Final 2B

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FINAL 2B

PART 1: VOCABULARY & GRAMMATICAL STRUCTURES

I. Choose the best option to fill in each blank.

0. He prefers________ meetings, where everybody can relax and feel comfortable.

A. polite B. patient C. formal D. informal.

1. They hired a ________ to attract some executives from a ________ company.

A. coach/competitor’s B. mentor/rival C. headhunter/rival D. employee/opponent

2. It is essential that you comply________ government regulations.

A. with B. in C. for D. of

3. Many companies ask new employees to sign a ________ to avoid future litigation problems.

A. confidentiality agreement B. secret agreement

C. confidence contract D. confidence game

4. The sales assistant forgot ________ the customer a discount

A. giving B. to give C. give D. gave

5. In this time of economic crisis, all countries have to protect their ________ industries.

A. strategy B. strategize C. strategic D. strategized

6. The government have changed all the rules for exporters. They have ________, so we will have to rethink our international operation.

A. kept your eye on the ball B. been neck and neck

C. moved the goalposts D. been in the driving seat

7. I’m certain that oil ________ run out by 2050.

A. are going to B. is likely to C. will be D. must

8. Unfortunately, our newly launched product ________ due to lack of confidence caused by bad publicity.

A. modified B. failed C. recalled D. succeeds

9. We use a number of ________ to measure quality.

A. minimum standards B. routine checks C. compensation D. guarantee

10. If you want to succeed in business then you must be prepared to take ________

A. opportunistic B. decisive C. persuasive D. cautious


11. We ________ negotiate a better price if you ________ the delivery time.

A. could/lengthened B. could/lengthen C. will/lengthened D. would/lengthen

12. Their car looked so much like our new model. We suspect________.

A. insider trading B. industrial espionage C. integrity D. sweetener

13. We ask all our new employees to work a(n) ________ of between one and three months.

A. trial period B. probationary period C. experiment D. trying period

14. Could you tell me ________ in the last five years?

A. how you have changed B. how have you changed

C. how you changed D. how did you change

15. Indeed, good leaders need to be able to see the world through the eyes of those ________ work with them.

A. which B. who C. what D. whom

II. Give correct forms of the words in brackets.

16. For high performers, a good ________ package is not all that matters. They need a challenge as well. (FINANCE)

17. He can always choose which supplier to use. He’s so ________ (DECIDE)

18. People with a ________ from a university are graduates. (QUALIFY)

19. One successful ________ technique is celebrity endorsement (ADVERTISE)

20. Our company is going to ________ tighter health and safety products.

PART 2: READING

1. Complete the article below with the correct alternatives.


2. Read the articles and do the task given

In someone else’s job for a day

If you could do any job at all for one day, what would it be? An easy question to answer, you may think. But when Campaign for Learning, an education charity, said they would arrange for me to take on any job I wanted for a day, I was flummoxed.


Going through some newspapers, I found references to two studies: one suggesting that workers in Wales have the highest job satisfaction in Britain, another suggesting that company directors are the happiest among all professionals.

Which is why I drove to an engine plant in Wales last week to be a company director for a day. I arrived to meet Bob Murphy, the 42-year-old plant manager, at 9.30am. On the wall of his office, there was a picture of an eagle and the slogan: ‘Focus: If you chase two rabbits, both will escape.’ I explained how I had chosen to spend the day at his plant.

Our first task was to attend a meeting of the senior team members who run the plant, which itself runs 24 hours a day, five days a week, producing 622,000 engines a year. A manager got the meeting rolling by saying: ‘The block and head CMMS went down late yesterday evening, which delayed the change of the VCT.’ I couldn’t understand a word of what they were talking about. After the meeting, Bob Murphy told me: ‘We are going to go for a walk around the plant now. I do three walks a day. I don’t think you can manage from a desk - the factory floor is where the action is.’

I thought these walks would last a few minutes each, but since the 25-year-old plant covers 6 hectares, they lasted some time longer - most of the day, in fact. They were interspersed with various meetings about many things I did not understand.

By the end of the day at 4:30pm (or rather at the end of my day - Bob works from 5am to 6:30pm, and comes in at the weekends too), we must have walked five or six miles1. But in spite of the pain in my feet, I was glad I went for the Welsh factory option. It was nice to discover that there are some management jobs that do not simply involve chairing meetings and sitting at a computer screen. And it was interesting to meet so many people who seem to be content with the jobs they have.

Mark each of the statements below True or False

1. It was the writer’s idea to take on someone else’s job for a day. _____

2. He made his choice after reading articles in the press. _____

3. A survey has indicated that Welsh company directors enjoy their jobs most. _____

4. The author spent a day at a factory that makes engines. _____

5. He arrived there at the same time as the plant manager. _____

6. He went to a meeting where people used a lot of jargon and abbreviations. _____

7. In between walking round the site, the author and Bob attended several meetings. _____

8. Bob Murphy spends most of his day chairing meetings. _____

9. The author regretted having chosen to visit this factory. _____

10. His experience contradicted the findings of the studies he had read about. _____


11. What do you think “flummoxed” means?

a) completely confused b) certain about how you feel c)delighted

12. The message on Bob’s office wall means….

a) If you work hard, you’ll achieve more

b) Don’t be afraid to set high targets

c) If you try to do two things at once, you’ll fall

13. “itself” (paragraph 4) refers to

a) the meeting b) the senior management team c) the plant

14. a manager “got the meeting rolling”. Do you think that means:

a) started the meeting b) interrupted the meeting

c) made everyone laugh

15. Which statement best describes Bob Murphy’s attitude to management?

a) don’t get involved in everyday problems

b) face-to-face communication is vital

c) to maintain authority, managers should distance themselves from the workforce

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