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Progress Test 3 (Units 9–12)

Listening

Nelson Ferreira works for an aircraft manufacturer. He is making a

presentation to some people who are interested in buying aircraft.

Read the first three questions. Then listen and mark your answers.

1 The part of the presentation which you hear is …

a) the introduction.

b) some basic facts that come before the main part.

c) the main part.

d) the conclusion.

2 The company is …

a) a state-owned company.

b) a family-owned company.

c) a multinational company.

d) a company which has shares traded on the stock exchange.

3 The customers are mainly interested in …

a) an executive jet plane.

b) military aircraft.

c) commercial aircraft.

d) aircraft in general.

Now read the next seven questions. Then listen again and write in your

answers.

4 The country where the company is based: ..........................

5 The year when the company was set up: ..........................

6 In 1994, it was:

a) sold. b) merged with another manufacturer.

c) privatised. d) reorganised.

7 Gross revenue last year: $ ..........................

8 Net earnings last year: $ ..........................

9 Number of employees at present: ..........................

10 In the last five years, the company has:

a) grown a lot.

b) grown a little.

c) stayed the same size.

d) become smaller.

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Vocabulary

Mark the word that doesn’t belong in each group.

EXAMPLE :

a) plane

b) train

c) car

d) airport

e) truck

11 a) ambitious b) energetic c) enthusiastic

d) experience e) smart

12 a) profit

b) loss

c) revenues

d) growth

e) earnings

13 a) hire

b) resign

c) dismiss

d) retire

e) sack

14 a) purchase b) deliver

c) dispatch

d) return

e) warehouse

15 a) difficult

b) poor

c) unsatisfactory d) successful e) disappointing

Match each verb with the noun that goes with it.

EXAMPLE : serve – b) customers

..............

16 boost ...........

a) a need

17 run ...........

b) customers

18 meet ...........

c) sales

19 save ...........

d) goods

20 earn ...........

e) a bonus

f) a business

g) opportunities

h) time

Choose the best answer.

21 A credit card can no longer be used after the …

a) latest date.

b) retirement date.

c) payment date.

d) expiry date.

22 If you return goods to the seller because you were

dissatisfied with them, you get …

a) a retail

b) a refund

c) a discount

d) a revenue

23 What do you say if you don’t have a particular product available to sell?

‘Sorry, we are …

a) out of stock.’

b) out of order.’

c) ex-warehouse.’

d) unreliable.’

24 If you want to leave your job, you usually have ............ of

one to three months.

a) a leaving schedule

b) a notice period

c) time off

d) early retirement

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25 Someone who enjoys meeting and talking to new people is …

a) outdoing.

b) outspoken.

c) outgoing.

d) outflowing.

26 All the people who work in a particular company or factory are called …

a) workmates.

b) working capital.

c) the working group.

d) the workforce.

27 When a company offers shares for sale on the stock exchange

for the first time, we say it …

a) markets shares.

b) sells stock.

c) goes public.

d) sets up.

28 If you have tried to solve a problem without success for a long time,

but at last you find a way, you make …

a) a break-up.

b) a breakthrough.

c) a breakdown.

d) a break-out.

29 If you want to make sure that the environment is not harmed or

damaged, you try to ........... it.

a) exploit

b) enhance

c) extend

d) protect

30 If you have a business plan and you need money to develop your

idea, you have to …

a) make an investigation.

b) raise investment.

c) make an invention.

d) extend invitations.

Functions

Choose the most polite response.

31 You make a phone call to Pat King. Her secretary answers. You say:

a) I want to speak to Pat King.

b) Pat King, please.

c) I’d like to speak to Pat King, please.

d) I can’t get through to Pat King.

32 On the phone, the caller says something you didn’t understand. You say:

a) Sorry, I didn’t catch that.

b) You’re not speaking clearly.

c) I don’t understand.

d) What?

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33 You answer the phone in your office. The caller wants to speak to

your colleague, who isn’t in the office today. You say:

a) She’s not here.

b) Sorry. She can’t talk to you today.

c) You can’t speak to her. You can speak to me.

d) I’m afraid she isn’t in today. Can I take a message?

34 You are the seller in a negotiation. The buyer needs the goods

next week, but your delivery time is ten days. You say:

a) No – that’s too difficult.

b) That’s impossible. Our delivery time is ten days.

c) Next week!!

d) I’m afraid we can’t deliver next week, but we could deliver in ten days.

35 In a meeting about a project, someone says: ‘I think we should cancel

the project.’

You disagree:

a) You are wrong!

b) I disagree completely – that’s a stupid idea.

c) But this is an important project for us, and it’s going to make a

lot of money!

d) You’re crazy!

Grammar

Present tenses

Complete this extract from a CEO’s speech about his company. Write the verb

in the correct tense: present simple or present continuous.

‘As you know, our company (grow) ............ 36 rapidly at present. We

(employ) ............ 37 10 percent more staff than we did last year, and we

(recruit) ............ 38 more staff all the time. We also (produce) ............ 39

150 machines per month – that’s an increase of 15 percent since last year. We

(develop) ............ 40 a new model of the Turbomaster at the moment, which

we think will be a big success. We (know) ............ 41 our markets well. Our

customers (like) ............ 42 our existing products, and we feel confident that

they will like the improvements we have made in the new design. We (launch)

............ 43 the new model next May, in time for the Munich Trade Fair.’

Past tenses

Complete the story. Write the verbs in the correct tense: past simple or past

continuous.

Catherine (have) ............ 44 a busy day at work yesterday. She (try)

............ 45 all morning to negotiate a deal worth $90,000 with BAB, an

important new customer. But the BAB buyer (demand) ............ 46 immediate

delivery. Catherine’s company (not have) ............ 47 enough goods in stock

to meet the order so quickly. She (telephone) ............ 48 to several different

warehouses, but none of them (can) ............ 49 supply the goods in time.

Then, at 4 p.m. – just when Catherine (lose) ............ 50 hope of getting the

deal – her telephone (ring) ............ 51 . It was John, one of her colleagues

from the sales department. He (tell) ............ 52 her that CCI, an existing

customer, (have) ............ 53 problems with the computer system in their

warehouse, and they (want) ............ 54 to postpone delivery of a big order

scheduled for the next day. So Catherine was able to send the CCI delivery to

BAB instead and close the deal! Catherine’s manager (praise) ............ 55 her

for her hard work and creativity.

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Modals

Read the information about regulations for using an electric bicycle.

Then complete the sentences below with an appropriate modal verb

from the list. Use each modal verb once only.

Regulations regarding the use of electric bicycles:

Driving licence?

Helmet?

YES

Maximum speed?

30km/hour

Insurance?

Recommended

Use cycle paths?

YES

Use roads?

YES

a) must

b) mustn’t

c) can

d) should

e) shouldn’t

f) don’t have to / don’t need to

To ride an electric bicycle …

56 You ............ have a driving licence.

57 You ............ wear a helmet on your head.

58 You ............ drive at more than 30 kilometres an hour.

59 Insurance is not necessary, but it’s a good idea: you ............ have it!

60 You ............ ride on both cycle paths and on the road.

Reading

Read the article and answer the questions.

James Dyson, millionaire inventor and

successful British businessman, has surprised

his country by deciding to move production to

the Far East.

The 54-year-old design engineer is well-known

for his invention of a powerful vacuum cleaner

that operates without a bag. Dyson spent 15

years trying to persuade the banks to support his

ideas and enable him to set up production of the

new vacuum cleaners. Now, after six years in

business, his factory in a small town in the west

of England produces 8,000 vacuum cleaners a

day. Moving the main production facility to

Malaysia will result in a loss of 800 jobs. Both the

UK government and the unions have expressed

their horror at the decision.

The company, which employs 1,800 people in

total, said it had decided to move production

because of the success of a plant it established in

Malaysia two years ago. Labour costs at the

Malaysian plant are only £1.50 an hour: in the UK

they are £4.10 an hour. But the quality of the

Malaysian cleaners is as high as the British-made

ones.

A number of other companies have also

moved production to lower cost countries in

recent months. Many people fear for the future

of British manufacturing if this trend continues.

Dyson believes the move will enable the

company to cut production costs by 30 percent.

He plans to put the savings into research and

development in a drive to create new technology

products for the future. The R&D department

will continue to be based in Britain.

The company achieved sales of £220 million in

2000 and spends around 10 percent of turnover

on new product development. Dyson described

R&D as the ‘heart and soul’ of the business. He

said the decision to cut back the UK workforce

was a sad and difficult one.

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