Vocabulary
Rewrite these sentences
using the words given in brackests
1. He did’nt meet his targets, hut
foruntately he warned us that he wouldn’t . (least)
He
did’nt meet his targets, but at least he warned us that he wouldn’t.
2. To express the idea in an
uncomplicated way, the capitalist system is the most efficient economic system
deviced to date. (simply put)
3. All I want to say is that it was a
badly thought-out project. (merely)
4. When you take everything into account,
his work was a surprising success. (considered).
5. I expected her to be sending me the
contract last week. (supposedly).
6. We thought we had an exclusive
agreement with these suppliers, but we discovered that they were supplying our
competitors at the same timeas well. (all the while).
7. We were advised that they in breach of
contract and for this reason we had the contract
Terminated. (thus)
8. He may be totatlly incompetent, but
one good thing is that he is honest. ( least)
Grammar
Complete these senteces
by writing the correct article (a, an or the) or leaving the pasce blank (-) if
no article is required.
1. I’ve left a letter and ……. Fax in you in-tray. You can leave… fax till
after….. weekend, but I think you should deal with….. letter today.
2. That was quite….. useful piece of…..
advice you gave me yesterday.
3. I’m phoning you because we’re hoping
to change ….. office furniture, we want to give……… office….. more up-to-date
look.
4. I’ll be back in……. hour, I’m just
going out to have………. Bite of….. lunch.
5. We’re looking for……… investors to put…
money into….business, otherwise our expansion plans will come to nothing.
6. ………business world is……… tough place.
Don’t go into……… business unless you’re prepared for……. Hard work.
7. When do you think…………. Company will
start to make……profit? This is ……..most worrying time of my life.
8. Do you think……….. Spanish would be
interested in our products?
9. When we first put…….. product on………
market, it didn’t sell at all well. However, when….economy picked up………sales
picked up as well and now it’s……… great success.
10. …………changing jobs is………. Inevitable
part of………. Business life. No one nowadays can expect to stay in…….. same job
forever.
Reading
Choose the best option,
A, B, C, or D, to complete this article.
The day chocolate
company
Our
mission at the day chocolate company Is to omprove the 1 livelihood of small-scale cocoa farmers in west Africa. Our
business is to 2………… divine
fair-trade chocolate in the UK market, on of the most competitive and valuable
markets in the world. To do this, we have had to 3………some of the most hardnosed people in the UK retail 4…. As the products are good and the
profits 5……….. reasonable, they have
been 6…….. to give us shelf space.
There is a 7…………. Appetite among UK
consumers for fair-trade products, products that deliver real benefit for
producers in developing countries, products that 8………. Them feel they can really make a difference. This increased
demand has 9……….. to more interest
from retailers, who have 10………. An
increasing range of products, and even developed 11………… label fair trade ranges. Ultimately, there has even been
interest from multinational corporations like nestle they are all 12……… to growing consumer demand, and
while increasing numbers of people in Britain are looking for products and
services from companies that are powered by their principles, the 13….. for social enterprise is good.
But
the challenges are still the same 14……..
finance to fund our growth is still difficult. In the main, we are companies
without assets to 15……..loans.
1. A. lifeline B. lifetime C.
livelihood D. lifespan
2. A. establish B. found C.
set D. place
3. A. came round B. win over C.
talk into D. bring out
4. A. division B. section C.
segment D. sector
5. A. values B. benefits C.
margins D. slices
6. A. prepared B. agreed C.accepted D. complaint
7. A. rising B. growing C.
widening D. deeping
8. A. make B. have C.
get D. do
9. A. caused B. resulted C.
risen D. led
10. A. stored B. stacked C.
stashed D. stocked
11. A. white B. own C.
their D.
blank
12. A. answering B. changing C.
reciprocating D. responding
13. A. forecast B. outlook C.
expectancy D.
prevision
14. A. lifting B. rising C.
rousing D. raising
15. A. ensure B. assure C.
secure D. insure
Answers key
Vocabulary
1.
He didn’t meet his targets, but at least he
warned us that he wouldn’t
2.
Simply put, the capitalist system is the most
efficient economic system devised to date.
3.
I mrely want to say that it was a badly thought
output project
4.
All things considered, his work was a surprising
success.
5.
She was supposedly sending me the contract last
week.
6.
We thought we had an exclusive agreement with
these suppliers, but we discovered that all the while they were supplying our
competitors as well.
7.
We were advised that they were in breach of
contract and thus we had the contract terminated.
8.
He may be totally incompetent, but at least he’s
honest.
Grammar
1.
A; a; the; the; the
2.
A; -
3.
The; the; a
4.
An; a; -
5.
–; -; the
6.
The; a; -; -
7.
The; a; the;
8.
The
9.
The; the;
the; -; a
10.
-; an; -; the
Reading
1.
C
2.
A
3.
B
4.
D
5.
C
6.
A
7.
B
8.
A
9.
D
10.
D
11.
B
12.
D
13.
B
14.
D
15.
C
Souce : Brook-Hart G.-Business Benchmark Advanced Personal SB
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