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Intelligent Business Progress Test 5 (Units 13─15)

Complete all seven sections. There are seventy marks in total.
SECTION 1: VOCABULARY
1 Choose the correct option a, b or c.
1 He made a __________ at the best hotel in town.
a) book b) reserve c) booking
2 Ten __________ by two equals five.
a) multiplied b) divided c) reduced
3 Have you __________ the work I gave you? No, I haven’t.
a) done b) did c) made
4 He’s thinking of taking a career __________ some time next year.
a) gap b) break c) year
5 Look at the pie __________. You can see where we spent the money.
a) diagram b) graph c) chart
6 The __________ is for televisions to become bigger and bigger.
a) trend b) change c) increase
7 He’s going on a business __________ to Canada.
a) trip b) travel c) journey
8 He has made all his travel __________. He has his tickets now.
a) organisations b) arrangements c) appointments
9 Are you travelling for business or __________?
a) pleasant b) pleasure c) pressure
10 We have had __________ sales this month.
a) current b) record c) least
11 Europe is a _________.
a) country b) content c) continent
12 What is your date of __________?
a) birthday b) born c) birth

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SECTION 2: LANGUAGE
2 Some of these sentences have a mistake. Underline the mistake and write the correction.
If there is no mistake then put a tick ().
e.g. We work in a multinational company. ________
He asked me work late. ____to____
Are you live in Turkey? ____Do___
I can’t to finish on time. ____─____

1 Could you to help me with this report? __________

2 Where do you want go? __________
3 I think computers have become smaller in the future. __________
4 It likely that more people will work from home. __________
5 Do you see the boss later today? __________
6 We should to increase the salaries. __________
7 He promised work late this evening. __________
8 You should always arrive on time. __________
9 Why don’t we arrange meet next week. __________
10 I’m meeting the supplier tomorrow morning. __________
11 We planned develop a new product. __________
12 Will they to finish on time today? __________

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SECTION 3: READING
3 Which paragraph a, b or c mentions:
1 People who work for no money. __________
2 How much money the company makes. __________
3 A way to stop staff leaving a company. __________
4 Problems finding new ideas. __________
5 How a product has changed. __________
6 What to do if your job isn’t interesting. __________
7 Ways to keep in contact with other people. __________

a) Keeping ahead of the competition is hard work these days. Mr Laliberte of the Cirque du
Soleil has managed to do this with his global entertainment business. His profits are huge, but

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it’s not easy to always have creative ideas as the brand continues to grow. Mr Laliberte has done
this and it is likely that the company will continue to be successful.

b) People who work for a company for a long time often need a break or they can find their
jobs boring. It has become popular today for workers to take 3-, 6- or 12-month breaks away
from work. In the past it was only students who took a gap year before going to university, but
now almost twenty per cent of all workers in Britain are doing this. Popular destinations are
Africa and South America. People often do voluntary work while they are travelling. Some
companies are now offering their staff the opportunity to take a career break. This is one way to
keep good staff.

c) What does the future offer, do you think? Will it be very different from what we know
today? Over the last twenty years the world has changed greatly. Technological developments
are moving very fast and it’s difficult to predict the future. Twenty years ago, mobile phones
were expensive and very big and didn’t work very well. Today they are small and you can
watch TV on them, send videos and photographs and use the internet. Maybe in the future we
won’t need phones. Perhaps we will use our thoughts to communicate with each other. That will
certainly save a lot of money, but we will need to be careful about what we are thinking!

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SECTION 4: CAREER SKILLS

4 Choose the correct option a, b or c.
1 Why __________ we take the train? That’s a good idea.
a) aren’t b) won’t c) don’t
2 How about __________ the design?
a) changing b) change c) changed
3 __________ likely that more people will work from home in the future.
a) I’m b) There is c) It’s
4 Sorry, I __________ make the meeting on Monday. I’m busy then.
a) don’t b) can’t c) shouldn’t
5 What about lunch? Is Thursday good __________ you?
a) to b) with c) for
6 __________ promote the products in the supermarkets.
a) Will b) What c) Let’s
7 I’m not __________ sure about that.

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 a) certainly b) really c) reasonably
8 I think the number of jobs will __________ steady in the future.
a) remain b) go c) continue
9 I’m __________that prices will increase next month.
a) likely b) possible c) certain

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SECTION 5: WRITING
5 Choose the correct word or expression.

To: Pedro Lohez.

Subject: Visit next week.

Dear Pedro

I am (1) look/looking forward to (2) meet/meeting you next week. I (3) will/won’t meet you at
the airport (4) on/at Monday morning at 7.30. At 11am there (5) can/will be a presentation of
the company. (6) After/Next that we are having lunch at a restaurant. (7) In/On the afternoon
you (8) could/should have a tour of the departments or visit the factory. At 8pm we are going to
the theatre. The next day we are having a breakfast meeting. Later we (9) are/will taking you on
a tour of the city.

Please let me know what you (10) would/do like to do on Monday afternoon and Tuesday
morning.

Best wishes

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SECTION 6: LISTENING
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6 Listen to a woman talking. Are the statements true [T] or [false F]?
1 She doesn’t think her job is good. []
2 She has worked in IT for six years. []
3 She is taking a gap year. []
4 She starts her break tomorrow. []
5 She’s going out with come colleagues tonight. []
6 She’s going to Taiwan first. []
7 She plans to travel round Malaysia by train. []

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8 She will teach IT in a university. []
9 Her brother lives in New Zealand. []
10 She will be back at work in July. []

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SECTION 7: SPEAKING
7 Talk about what you think your life will be like in ten years. Talk about:

 Your work or studies.

 Where you will live.

 What your house/apartment will be like.

 What your interests will be.

 What changes there will be in technology.

Your teacher will mark your presentation using the scorecard below. The teacher circles one
mark if a student includes the area, and circles two marks for communicating it accurately and
effectively. There is a maximum of ten marks.

The students talked about:

 Their work or studies. 1 2

 Where they will live. 1 2

 What their house or apartment will be like. 1 2

 What their interests will be. 1 2

 What changes there will be in technology. 1 2

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