The Business Advanced Progress tests answer key

Unit 1 Personal development

Part 1 Reading

Task 1 (7 points)
1 F 2 H 3 G 4A 5 D 6 B 7 C

Task 2 (13 points)

1 IN 2 GET 3 IT 4 OF 5 A 6 TO 7 CORRECT 8 LARGE 9 IS 10 CORRECT 11 HIGHLY
12 DOES 13 UP

Part 3 Listening

Task 1 (9 points)
a) 2 b) 3 c) 3 d) 1 e) 2 f) 1 g) 2 h) 3 i) 1

Task 2 (6 points)
1 C 2A 3 C 4B 5C 6B

Unit 2 Corporate image

Part 1 Reading

Task 1 (13 points)

1 D 2 C 3 B 4 A 5 C 6 D 7 C 8 B 9 A 10 C 11 D 12 B 13 C

Task 2 (7 points)
1F 2G 3A 4C 5B 6G 7D

Part 3 Listening

Task 1 (7 points)
1 c) 2 b) 3 b) 4 a) 5 a) 6 b) 7 c)

Task 2 (8 points)
1 environmental impact
2 reputation-enhancing way
3 high-profile examples
4 a PR exercise
5 Cause-related marketing
6 explicit statements of
7 offset negative impacts
8 whole range of initiatives

Unit 3 Supply chain

Part 1 Reading

Task 1 (6 points)
1 c) 2 a) 3 b) 4 d) 5 b) 6 c)

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Task 2 (14 points)
1 OF 2 WELL 3 CORRECT 4 TO 5 SO 6 HAD 7 PARTICULAR 8 NEAR 9 FROM
10 CORRECT 11 AS 12 UP 13 FOR 14 SUCH

Part 3 Listening

Task 1 (8 points)
1 T 2 NM 3 F 4 F 5 F 6 NM 7 T 8 T

Task 2 (8 points)
a) extract 3
b) extract 8
c) extract 4
d) extract 6
e) extract 5
f) extract 2
g) extract 1
h) extract 7

Unit 4 Managing conflict

Part 1 Reading

Task 1 (8 points)
1F 2D 3I 4H 5G 6A 7C 8B

Task 2 (12 points)

1 d) 2 b) 3 a) 4 b) 5 d) 6 c) 7 a) 8 d) 9 c) 10 b) 11 d) 12 a)

Part 3 Listening

Task 1 (7 points)
1 b) 2 c) 3 b) 4 c) 5 a) 6 c) 7 b)

Task 2 (8 points)
1 much in common
2 went ballistic
3 by the book
4 driving / up the wall
5 the last straw
6 rubbed / up / wrong way
7 end of his tether
8 have the last word

Unit 5 Strategic Marketing

Part 1 Reading

Task 1 (7 points)
1 c) 2 b) 3 d) 4 a) 5 b) 6 c) 7 b)

Task 2 (13 points)

1 ever 2 when 3 by 4 not 5 solve 6 only 7 which 8 own 9 another 10 of 11 them 12 by
13 range/variety

Part 3 Listening
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Task 1 (7 points)
1 joined-up strategy
2 in the same direction
3 whole market at a stroke
4 cracked the West
5 is king
6 like a dream
7 all costs

Task 2 (8 points)
a) 8 b) 1 c) 6 d) 5 e) 2 f) 3 g) 7 h) 4

Unit 6 Strategic Marketing

Part 1 Reading

Task 1 (8 points)
1B 2E 3A 4B 5C 6E 7D 8A

Task 2 (12 points)

1 d) 2 a) 3 b) 4 d) 5 b) 6 c) 7 d) 8 a) 9 c) 10 c) 11 a) 12 b)

Part 3 Listening

Task 1 (7 points)
1 b) 2 c) 3 b) 4 a) 5 b) 6 c) 7 b)

Task 2 (7 points)
1 T 2 F 3 T 4 F 5 T 6 F 7 NM 8F

Unit 7 Investment

Part 1 Reading

Task 1 (9 points)
1 d) 2 b) 3 c) 4 a) 5 b) 6 c) 7 d) 8 c) 9 b)

Task 2 (11 points)

1 either 2 term 3 depend 4 for 5 value 6 time 7 order 8 instead 9 mind 10 invest 11 experience

Part 3 Listening

Task 1 (8 points)
1 F 2 T 3 NM 4 T 5 F 6 F 7 T 8 T

Task 2 (7 points)
1 see you through
2 diversified portfolio
3 buffer against market volatility
4 defensive investment
5 eggs in one basket
6 bricks and mortar
7 sure-fire investment

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Unit 8 Free trade
Part 1 Reading

Task 1 (7 points)
1H 2E 3A 4G 5B 6F 7C

Task 2 (13 points)

1 MOST 2 THE 3 CORRECT 4 ABSOLUTELY 5 VERY 6 DO 7 THAN 8 FOR 9 CORRECT
10 IT 11 FAST 12 CORRECT 13 CERTAINLY

Part 3 Listening

Task 1 (7 points)
1 b) 2 a) 3 c) 4 b) 5 b) 6 c) 7 a)

Task 2 (8 points)
1 send a written reply
2 on headed paper
3 preferred styles
4 manner as the invitation
5 why you can’t go.
6 unable to attend.
7 you can’t attend.
8 should be your partner.