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TestTest
Speaking

You are going to have a five-minute oral test. You should prepare your answers to
the questions before starting the test. You will have five minutes to prepare.
1
2

Your examiner will ask you some general questions about yourself, your
occupation and your future plans.
You will then be asked some questions about two companies which are
described below. Use the information in the chart to give your answers.
Amazon

Arcadia

Seattle, USA

London, UK

Activity:

retails books,
music, DVDs, videos, etc.
via the Internet

retails clothes
through stores, mail
order catalogues and
via the Internet

Turnover
last year:

$2.76 billion

1.89 billion

Profit:

minus
$1.41 billion

minus
66.6 million

9,000

22,066

Head Office:

Number of
employees:
3

36

Imagine you would like to work in online selling. Which of the two companies
above would you prefer to work for? Give one or two reasons.

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