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Progress Test 1
1) As a _____________, we have five different people check over each article

before publication.
A. rule of thumb
B. back burner
C. drawing board
2) $29.95 = _____________
A. twenty-nine point nine five

B. twenty-nine and ninety fifths
C. twenty-nine ninety-five
3) As you can ____________ from this slide, our factory's safety record has been
excellent for the past twenty years.
A. see
B. view
C. show
4) I work ____ Ford.
A. with
B. at
C. on
5) I asked my secretary to order new _____________ for the year 2018.
A. staplers
B. calendars
C. printers
6) Could you call me back? You can ___________ me at 517-8893 anytime up to 6

PM.
www.espressoenglish.net
© Shayna Oliveira 2017
A. reach
B. touch
C. catch
7) I'm sorry, Mr. Stewart is on another ___________ at the moment.
A. town
B. office
C. call
8) My ___________ today is Environmental Preservation Efforts in the Amazon

Rainforest.
A. speak
B. area
C. topic
9) Doing volunteer work at a busy NGO helped me develop my organizational

and interpersonal ______________.
A. skills
B. responsibilities
C. positions
10) 1/3 = ____________
A. one-three
B. one-third
C. one-thirteenth
11) I'm sorry, I can't hear you. Could you speak ________ a little?
A. in
B. out
C. up
12) Excuse me - ___________ you tell me where I can get some extra folders?
A. have
B. could
C. do
13) Hello, this is Kim. I'm calling __________ report a technical problem with the
company's internet service.
A. for
B. to
C. about
14) "Let's meet at ........-thirty in the conference room."
"Sorry, I didn't catch the time. Could you say it __________?"
"I said, 'let's meet at ten-thirty in the conference room.'"
A. again
B. repeat
C. twice
15) There's a __________ meeting on Monday morning. All employees are

required to attend.
A. staff
B. stuff
C. stiff
16) I've been an executive _____________ for the past three years.
A. assistant
B. department
C. junior
17) Being a waitress is ___________ because you never have a moment to rest.
A. dull
B. tiring
C. repetitive
18) 1988 = ______________
A. nineteen hundred eight eight

B. eighteen eighty-nine
C. nineteen eighty-eight
19) “Why do you want this job?”
“I've always wanted to work with a small organization where I could make a
difference and __________ with the company.”
A. grow
B. expand
C. increase
20) July 8 = ___________
A. July eight
B. July eighth
C. July eightieth
21) Let me quickly take you _________ today's presentation. First...
A. through
B. over
C. around
22) Henry didn't like working in accounting, so he _______________ to the Human

Resources department.
A. transferred
B. translated
C. transported
23) I've ___________ for about 15 jobs, but so far I haven't been called in for any
interviews.
A. applied
B. entered
C. replied
24) My brother works __________ a hospital.
A. to
B. in
C. with
25) 2.4 = ____________
A. two point four

B. two fourths
C. two forty
26) Organizing the international conference is taking up all my time. I've had
to put everything else _____________.
A. in a nutshell
B. out of the loop
C. on the back burner
27) Hi, this is Pamela Gabler. I'm _____________ about the arrangements for the
end-of-the-year office party.
A. messaging
B. connecting
C. calling
28) If you want to dial a number inside the company, press 9 and then the
extension. If you need an outside line, dial *1 and then the telephone number.
Does that make ____________?
A. sense
B. following
C. pardon
29) I've been unsatisfied with my job for a while. I'm considering ___________.
A. desisting
B. quitting
C. stopping
30) Let's ________ with some facts about the current situation.
A. begin
B. discuss
C. explain
31) "I think this was the worst decision our CEO has ever made."
"Really? What do you _________?"
A. know
B. mean
C. say
32) The price of oil rose until __________ in 2005, then started to fall.
A. climbing
B. dropping
C. peaking
33) Jack and Barbara are both counselors. They work primarily _________
couples who are having marital problems.
A. for
B. in
C. with
34) Would you like to leave a ____________? Ms. Davis should be back in the
office shortly.
A. call
B. message
C. reminder
35) ___________ help you as soon as I finish this e-mail - it should only take a
couple minutes.
A. I'll
B. I'm
C. I've
36) We decided to discontinue that product __________ it wasn't selling well.
A. because
B. so
C. therefore
37) No company will ________ due to his criminal record.
A. hire him
B. fire him
C. lay him off
38) I'm sorry - that's not correct. I ____________ to say South Africa, not South
Asia.
A. meant
B. thought
C. tried
39) We've held to our values ever since the company was ______________ eighty
years ago.
A. founded
B. owned
C. merger
40) I've always been interested in sports, and I ____________ in physical therapy
at university.
A. concentrated
B. degree
C. majored
41) The number of customers _________ from 1,000 to 1,500 in a single month.
A. dropped
B. increased
C. peaked
42) She was offered a position with a great starting salary, but she ____________
because it was in a different city and she didn't want to move.
A. let it down
B. took it down
C. turned it down
43) I'll talk to you later. ___________ care.
A. Get
B. Have
C. Take
44) Please feel free to _________ me if you have any questions during the
presentation.
A. interact
B. interject
C. interrupt
45) March 2003 = ___________
A. March two thousand three
B. March two hundred three
C. March twenty oh three
46) At my job, I'm ______________ for checking the quality of the products.
A. responsive
B. responsible
C. responding
47) Our projections for the renovation costs weren't too far ___________ - they
were only about 2% lower than the actual expenses.
A. off the mark

B. on the plate
C. up to speed
48) I'd like to leave a message for Bob Daniels. Please tell _________ that I need
to make some changes in the contract before signing it.
A. he
B. his
C. him
49) 81,000 = eighty-one __________
A. hundred
B. thousand
C. point zero zero zero
50) Our headquarters are in Atlanta, but we have local ____________ throughout
the state.
A. branches
B. charts
C. ladders
Test Answers
1.A, 2.C, 3.A, 4.B, 5.B, 6.A, 7.C, 8.C, 9.A, 10.B, 11.C, 12.B, 13.B, 14.A, 15.A, 16.A,
17.B, 18.C, 19.A, 20.B, 21.A, 22.A, 23.A, 24.B, 25.A, 26.C, 27.C, 28.A, 29.B, 30.A,
31.B, 32.C, 33.C, 34.B, 35.A, 36.A, 37.A, 38.A, 39.A, 40.C, 41.B, 42.C, 43.C, 44.C,
45.A, 46.B, 47.A, 48.C, 49.B, 50.A

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Progress Test 1

1) As a _____________, we have five different people check over each article

A. twenty-nine point nine five

4) I work ____ Ford.

5) I asked my secretary to order new _____________ for the year 2018.

6) Could you call me back? You can ___________ me at 517-8893 anytime up to 6

7) I'm sorry, Mr. Stewart is on another ___________ at the moment.

8) My ___________ today is Environmental Preservation Efforts in the Amazon

9) Doing volunteer work at a busy NGO helped me develop my organizational

10) 1/3 = ____________

14) "Let's meet at ........-thirty in the conference room."

"Sorry, I didn't catch the time. Could you say it __________?"

"I said, 'let's meet at ten-thirty in the conference room.'"

15) There's a __________ meeting on Monday morning. All employees are

18) 1988 = ______________

A. nineteen hundred eight eight

19) “Why do you want this job?”

20) July 8 = ___________

21) Let me quickly take you _________ today's presentation. First...

22) Henry didn't like working in accounting, so he _______________ to the Human

24) My brother works __________ a hospital.

25) 2.4 = ____________

A. two point four

"Really? What do you _________?"

36) We decided to discontinue that product __________ it wasn't selling well.

37) No company will ________ due to his criminal record.

43) I'll talk to you later. ___________ care.

45) March 2003 = ___________

A. off the mark

49) 81,000 = eighty-one __________

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