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Progress Test 1 (Units 1-3)

Complete all seven sections. There are seventy marks in total.
SECTION 1: VOCABUA!"
1 Change the form of the words in the box and complete the sentences.
For example: manage manager, satisfied dissatisfied
manage / satisfied / account / inform / recruit / found / represent / shop / consult / friend /
practical / respect
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1 Im the Marketing ______________ for a travel company.
!nline ______________ is easier and faster than driving to the supermarket.
" #our plan $ont $ork % its totally ___________________.
& _________________ technology 'I() makes it easy to store huge amounts of data.
* In +apan, employees are more ________________ of their -osses than in my country.
. I $ork in the Finance department as an ________________.
/ 0ere rather ________________ $ith your performance Im afraid.
1 I got the 2o- through a ________________ agency.
3 (he ______________ of our company set it up t$enty years ago.
14 0e use a management ______________ firm to help us $ith difficult decisions.
11 #our assistant al$ays smiles and is very ________________ $ith visitors.
1 (heres a 5ales _______________ on the phone. 5he $ants to sell you some stationary.
SECTION %: AN(UA(E
2 Each sentence has one mistake. Re-write it correctly.
1" I am often $ork at $eekends.
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1& 6e go on holiday t$ice a year.
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1* 7urrently they are visit the factory in 8yoto.
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1. 9o$ people isnt staying $ith the same company for life.
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1/ 0hich department do you running:
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11 ;o you have many data on $e- users:
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13 Id like some informations on trains, please.
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4 ;o you have a lot $ork to do:
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1 6o$ much employees $ork here:
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0ould youd like a coffee:
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" <ets me carry your -ags.
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& #ou can open the door for me, please:
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* I could to make a copy for you.
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SECTION 3: !EA)IN(
!atch these headlines to the newspaper articles below.
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. _____ 0e enter a site, type in a username and pass$ord and then enter private
information such as credit card num-ers or -ank details. Dut these soFcalled secure sites
may not -e the safe places $e imagineG
/ _____ Cnions today are complaining a-out the increase in companies using soft$are to
monitor employees and their use of internet. (his comes a month after similar de-ates
over the gro$ing use of video surveillance cameras in the Dritish $orkplace.
1 _____ Brices on the stock market are going up very fast at the moment due to ne$
confidence and an increase in exports in the last six monthsG
3 _____ ($o out of three of us are -adFmannered at $ork $ith colleagues and dont
arrive on time. A ne$ survey of 1,444 $orkers says the pressure of $ork causesG
"4 _____ 9e$ figures sho$ that the typical executives are younger. (he average age is
no$ &.. (en years ago this $as */. (he report says this is partly due to more early
retirements -ut also that more companies employ younger people in higher positionsG
"1 _____ Dusiness etiHuette is important for people $ho often have to -uild ne$ contacts,
-ut +ulian Morris, head of >xecutive >tiHuette, a -usiness consultancy $hich offers
training to management in I-eing polite, says most of us are not very good at it and
need helpG
" _____ (he large supermarkets all report a rise this month -ut not only in their shops.
(heir online shopping facilities account for a large percentage of the results as more
customers $ant to shop from the comfort of their o$n homeG
"" _____ 7ameras that can see through $alls: 5atellites $hich recognise o-2ects a metre
across: (racking chips on people: Is this something from +ames Dond or 5cience
Fiction: It could -e the future as engineers are no$ developing this technologyG
SECTION *: CA!EE! S+IS
" #nderline the correct word in italics.
A: 6ello +ane. 7an I '"&)meet / introduce you to my colleague: '"*)It / This is @ianni.
D: 5orry, I didnt '".)catch / check your name.
7: @ianni. My names @ianni.
D: '"/)Please / Pleased to meet you @ianni. '"1)Who / What do you $ork for:
7: Altex. 0e provide $e- design services.
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D: ;id you '"3)say / mean Altex:
7: #es. (hats right. ;o you kno$ my company:
D: #es, I do. 0hat do you '&4)do / make there:
7: My main role is to meet clients and discuss ne$ pro2ects.
A: '&1)Do / Would you like '&) to join / joining @ianni and me for lunch +ane:
D: '&")It / That $ould -e very nice. (hank you.
SECTION ,: -!ITIN(
$ Complete the email below with these phrases.
$e also -elieve / Im $riting to tell / $e look for$ard
$e $ould like to / please consider / $e $ould also like / $e think
;ear @eorge
'&&)________________________ you that '&*)______________________ offer you the
2o- of >xport Manager to Mexico. '&.)___________________ you are the right person for
this 2o- -ecause you already have experience as >xport Manager to 9orth America.
'&/)_______________________ your success in the C5 and 7anada can -e continued in
Mexico. Finally, '&1)_____________________ you to take intensive language training in
5panish.
'&3)___________________ our offer and $rite -ack to us -y the end of the $eek.
'*4)___________________ to hearing from you.
Dest regards
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SECTION ': ISTENIN(
Tra./ %
% &isten to 'ob presenting some information and complete the notes below. &isten
twice.
5peaker: Do-
0eekly 5tatistics =eport for '*1)_________________
9um-er of '*)______________: &,*&
(hats a lot more than '*")______________________________________
Average '*&) __________ per session: 1.* minutes
Average num-er of '**)___________ per person: ./
Doth these figures are '*.)_____________________________
'*/)____________ page: ,&"4
'*1)____________ page: 1,"3*
(raffic -y '*3)______________________:
9orth Americans: */E
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SECTION 0: SPEA+IN(
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( Explain yo)r *ob to yo)r teacher. +ncl)de these five areas,
% introduce yourself
% say your 2o- title and company name
% descri-e your company
% explain your responsi-ilities
% explain your main role
#our teacher $ill mark your explanation using the scorecard -elo$. (he teacher circles 1
mark if a student includes the area and circles marks for communicating it accurately and
effectively. (here is a maximum of ten marks.
(he student:
F introduced him/herself 1
F said his/her 2o- title and his/her company name 1
F descri-ed the company 1
F explained his/her responsi-ilities 1
F explained his/her main role 1
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