be delivered from the time it was ordered, people who finally got one were very careful with it and usually became skilful in maintaining and repairing it. The lifespan of an average Trabant was 28 years. People in general preferred to buy used models _____________ waiting 15 years and would often reach higher price than new ones, as the former were available immediately.
The Trabant was a steel monoblock design with roof, trunk, hood, bumpers fenders and doors in Duroplast a form of plastic containing resin strengthened by wool or cotton. _____________ this helped the East German to avoid expensive steel imports from other communist countries.
In theory it did not provide much crash protection in higher speeds _____________ many Eastern analysts alleged higher safety performance in possible crashes even superior to some western cars.
The Duroplast was made of recycled material, cotton waste from Russia and phenol resins from the East German dye industry, making the Trabant the first car in the world with a body made of recycled material.
______________________ being made in a communist country the Trabant was a relatively advanced car when it was launched in 1958; with front wheel drive and independent suspension all around. The main crucial problem was the engine: by the late 1950s small cars in western countries mainly used cleaner and more efficient four cylinders engines, as employed in the VW in the West Germany.
When released, the Trabant was technically equivalent to the West German Beetle automobile, which had an air cooled system and didn’t require water. _________________, people who owned this car were really happy with the cheap maintenance.
In 1989 a licensed version of the VW Polo engine replaced the elderly two cylinders engine, the result of a trade agreement between the two German states. The latest model had just little improvements __________________ budgetary constraints.
By the time it entered production in May 1990, the two states had already agreed to German reunification. The inefficient, labor-intensive production line was kept open only because of government subsidies. Demands for the car dropped to almost zero, as residents of the east preferred second-hand western cars with higher technologies and cheap prices. ___________ the production line closed in 1991 and the plant Trabant was sold to Volkswagen.
In the early 1990s it was possible to buy a Trabant for as little as a few marks, and many were given away. Later, as they became collectors' items, prices recovered, but they still remain very cheap cars.
9) Fill in the blanks according to the most suitable Conjunction:
Instead, Despite, Therefore, As a result, Although, Due to, Since, However
The Trabant cars were produced from 1963 to 1991, with a 1.1L. ______________ the car seemed very compact, there were two main problems with the engine: the smoky exhaust and the pollution it produced – 20 times the amount of hydrocarbons and five times the carbon monoxide emissions of the average European car of 2022.
__________________ it could take years (usual waiting time 15 years) for a Trabant to be delivered from the time it was ordered, people who finally got one were very careful with it and usually became skilful in maintaining and repairing it. The lifespan of an average Trabant was 28 years. People in general preferred to buy used models _____________ waiting 15 years and would often reach higher price than new ones, as the former were available immediately.
The Trabant was a steel monoblock design with roof, trunk, hood, bumpers fenders and doors in Duroplast a form of plastic containing resin strengthened by wool or cotton. _____________ this helped the East German to avoid expensive steel imports from other communist countries.
In theory it did not provide much crash protection in higher speeds _____________ many Eastern analysts alleged higher safety performance in possible crashes even superior to some western cars.
The Duroplast was made of recycled material, cotton waste from Russia and phenol resins from the East German dye industry, making the Trabant the first car in the world with a body made of recycled material.
______________________ being made in a communist country the Trabant was a relatively advanced car when it was launched in 1958; with front wheel drive and independent suspension all around. The main crucial problem was the engine: by the late 1950s small cars in western countries mainly used cleaner and more efficient four cylinders engines, as employed in the VW in the West Germany.
When released, the Trabant was technically equivalent to the West German Beetle automobile, which had an air cooled system and didn’t require water. _________________, people who owned this car were really happy with the cheap maintenance.
In 1989 a licensed version of the VW Polo engine replaced the elderly two cylinders engine, the result of a trade agreement between the two German states. The latest model had just little improvements __________________ budgetary constraints.
By the time it entered production in May 1990, the two states had already agreed to German reunification. The inefficient, labor-intensive production line was kept open only because of government subsidies. Demands for the car dropped to almost zero, as residents of the east preferred second-hand western cars with higher technologies and cheap prices. ___________ the production line closed in 1991 and the plant Trabant was sold to Volkswagen.
In the early 1990s it was possible to buy a Trabant for as little as a few marks, and many were given away. Later, as they became collectors' items, prices recovered, but they still remain very cheap cars.
