2nd year 1st TERM TEST Teacher: _______________

February 2014
Name: _____________________ Total: _______ / 70 Version A

CAREER SKILLS
1) Write an appropriate request instead of the underlined sentence. Use a different phrase each
time.
1 Ill be out of office tomorrow, so let the sales team know tomorrows meeting has been cancelled.
_____________________________________________________________________________________
2 Im going to be at a conference next week. Deal with a few things while Im away.
____________________________________________________________________________________
3 Mary, make an important call for me at 11am.
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2) Choose the right option to complete the sentences.

0 They fell behind schedule but have managed to catch C this week.
a) on b) by c) up

1 I assure you this solution will speed up the production process a ____.

a) few b) lot c) slightly

2 The deadline was too ____ .

a) thin b) tight c) small

3 Weve come ___ under budget.

a) in b) on c) to

4 We are happy to say that our share price has gone up ____.

a) significant b) rather c) significantly

5 Your suggestion is by ____ the best Ive heard all day.

a) lot b) way c) far

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VOCABULARY
3) Choose answer a, b or c to complete these sentences.
1 The share price went up when the new ___ was appointed.
a) POS b) IT c) CEO
2 In order to reach their female customers Nike had to redesign both its ___ and footwear.
a) production cycles b) subordinates c) apparel
3 The chief executive answers to the board of ___
a) executives b) directors c) subordinates
4 A successful brand can act as a ___ to entry for competing products.
a) barrier b) sales pitch c) premium
5 __ pay for top executives has increased a lot in recent years.
a) consortium b) remuneration c) severance
6 A good strategy will help you to succeed in your ___ business.
a) core b) centre c) logo
7 Some managers prefer to delegate responsibility to their ___.
a) CEO b) subordinates c) retailers
8 Booking.com owns no factories or warehouses, machinery or any tangible ___.
a) assets b) stuff c) staff
9 A golden ___ is money that fat cats receive when their contract is ended.
a) compensation b) parachute c) hello
10 Lets not ___ a dangerous precedent like that!
a) take b) set c) make
11 Large corporations are usually ___ companies, i.e. they are owned by shareholders.
a) joint-stock b) subsidiary c) subordinate
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4) Write these words in the phrases. There is one extra word.

comments / responsible/ founder/ charge /talent / environment/ objective / report/ delegate / expectations /
SWOT

1 A successful leader knows how to 1 ___________________ responsibility.

2 A successful manager tries to create a positive working 2 _________________ and develop

3
_________________.
3 Mr Polegato is the 4_________________________ of Geox footwear.
5
4 ________________________ analysis is part of the strategic planning process.
5 I6 ________________________ to the CEO directly.
6 They have set a completely unrealistic 7_______________________! There is no way we can achieve it.

7 Im in 8________________________ of the performance of my team.

8 Im 9_________________________ for three hundred people.
9 I hope you have found my 10 ____________________________ useful.

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5) Complete the sentences with the words below.

0 He received over a hundred thousand in compensation (NCOIMPEATONS) for his unfair

dismissal.

1 If you cant keep up with your ___________________________ (PETITIMONCO) you will soon go out
of business because theyll take away your customers.

2 Our advertisements focus on the ____________________________ (RASPITIONAS) and desires of our

target customers.
3 Governments exploit the natural __________________________ (URESEORCS) of their country such
as gas and oil in order to boost the economy.
4 _____________________________ (NVIRONNMETLEISTSA) oppose development which produces
pollution and endangers the environment.

5 We offer a high quality product and our customers are ready to pay a _________________ (EMPIRUM)
for it.

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WRITING
6) Write the missing words in this email and rearrange the sentences in the right order.

1__f__ 2 ____ 3____ 4____ 5____ 6____ 7___ 8____

a) I l_________ f_____________ to receiving your comments.

b) T__________ y_______ for your last email outlining the problems.

c) P__________ f________ attached a copy of our full report.

d) Brian Butler

e) Y_________ s____________

f) D________ Mr Morand

g) Im w____________ to tell you about our final decision on the safety problems.

h) We recommend that all technical staff are sent on safety awareness courses. The course is
very expensive but has a good reputation. We should announce plans at the next press
conference. We hope to improve safety conditions by next year.

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READING

7) Read the text and answer the questions below.

Downturn will not stop march of Arab women

The women gathered in a splendid hotel in the heart of Paris on a recent rainy day. They had arrived in
style, some sporting fur coats, others clutching Herms bags.
Yet this was not a social event nor a fashion show. The guests were some of the Arab worlds top
businesswomen and their trip to Paris was to learn about business opportunities, even in todays difficult
economic times.
They were letting themselves be charmed by the French government, which has suddenly discovered that
the wealth of Arab women and their rising profile in the business world represents a good source of capital.
Paris, the businesswomen were told, was now a financial centre. Its important contribution to the asset
management business, they said, had turned it into the Boston of Europe. It is time to invest with us,
declared Anne-Marie Idrac, minister for foreign trade. You are welcome, you are welcome, she added.
The Paris conference, organised by the Arab International Womens Forum, would have been
inconceivable a decade ago.

True, many Arab women, particularly in the oil-rich Gulf, have always controlled big fortunes, largely gained
through inheritance. But it is only more recently that they have sought to make their own investment
decisions.

It is also in recent years that the club of Arab businesswomen has expanded, creating a new class who
have worked their way through family businesses or started their own companies. More confident and
determined, Arab businesswomen today are better organised and more widely heard.

As Fayza Aboulnaga, Egypts minister of international cooperation, told the conference, the number of
womens business associations in her country has grown from a single one in 1995 to as many as 22
today. Higher levels of education as well as economic need have sent more and more women into the
workforce. Islamic law, meanwhile, allows women to own property and maintain control over their wealth
when they marry.

Choose the best answer to each question according to the article.

1 How have Arab businesswomen changed? 4 How has education affected Arab women?
a) Theyve become wealthier. a) It has decreased the amount of time they
have available to work.
b) Theyve become better organised.
b) It has increased their ability to work.
c) Theyve begun doing business in Europe.
c) It has doubled their earnings, on average.
2 How many womens business associations
were there in Egypt in 1995? 5 What does Islamic law say about womens
wealth?
a) one
a) They are allowed to make financial
b) none
decisions after they are married.
c) twenty-two
b) They are not allowed to control property.
Where have some Arab businesswomen
c) Wealthy women should give their money
begun work in business?
to their husbands.
a) family businesses
b) internships abroad
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c) womens business organisations
LANGUAGE
8) Read the article about marketing in Scandinavia. Complete the article with the following words.

happiest than least best equal most generous more

A midsummer night's dream

In the world of marketing, images of the Nordic states are often used to suggest healthy, honest
lifestyles, but how does the image compare to the reality? Well, to be a citizen of one of these countries
today is to be 0 more assured of wealth, political stability, generous welfare, low crime and a good
life 1____________ in most other countries. In international comparisons, one of the Nordic five
(Norway, Sweden, Denmark, Finland and Iceland) is regularly at the top. Finns are the 2
______________ corrupt people anywhere; Norwegians enjoy the 3 ______________ standard of living.
The Finnish economy is the 4________________ competitive after America. The Nordics as a group are
the 5__________________ in their jobs, and most 6___________________ with foreign donations.
Nordic women enjoy more 7____________________ treatment with men than those anywhere else
and so on.
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9) Complete the sentences using in, up, down, off , of, or to. You need to use some of the
prepositions more than once.
0 I'm still shocked. The realisation hasn't sunk in yet.
1 Unfortunately, the negotiations broke __________ after Just a few hours.
2 Due __________ lobbying by environmentalists, the construction project has been cancelled.
3 Shall we call _________ the meeting as it no longer has any purpose?
4 We've been working for weeks to set __________ a deal with a former competitor.
5 A number of jobs have been created as a result _________ investment in this project.
6 The protesters hope that their example will lead ________ similar action by other people.
7 We're concerned that this development will result ________ environmental damage.

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10) Complete the report by a financial adviser with present perfect (have done) or past simple (did)
form of the verbs in brackets.
TRL Engineering 0 has performed (perform) steadily over recent years, but in the last few months the
share price 1 ___________________ (be) very unstable. In May the company 2______________
(announce) that it had lost a mayor motorway maintenance contract and in July it 3_________________
(issue) a profits warning. Recently the shares 4________________ (recover) from a two-year low, but
prospects do not look good.

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