Test 1 EXAM IN ENGLISH FOR BUSINESS COMMUNICATION – EXAM IN ENGLISH FOR BUSINESS COMMUNICATION (90 – Studocu

EXAM IN ENGLISH FOR BUSINESS COMMUNICA

TION (90 minutes)

Read the instruction care

fully

. RECORD your answers on your answer sheets.

Section

1:

Language

knowledge (40

marks)

I.

Choose the words that best fit the gaps in the following passage.

Dear JJ Mills,

The

Personnel

Department

is

(1)

……………

to

tell

you

t

hat

you

(2)

……………

to

Assistant

Manager

in

the

Service

Department.

W

e

are

very

satisfied

with

(3)

……………

work

you

have

been

doing

and

would

like

to

promote you to this position (4)…..

..

..

..

.

..

..

..

..

.

the better of the company

.

(5)…….

……

…..

….

this

official,

we

will

hold

a

meeting

with

you

and

the

Personnel

Department

to

update

your

files

on

the

position

you

will

be

moved

to

,

and

we

will

(6)

……………

to

you

about

the

new

wage,

and

the

new benefits

you

will

r

eceive

(7)

……………

you

are

in

this

position.

The

meeting

will

(8)……..

..

..

.

..

around

an hour

, and after all the necessary documents have been

s

igned, you may return to work as an assi

stant

manager

. W

e congratulate you

(9)

……………

your promotion

and would

love

to keep

(10)..

..

.

..

.

.

.

.

.

.

.

.

.

.

with

you for

the t

ime you are here.

Sincerely

,

Grant John

1.

a. pleasing

2.

a. will promote

b. pleasure

b. will be promoting

c. please

c. will be promoted

d. pleased

d. have promoted

3.

a. the

b. a

c. an

d. 0

4.

a. on

b

. for

c

.

with

d. to

5.

a. T

o make

b. Making

c. Make

d. Made

6.

a. discuss

b. explain

c. inform

d. call

7.

a. why

b. after

c. when

d. that

8.

a. last

b. operate

c. run

d. do

9.

a. with

b. at

c. in

d. on

10. a. work

b. to work

c. working

d. works

II.

Choose the best answer

1

1

.

W

ould you mind

.

…

..

..

.

..

..

..

.

..

..

.

an office with four other people?

a. to share

b. shared

c. share

d. sharing

1

2

.

A number

of

small

companies

will

go

bankrupt

when

the

government…..

……

……

…

..

the

legal

working

hours

to

thirty-four hours a week.

a. reduces

b. is reduced

c. has reduced

d. will reduce

1

3

.

Y

es

,

I…..

..

..

.

..

..

..

..

.

..

about your advert in

Car

eers Now

. Could you send me an application form, please?

a. call

b. have called

c. am calling

d. called

1

4

.

you tel

l us more about your present job?

a.

Could

b. W

ould

c. Do

d

.

Did

1

5

.

Marcel Lacour

’

s job involves…..

..

..

..

..

.

..

..

..

.

new product and new ideas.

a. developing

b. develop

c. developed

d. to develop

1

6

.

70% of employers admitted to…..

..

..

.

..

..

..

..

.

..

a candidate because of their online behaviour

.

a. reject

b. rejecting

c. rejected

d. to reject

1

7

.

When

Sunlop

Corporation

m

oved

its

headquarters

to

Chicago,

the

direc

tor

had

a

state-of-the-art

security system …………… .

a. installing

b. install

c. installed

d. installs

1

8

.

Moving away

from

the city

and

renting

an apartment

in

the

rural

area

does

not

always

help………

…..

…..

..

.

one’

s