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Entry Test
Track 4

LISTENING
1 You will hear a recorded message. Write one or two words or a number in the spaces on the note below. You will hear the recording twice. Message for: Martin James Callers name: Company: Called about: $lease call her on: _______________1 Furniture Wagon A forthcoming _______________2 date! _______________" at time! _______________# _______________%

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SKILLS
A Match the questions (610) to the replies (ae). / A: 0ight lets get started1 shall we2 *: ________________________________________________ 3 8 : A: (hank you for listening to my presentation4 5oes anyone ha6e any 7uestions2 *: ________________________________________________ A: *ill 9mith speaking4 &ow can ) help you2 *: ________________________________________________ A: What do you think about my idea2 *: ________________________________________________ 1. A: 9haron1 can ) introduce you to my colleague 9imon2 *: ________________________________________________ a! &ello1 pleased to meet you4 b! ) 7uite agree ; its the best thing to do4 c! Could you say something about the o6erall performance2 d! &old on a moment1 $auls not here yet4 e! Could you put me through to <enna &all1 please2

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!ut the sentences below in a logical order to ma"e a con#ersation. $he %irst one has been done %or &ou. a! '=4 &ang on4 +et me get a pen4 0ight1 go ahead4 b! Were mo6ing the 6enue to the >o6otel &otel as its bigger4 c! &ello Mike1 its 9haron here4 )m calling about the training course on ?riday4 d! '=4 Anything else2 e! 'h1 hello 9haron4 Whats the matter2 f! )m afraid were going to ha6e to make some changes4 g! *ye4 h! Martin *eal isnt able to run the afternoon session4 *rian 9mall is going to do it instead4 (hats all ) think4 i! '=4 )ll let e6eryone know4 (hanks for calling4 *ye4 . ___c_ 11 _____ 12 _____ 1" _____ 1# _____ 1% _____ 1/ _____ 13 _____ 18 _____

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VOCABULARY
A Match the words (a") to their de%initions (1'()). $he %irst one has been done %or &ou. a person *compan& that pa&s people to wor" %or them . a person @ company that pays people to work for them a! trainer 1: a person @ company that produces goods 2. a person who you work with 21 a person who buys a product @ ser6ice 22 the highest ranking person in a company 2" a person who is paid to work for someone else 2# a person who gi6es ad6ice 2% a person who learns a skill from someone else 2/ a person who super6ises you 23 a person who teaches others a skill b! customer c! C,' d! manufacturer e! employer f! consultant h! employee i! colleague A! trainee k! line manager

+omplete these sentences with the correct %orm o% the word gi#en in brac"ets. 28 ) work for a large _____________________________ organise! that has offices all o6er the world4 2: What is their bestBselling _____________________________ produce!2 ". We need to discuss our prices at the _____________________________ meet! neCt week4 "1 All new employees must complete a oneBmonth_____________________________ train! course4 "2 (he call centre takes phone calls from o6er 21... _____________________________ custom! a day4

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READING
A Match the headings (,,,)) to one o% the newspaper articles (ae). "" Congratulations to local companyD __________________ "# Creati6ity comes at a price "% >ew branches opening soon "/ What a waste of timeD "3 Erowth in )( __________________ __________________ __________________ __________________

-ow decide i% the statements are true or %alse. "8 2)( is going to employ a senior eCecuti6e4 ": 9coopys only won one priFe4 #. Mercury plans to de6elop its business in ?rance4 #1 (he maAority of companies offer staff opportunities to be creati6e4 #2 Most managers inter6iewed spend o6er two thirds of their time in meetings4 a! 2)(1 based in Coleford1 pro6ides computer support to companies across the country and has achie6ed a record turno6er this year of o6er G" million4 >ow1 founder and C,' Anne 9mith has decided it is time to take on a new managing director4 9he said: HWe ha6e grown into a 6ery successful operation1 and ) ha6e decided the best way to continue to de6elop and change is to take on someone else with new ideas4 b! A Midlands company is top of the ad6ertising world after winning this years award HAd6ertisers of the Iear4 Ad6ertising agency 9coopys1 based in 9olihull1 won e6ery category it entered1 beating a number of wellBknown national companies4 9coopys won first priFe for the J=s best brochure1 and best agency o6erall4 9coopys director said the award had surprised e6eryone at the company1 but they were thrilled4
c)

Mercury1 the J=Bwide furniture retailer1 has recently appointed <ohn 5rake1 the former managing director of ?rench company +(01 as operations director4 &e will report to the chief eCecuti6e1 5ennis 9trong4 5rake will be responsible for o6erseeing the launch of ten new stores in the first 7uarter of neCt year4 (he outBofBtown retail outlets will sell furniture direct to customers4
d)

A recent sur6ey by the *elton Eroup has re6ealed that1 although two thirds of companies claim to welcome inno6ation1 only one third actually ha6e strategies in place to enable staff to share their ideas1 de6elop them1 market them and ultimately increase the business4 Companies may say they want inno6ation1 but1 to be truly inno6ati6e1 companies need to encourage staff to work in teams1 take risks and make mistakes4
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Meetings1 meetings1 meetings4 5o you sometimes feel you spend your life sitting in one meeting or another2 Well1 if you do1 youre not the only one4 'ne report1 Aust published by 9iliton Consultancy1 claims that the maAority of senior managers they 7uestioned spent o6er se6enty percent of their working life in meetings4 'f these managers only siC percent considered the meetings of any real 6alue1 feeling that too often meetings are badly;planned1 badlyBchaired and o6erBlength4

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LANGUAGE
A +hoose the correct %orm o% the #erb in brac"ets to complete this e.mail. (o <ake Williams 9ubAect: ,stonia &i <ake 9orry for not replying to the eBmail you ______________ #" ha6e sent @sent! last week4 ) ______________ ## am @ ha6e been! on business to ,stonia for a week and only ______________ #% returned @ ha6e returned! yesterday4 (he 6isit ______________ #/ didnt start @ doesnt start! well thoughD Jnfortunately my bus to the airport was late and ) ______________ #3 almost missed @ ha6e almost missed! the plane4 Anyway1 ) had a good time and ) am already planning another tripD *est wishes Carina

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+omplete the sentences using the correct %orm o% the #erb in brac"ets. #8 (he company _____________________________ never / spend! more than K14#m on marketing4 #: My colleague _____________________________ travel! to Eermany on business neCt week4 %. At the moment we _____________________________ develop! a new logo4 %1 (he 1#41" train to Milton =eynes _____________________________ usually / leave! +ondon ,uston from platform %4

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+ +omplete the sentences using the correct alternati#es. %2 Write down your contact details there and ) ___________________________ you a brochure4 a! send a! ha6e worked a! had gone b! will send b! am working c! am sending c! work %" ) ___________________________here since 1::%4 %# We nearly ___________________________bankrupt in the summer4 b! ha6e gone c! went %% )6e decided what to spend my redundancy money on4 ) ___________________________ my own business4 a! am going to start b! start c! would start

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RITING

A You ha#e arranged to meet a colleague %rom one o% &our compan&/s other branches. Write an e.mail o% 00 to 10 words. 2nclude the %ollowing points3 L eCplain that you cant keep the appointment L gi6e a reason L suggest an alternati6e date and time 4ead the ad#ert below and write a letter o% application. Write 1(0 to 100 words. 4emember to co#er all the points in the ad#ert.

+ompetition5
6ree (.wee" business 7nglish course in 89%ord. )f you think we should send you on the _course1 write to us at the address below1 _telling us about: L any ,nglish courses you ha6e attended before L what you would like to learn on a business ,nglish course L how this would impro6e your career prospects L why you would like to 6isit the J=

S!EAKING
You will ha#e a ten minute oral test. You ha#e %i#e minutes to prepare. $he e9aminer will as" &ou a %ew questions about &oursel%. Answer the questions as %ull& as possible. 4emember to co#er the %ollowing3 L greet the eCaminer and introduce yourself L L be prepared to answer 7uestions about yourself1 your work or study1 your free time tell the eCaminer what your ideal Aob is and why4 9peak about factors such as the salary1 location1 responsibilities1 etc4 acti6ities1 etc4

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