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Mid Test B1.1

Time allowed: 1h

Student’s name:

Start score: 10 / Pass score: 70 out of 100

1. Match the following terms with to the definitions a - h:

a. companies whose products you buy ......................................................................

b. persons working for a company ............................................................................

c. person not involved in a company, who gives expert advice .............................................

d. organizations providing courses to company employees...............................................

e. companies buying our products ..................................................................................

f. organizations which find potential employees for you ..............................................................

g. people who work in the same company as you ................................................................

h. companies which do for you work or services which you cannot do

yourself .....................................

subcontractors suppliers staff employment agency

training organizations consultant customers colleagues

10p

2. Complete the sentences with either the Present Continuous or the Present Simple:

a. They (develop) .......................................................a new range of products for Asia.

b. He always (find) .................................. time to talk to his employees.

c. (he/stay) ....................................... at this hotel, too?

d. Why (the Japanese engineers / launch) ................................................ the product this year?

e. (The bus / leave) ...............................................usually at noon.

f. You (not listen) .......................................... to me. What did I say 2 minutes ago?

10p
3. Choose the correct answer from the phrase in italics.

1. We have a lot of contact to / on / with the Marketing Department.

2. This manager is responsible for / of / to developing new software solutions.

3. The Sales Manager is reported to / reports to / reports at the Sales Director.

4. She is charged of / in charge of / charge for the Legal Department.

5. The company is divided into / divides into / is divided between four business units.

10p

4. Use the Past Simple in the following text:

The time …………..(be ) not good for such an investment in our country. All the companies

……………(choose) to wait more to see how the market would develop. Therefore, we

…………..(feel) it was appropriate to look for new businesses and we ……………….(find) an

opportunity abroad. We ……………..(hear) that the European Union …………….(have) the

intention to build new schools and we ……………..(see) there was a gap in the market for the

construction services. Our specialists …………….(spend) a lot of time getting all the

necessary information about these projects, and finally we …………..(make) a request in

order to receive the funding. The committee ……………..(read) our documents and

…………..(write) us an answer which ……………(say) that we …………………….(qualifiy)

for what they ……………..(want). After teo weeks we ……………..(meet) their

representatives and …………………(speak) about the details of our co-operation.

15 p
5. It is possible for you to move to another department in the company. If the choice were
yours, what would it be? Give arguments and compare your present department with the one
potentially fit for you.
15p

6. Look at the list of products below and choose one that you would like to design an
advertising campaign for. Write about the targeted buyers, methods of ad, endorsement,
launching party and ways of going internationally.

perfume 15p
baby clothes
cigarette
bread
pearls
7. Listen to the first part of Abolaji’s talk. According to the information in the talk, are these
statements true (T) or false (F) , or does Abolaji not say (DNS)?

1. A one-year-old baby needs to sleep for about twelve hours a day.

2. Some adults only need five hours of sleep a day.
3. REM stands for ‘rapid eye movement’ and NREM stands for ‘non-rapid eye movement’.
4. Rapid means quick or fast.
5. The brain becomes more active in REM sleep.
6. Brain temperature increases during REM sleep.

Listen to the second part of the talk and answer these questions:

a. How many stages of sleep are there?

b. What does NREM sleep do?
c. Why is it never completely dark?
d. Why can our modern way of life have a negative effect on our sleeping patterns?

(Language Leader, 8:1:3a, 3b) 15p