BUSINESS VOVABULARY TEST. VARIANT 1.

1. Complete the sentences with work, job or career.

1 I took on too much ……… last month and couldn’t finish it all.
2 At the peak of her ……… she was managing a sales force of 200 people.
3 Daniel Robertson’s ……… in education lasted almost four decades.
4 I have a very demanding ………, but I enjoy it, nonetheless.
5 At the moment we are carrying out ……… on the design of the new stadium.
6 The scandal ruined his ……… and he never worked in the stock market again.
7 I’m going to apply for a ……… in a supermarket.
8 She had a long and brilliant ……… in show business. At 20, she got her first steady ……… in a small
regional theatre, but it was in 1968 that her ……… really took off when she was offered a part in a TV
series.

2. Choose the correct collocation.

1 Our company sets a high value / price / cost on after-sales service.

2 Competition to earn / win / achieve the contract was strong / stiff / hard.
3 You need a wide range of skills in order to work / run / go a successful business.
4 How long have you been doing / making / getting business with China for?
5 The annual takeover / overtake / turnover / overturn of our company is growing rapidly.
6 It’s my job to weigh / balance / add the budget.
7 We’ve put in a very competitive offer / bid / deal so I hope we’ll get the job.
8 We’ve been doing rapid / stiff / brisk business all morning.

3. Choose the correct item.

1 An ………manages the day-to-day workings of an office.

executive clerk administrator
2 A(n) ……… worker does the job that needs no training.
unskilled research skilled
3 A union ……… looks after the staff’s interests.
supervisor assistant representative
4 If you are no longer needed in your job you may be made ……….
on strike laid off redundant
5 She took a year’s ……… leave after the birth of her child.
maternity promotion sick
6 An education ……… organizes employee training.
servant officer engineer
7 I prefer to work ……… than to do regular hours.
shift work flexi-time on strike
8 He took early ……… because of ill-health.
retirement maternity promotion
9 I took a month ……… leave when I had pneumonia.
ill sick sack
10 A(n) ……… worker investigates and develops new projects.
economist education research

4. Complete these descriptions of TV documentaries using a word from the box.

arduous beaten intrepid sense sights trekking unexplored

 1 John Howes presents holiday tips for those heading off the ……… track, while Anneke Zousa
does the ……… of New York in record time.

2 In this fascinating film, Grieshaus gives us a picture of the largely ……… wilderness of the Kara
Kum Desert.

3 Like a(n) ……… explorer of the nineteenth century, James Westly traveled with only two
companions.

4 In 1957, Anna Tresholm went ……… through the mountains of North-Eastern Turkey and filmed
every step of her way. This unique footage reveals the harshness of her ……… journey.

5 This film conveys a genuine ……… of adventure, as we travel with its makers through the dense
jungles of Guyana.

5. Complete the text with the words in the box.

who what whose where which

In the corporate market, apartment hotels are rapidly becoming popular with executives 1) ……… travel
a great deal. Apartment hotels, 2) ……… share some of the features of traditional hotels such as a
reception desks, can be hired for a single night or for several weeks. They are ideal for everyone 3)
……… job takes them away from home for a month or so at a time, because 4) ……… they provide is a
space that is much more like home, with a bathroom, sitting room, bedroom and working area. Apartment
hotels also come with a kitchen, 5) ……… executives can make meals, and they have laundry facilities as
well, 6) ……… helps to keep costs down.
Dominique Villon, 7) ……… consultancy company DSD International advises clients on corporate
travel, says they are a welcome development but are not ideal for everyone: ‘Apartment hotels are great in
places like London, 8) ……… traditional hotels are extremely expensive, but 9) ……… they lack is room
service, and that can be a problem for executives 10) ……… don’t have the time to cook for themselves.

6. Fill in the gaps with the correct form of the words in brackets.

The Riverview is an 1) ……… (expense) hotel on the shore of 2) ……… (peace) Lake Bead. The hotel is
very 3) ……… (attract) and is set in 4) ……… (beauty) surroundings. it has over a hundred 5) ………
(space) rooms which are very 6) ……… (luxury). Lots of 7) ……… (fame) people have stayed there in
order to enjoy the 8) ……… (private) that the hotel offers them, since there are 9) ……… (secure) guards
to keep photographs and reporters out.

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7* Fill each of the numbered blanks in the passage with one suitable word.

Many cities can arouse excitement and a passionate response (1) ……… their visitors but Florence is
almost guaranteed to bowl (2) ……… all but the most world-weary traveler. Its countless museums and
galleries (3) ……… be overwhelming at first, and many people find it difficult to (4) ………… in and
absorb the visual bombardment from the past. It is home to buildings that have (5) ………. Famous (6)
……… over the world and (7) ……… now easily recognized by any tourist, but you (8) ……… to look
further than the obvious symbols of the city to discover its real character. True, nowhere (9) ……… the
relationship between the sacred and the worldly more eloquently (10) ……… than in Florence’s major
churches and palaces, but the whole city is a phenomenon never again to be (11) ……… and one you will
never (12) ………. Few (13) ……… deny that if any city in Europe is worth visiting, Florence (14)
……… be very near the (15) ……… of the list.
FAREWELL TEST 1. VARIANT 2.

1. Match the newspaper headlines 1 – 6 with the topics of the stories a – f .

1 BUSINESS GOES UNDER

2 STIFF COMPETITION FOR LOCAL FIRM
3 BUSINESS BOOMING IN THE AREA
4 JACKSON’S STRIKE SUCCESSFUL DEAL WITH JAPAN
5 ICE CREAM COMPANY TO BE FLOATED
6 PAPER COMPANY EXPECTED TO FOLD

a) a company wins a promising new contract

b) a rival company is causing problems
c) a firm is going to sell shares for the first time
d) a company has ceased trading
e) a company may go out of business
f) local companies’ sales figures are looking good

2. Work. Match the beginnings and endings of these sentences.

1 A public relations officer gives a) the employees of a company

2 A supervisor makes sure b) records of a company’s money
3 An accountant keeps c) company information to the public
4 A civil servant works d) people are doing their work properly
5 A personnel officer deals with e) in a government department

3. Choose the correct word from the box to complete each sentence.

Outstanding deadline expires survival shipped morale tender Resources

teamwork clause

1 ……… in the office is low since the redundancies were announced.

2 The warranty on the camera ……… next month.
3 The goods were ……… to your home address on June 5th.
4 To be paid in June, you need to invoice us by the April 30th ……….
5 Good ……… is vital, as there are 25 people working on this project.
6 Our lawyers are considering whether to use the penalty ……….
7 If you need information about paternity leave, ask Ali in Human ……….
8 Great! We’ve paid off all our ……… bills and we are still in credit.
9 His company won the ……… to build all the new roads in the area.
10 Business is a harsh environment – it’s about the ……… of the fittest.

4. Choose the correct item.

1 An ………manages the day-to-day workings of an office.

executive clerk administrator
2 A(n) ……… worker does the job that needs no training.
unskilled research skilled
3 A union ……… looks after the staff’s interests.
supervisor assistant representative
4 If you are no longer needed in your job you may be made ……….
on strike laid off redundant
5 She took a year’s ……… leave after the birth of her child.
maternity promotion sick
 6 An education ……… organizes employee training.
servant officer engineer
7 I prefer to work ……… than to do regular hours.
shift work flexi-time on strike
8 He took early ……… because of ill-health.
retirement maternity promotion
9 I took a month ……… leave when I had pneumonia.
ill sick sack
10 A(n) ……… worker investigates and develops new projects.
economist education research

5. Complete the text. Put the verbs in brackets into the infinitive or the –ing form.

After 1) ………… (leave) university in 1986, Luis Miguel knew that he wanted a career in travel.
However, before 2) ……… (start) his own business, he got a job with a local travel firm, where he
quickly learned how 3) ……… (operate) a small agency. A year later, he left 4) ……… (set up) his own
company, Travelextra, which grew rapidly by 5) ……… (concentrate) on giving excellent value and top
class customer service.

6. Fill in the blanks with the correct form of the words in brackets.

Ian Fleming is famous for writing the extremely 1) ……… (success) James Bond novels, which are
packed with 2) ……… (act) and adventure. But Fleming himself had quite an 3) ……. (adventure) life
which has been recorded in several biographies.
He tried a career in banking but did not find it 4) ……… (interest) enough. In May, 1939, he joined the
intelligence service and carried out several 5) ……… (danger) missions during the war. He planned
clever 6) ……. (operate) and lived a life not unlike that of the famous hero, James Bond.
In 1952, he began to write a novel. Casino Royale was the first of the James Bond novels, all of which
became 7) …….. (incredible) popular. They reflected his 8) ………. (usual) life and love of adventure.
Fleming died in 1964 at the age of 56.

7. Complete the following sentences with a relative pronoun. Sometimes there is more than one
correct answer.

1 I have to share an office with a colleague ……… smokes.

2 Passengers without a valid visa will be sent back to the country from ……… they have come.
3 Do you have the number of that hotel ……… Mrs Serdar is staying?
4 Manuel’s father, ……… set up the company in 1965, has handed control to his son.
5 We need a translator ……… mother tongue is Icelandic.
6 In 1987 he moved to Seoul, ……… he set up the Asia division.
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8* Fill each of the numbered gaps with one suitable word.

Most places in Africa are far cheaper to get (1) ……… than packaged tour agents would have you believe. Neither
should you listen to your mother, who will tell you that such trips are fraught (2) ……… all sorts of dangers. The
hardest part is simply making the decision to go. But if you’ve a taste (3) ……… adventure, it really is surprisingly
easy and will turn (4) …… to be one of the best experiences you’ve ever had. Remember that wherever people are
people, there will be food, shelter and transport, no matter how primitive, and the further (5) ……… the beaten
track you go generally the more interesting it becomes. If (6) ……… all possible, avoid making hard and fast plans
or having rigid deadlines. Instead, be open to suggestions (7) ……… other travelers (8) …….. which route to take
and if they advise you (9) ……… a particular course of action, you would be wise to follow that advise. Transport
really runs (10) ……… schedule or (11) ……… a manner that you’re familiar (12) ……… and if you expect it
(13) ………, you’ll drive yourself (14) ……… distraction. In many parts of Africa it’s virtually impossible (15)
……… predict anything.