Examen de inglés

Lengua y Cultura (Ingles VII) FINAL EXAM
Teacher:
Name Class Group:
Date:_________________
U1
Vocabulary: Good communicators
1 Replace the underlined meanings with adjectives a-g.
a outgoing / b reserved / c coherent / d rambling / e communicative / f responsive / g persuasive
1 He's often quite reluctant to speak at meetings but when he does speak it's usually something relevant.
______
2 I have no idea what they were talking in a confused way about. They just went on and on! ______
3 Send your assistant to negotiate. She's very good at influencing people. ______
4 The argument behind this report is clearly expressed and easy to understand. ______
5 We need a new sales manager who is more of an extrovert than the last one. ______
6 I think you'll find that they'll be positive and listen to any new ideas to take this project forward. ______
7 Just because someone is very accurate and knows English grammar, it doesn't mean that they are able to put
their message across. ______
2 Complete sentences 8-14 with answer a, b or c.
8 The whole meeting was a complete __________ of time.
a save b waste c share
9 The board will have to __________ the real problems and stop pretending they don't exist.
a engage b digress c face
10 Hang on a moment. I also asked my department to do this. We aren't ____________ work, are we?
a duplicating b copying c wasting
11 The new software they've ____________ is great. It makes my job so much easier.
a interrupted b allocated c installed
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12 Can I stop you there? I feel that we're starting to ___________ from the main issue.
a ramble b digress c confuse
13 My job is to look at the budgets and ____________ resources fairly.
a waste b allocate c reserve
14 If she could learn to ___________ her ideas more eloquently, she'd be more convincing.
a express b engage c influence
Language Review: Idioms
3 Each sentence contains one wrong word. Delete it and write the correct word.
15 To get it in a nutshell, we're going to have to let you go. _________
16 Let's get straight at the point and talk about what's on offer. __________
17 I heard on the wavelength that you're leaving. Is it true? ___________
18 We seem to be talking at cross roads. What exactly are you saying? ___________
19 As usual, the newspapers have got the wrong piece of the stick and reported it incorrectly. ____________
20 I've called this meeting to take you all in the picture with regard to my future at the company.
____________
21 I simply can't make head or foot of these instructions. _____________
22 OK. I'm not going to beat in the bush. We've had a complaint about you. _______________
Skills: Dealing with communication breakdown
4 Re-order the words to make phrases for dealing with communication breakdown on the phone.
23 repeat you that could
____________________________________________________________________?
24 I sorry catch didn't that quite
____________________________________________________________________.
25 spell please that you would
____________________________________________________________________?
26 you read back to can that I
____________________________________________________________________?
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27 not I'm with you.
____________________________________________________________________.
28 we've lets' over agreed go what
____________________________________________________________________.
29 I back can you call
____________________________________________________________________?
30 me could information have you more let
UNITS 3 AND 4
Vocabulary: Collocations and phrasal verbs
1 Match the two halves of the sentences and write the answers here:
1___ 2___ 3___ 4___ 5___ 6___ 7___ 8___ 9___
1 We'd be happy to invest in the country if it weren't for all the government
2 In a declining
3 The results from the focus
4 The buying
5 There's a special
6 The largest market
7 The minister is warning that the economic
8 In real terms, income
9 I think the lack of political
a situation may not improve as quickly as predicted.
b distribution hasn't changed as much as everyone believes.
c group show that people really like the colour.
d stability makes it an unsafe investment.
e bureaucracy and paperwork.
f segment is the over-sixties.
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g habits of our target customer have changed dramatically.
h market this isn't the time to be expanding.
i offer on them every day this week.
2 Underline de correct words in italics
10 I'd love to know what they're intending to bring off / in / out in response.
11 They're pulling out of / with / to the deal.
12 I should retreat back / from / into that kind of competition. You won't win.
13 To break into / through / off the coffee market at this stage would be difficult.
Language Review: Present and past tenses
3 Complete this conversation. Write the words in brackets in the correct tense.
A: Hi. I (14)________________(not see) you since the meeting in Singapore.
B: That's right. But I (15)________________(change) companies since then.
A: Really? (16)_______________(not/be) it Clipco you were working for?
B: That's right but I (17)________________(work) for GGR now. It's still the same kind of job but it's nice to
have a change.
A: I (18)_______________(know) what you mean. GGR? I (19)___________________(not hear) of them I
don't think.
B: No, we (20)_______________(be) a small company but our business (21)_________________(grow) and
I think they (22)_________________(have) lots of good ideas. And you?
A: Actually, I (23)________________(leave) my company too and set up a new business last year.
B: Wow! How (24)_________ it ____________(go)?
A: It's been good - very hard work but I (25)______________(prefer) working for myself.
B: I'm sure.
Skills: Negotiating
4 Match the two halves of these phrases. Write your answers here:
26___ 27___ 28___ 29___ 30___
26 I think we should leave this point
27 and we just summarise the points
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28 want to ask how
29 are you saying
30 o what you're saying is
a we're going to pay for this?
b we've agreed so far?
c you don't have that in stock?
d and come back to it later.
e you'll pay for the delivery
5 Re-order the letters to make a multi-word verb in these sentences. For example:
I'm going to be putide all morning in a meeting. __tied up__
31 Let me loniokot the matter and call you back. _________
32 Do you have time to durwap the agreement? __________
33 The company was petus by two brothers. ___________
34 The main thing is to holtdono our regular customers. _________
35 They're never going to agree. Let's just fallcof the negotiations. ______
6 Complete each of the following sentences with the appropriate form of a suitable phrase from the box.
Ej.: She_gets_ so carried auay in the excitement of securing orders and delivering the product that sometimes
he actually neglects the customers themselves.
36 Organisations are just beginning to __________ ___________ _____________
37 As a manager, you have to think of ways of _____________a customer___________ a client, then a
supporter and and advocate.
38 If we want to improve our performance, we need to _________ ___________the
Number of customers we lose.
39 It's easy to get so _______________ ______________in your products and services that you forget about
the people who buy them.
40 We are definitely going to create a new post, so I suggest we should _________ ____________a few
people about it.
7 ADD THE CORRECT PREFIX FROM THE BOX TO THE WORDS IN ITALICS IN TEHS
SENTESES.
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Ej:. In the late 1990s, many countries witnessed a sharp economic___down turn .
41 The profit figures are excellent. Once again, we've ______________performed all our rivals.
42 We design and manufacture______________ efficient air conditioners for industrial use
43 The _____________________-pr4resident of PG Steel Corporation is suing for $1.5 million he says the
company owes him as a retirement payment.
44 Whether or not to_____________regulate health care is a divisive issue.
45 Staff who never get any praise for their achievements may end up ______rating their own abilities.
46 When two of our______________-workers disappeared, all the boss had to say was they'd left to pursue
other opportunities'.
47 China's largest car manufacturer, the FAW Group, is thinking of _______locating its headquarters from
Changchun to Beijing.
48 Of course I can see now that Brian is an asset to our company, and I'm sorry I so badly________judged
him when he started working for us.
.7.- Write the following numbers
49)35,253,489,109,057:____________________________________________________________________________
____________________________________________________________________.
50)75,900,386,592:________________________________________________________________________________
UNITS 5, 6 , 7 Y 2
Vocabulary: Describing risk
1 Complete the sentences with answers a, b or c. (1 point)
1 Our company is ____________ even greater risks from global competition.
a facing b spreading c taking
2 We can ____________ the risk by looking at ways of cost-cutting.
a foresee b reduce c try
3 The reason for this meeting is to consider how to ___________ the company from any hostile take over bid.
a implement b protect c develop
4 Have you ________________ the risks to our staff who remain working there?
a considered b insured c thought
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5 We've completed the risk _______________ and it's minimal.
a estimate b elimination c assessment
6 _________________ the effects of the possible risks involved an analysis of future scenarios.
a Encountering b Calculating c Adding
7 We're _____________ operations despite the advice to wait another week.
a delaying b preparing c resuming
Language Review: Conditionals
2 Write the verb in brackets in the correct form.
8 If we _________________(get) that designer, we'll have a brilliant website.
9 I think we ______________(have) a better product if we spent more time on planning.
10 The economy _____________(grow) when consumers have confidence.
11 If we'd shown more concern, he ________________(stay) with the company.
12 Just tell us what you want and we _______________(get) it for you.
13 Should you wish to leave, please ______________(give) us four-weeks' notice.
14 ____________ there ____________(be) a take-over, then we would have all been looking for a new job.
15 ____________ (give) time, I'm sure we can resolve our differences.
16 If we ______________ (look) on the Internet, we'd find it.
17 If you'd like to speak to one of our customer support representatives, then ___________(call) 020 8744
4637
Skills: Handling difficult situations
3 Underline the correct word in italics.
18 I quite / very understand the difficulties.
19 I'm terribly / just sorry, but we don't have it in stock.
20 I so / really have to leave now.
21 I must / very apologise for his behaviour.
22 It's so / quite nice of you to invite me.
23 I know terribly / exactly how you feel.
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Skills: Reaching agreement
4 Complete this discussion with phrases a-g.
a we all agree
b Does anyone have
c So we've agreed
d Hold on
e What about if
f But I also agree
g I keep going on
A: (24)__________________that we need to take action straight away and we've had the proposal that we
send two of our people out there. (25)___________________any strong feelings about this?
B: Well, (26)___________________about this but we can't send our people into this kind of environment.
C: (27)________________a minute. Our sources say the situation is safe now. There hasn't been a terrorist
attack for over two months.
B: I just think that it's politically unstable and two months isn't very long.
A: Right. I think (28)___________________ with you there that safety to staff is our priority and I would say
that there is still a risk. (29)___________________that we must keep a presence in the country providing we
can do it without endangering anyone.
B: (30)___________________we use existing contacts in the country?
A: That's fine but, unfortunately, maintaining contacts will probably mean we have to have at least one person
out there…
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UNIT 2
READING EXCERCISE I
CIRCLE T IF IT IS TRUE OR F IF IT IS FLASE
TRUE OR FALSE?
• When the Berlin Wall fell and barriers to world trade T F
came down, Professor Levitt was proved right.
• Shortly after that time, local producers in countries with
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newly opened markets began supplying similar products
to gobal brands at a much more attractive price. T F
• Currently global brand products sell best as luxury
products in many of these countries. T F
• In rich countries there are fewer brand choice in
supermarkets. T F
• The more money consumers have, the more choices
they want. T F
READING EXCERCISE II
COMPLETE THE FOLLOWING DEFINITIONS OF EXPRESSIONS FROM PARAGRAPH 1 WITH THE
WORDS IN TE BOX. (10 POINTS)
CONSUMER CONVERGE LITTLE POUR SEMINAL
• A..........................academic paper is one that has a powerful influence on the way people think and act.
• If people's tastes.........................., more and more people prefer the same things.
• When global companies..........................into newly opened markets, an enormous number of them enter
these markets at the same time.
• Companies that are facing..........................competition have very few competitors in their market.
• Countries that are unaccustomed to..........................culture are not yet familiar with the idea that buying and
selling goods and services can be a central part of people's lives.
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