PROGRESS TEST 6 (Unit 6)

NAME: .. DATE:
CLASS: .. MARK: ______/100
(Time: 50 minutes)
1 Choose A, B, C or D to complete each sentence
1 Bill works as a business ............ for a large
multinational corporation.
A executive C supervisor
B leader D boss
2 General ............ rarely make home visits
any more; they prefer patients to come to
their surgery.
A doctors C practitioners
B surgeons D medicals
3 Very few people have the luxury of being
able to choose ............ satisfaction over
salary.
A work C working
B job D professional
Job seekers are reuired to vist the ............
centre at least once a week to be eligible for
benefits.
A employ C job
B unemployment D work
5 ! lot of people were made ............ when the
steel works closed down.
A fired C dismissed
B sacked D redundant
! "he successful candidate will receive a
company car# subsidised gym membership
and other ............ # according to his status
within the company.
A bonuses C benefits
B perks D allowances
" $ita%s boss gave her an excellent ............
when she left her last job.
A reference C credential
B recommendation D gathering
# &e are currently ............ couriers# guides
and hotel staff for the summer season.
A collecting C recruiting
B employing D suggestion
$ "he General 'anager is expected
to ............ full responsibility for the running
of the hotel.
A receive C assume
B presume D obtain
10 !s (hief )xecutive *fficer# you will be in
charge of the company%s day+to+day .......... .
A missions C functions
B operations D workings
11 ,eerborn (ollege is currently seeking an
experienced lecturer to join its -ocial and
.olitical -ciences ............ .
A faction C suad
B cluster D faculty
12 "he company is on the ............ of collapse
following the loss of two of its major
customers.
A verge C line
B edge D border
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TEST 1 A
13 1n most countries# driving tests are available
on ............ .
A asking C uestion
B reuesting D demand
1 -ara brought in a lot of business last month;
she should ask for a pay rise while she4s still
on a ............ .
A run C rush
B roll D roam
15 "hey assured us our jobs were safe; for the
time being# at any ............ .
A rate C way
B pace D rhythm
1! .aula%s boss gave her a ............ reference
when she applied for a promotion.
A shining C glistening
B gleaming D glowing
1" 1 know it was wrong of Jim to lie to you# but
he wants to ............ it right by telling you
truth.
A place C have
B fix D put
1# ! lot of school leavers have to go straight on
the ............ because there just aren%t any
jobs for them.
A ueue C dole
B wait D unemployment
1$ 1n order to be successful in business# you%ve
got to be able to ............ the competition.
A outreach C outwit
B outstand D output
20 5our lawyer can reuest ............ to
documents regarding the sale of the
property.
A access C availability
B entry D permission
! Complete the sentences "ith "or#s
$orme# $rom the "or#s in capitals
1 "he running of the company is
absolutely ................................... . 6o one
seems to know what their responsibilities
are.
C%A&S
2 &e had no .................................... other
than to leave the dog with a neighbour.
ALTERNATE
3 "he company has a .................................
obligation to give you sick leave.
C&NTRACT
Julie has succeeded in making
herself .................................... to 'r .arker.
-he does everything for him. . .D'S(ENSE
5 Barry is taking his case to
a7n8 .................................... tribunal. 0e
thinks he was unfairly dismissed.'ND)STR*
! "he successful candidate will have
superb ................................ skills.. . .LEAD
" "he appointment of a new chairperson was
a ........................ decision. C&LLECT
# .......................................... speaking# we
deal in the recruitment of professionals.
BR&AD
$ 0er ................................... to co+operate
infuriated the 'anager. RE+)SE
10 1t%s impossible for an ............................... of
this si9e to keep track of all of its staff4s level
of productivity. &R,AN'SE
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TEST 1 A
% Un#erline the correct "or#
1 "he minister made a serious political
-./ste0 / -.12e0 / -.ee3e0 / -.un4e0 when
he said he had no sympathy for the
unemployed.
2 0e picked up his keys and -./ste4 / -1.te4 /
5.e2 / 6um3e4 to the door.
3 1 find it hard to st1m/78 / 4i9est / /-s10- /
9u.3 that she%s only just started# and yet she
gets paid so much more than 1 do.
1%ll 0e/4i.: / 1;e0t.: / -.unt.: / e<3.i7it.:
admit that the company isn%t doing well# but 1
don%t think there4s any need to panic.
5 1t%s all very 0i98t / 7100e7t / 9114 / 2e..
saying put more money into research and
development# but where4s the money going
to come from>
! 0igh taxes are sti5.in9 / stu55in9 /
sti55enin9 / st0/5in9 the growth of private
enterprise.
" "he team4s m10/.it: / m10/. / m10/.e /
m10/.s was low having lost five games in a
row.
# "hey haven4t selected the candidates for
interview yet because there4s a -ui.4=u3 /
-/7>=u3 / -/7>.19 / -/7>in9 of
applications.
$ 1ntroducing flexi+time is just a management
3.1t / 71ns3i0/7: / 50/u4 / 3.1: to get
people to work longer hours.
10 "he management want to en9/9e /
em-01i. / en51.4 / ens./;e department
heads in discussion about planned job cuts.
& 'ill in the (aps "ith O)E "or#
1 1f you%ve got time ........................ your
hands# you could file these papers for me.
2 1t%s hard to keep your mind ........................
the job if you have problems at home.
3 &e need to get the message ........................
that we will not tolerate malingerers.
-he managed to get ........................ her
problem by becoming more organised.
5 1t%s been raining on and ........................ all
day. 1 wish the weather would make up its
mind?
! 1%m really busy# but 1%ll try and work
it ........................ my schedule.
" "he line is busy at the moment# can 1 put
you ........................ hold>
# John%s working really hard trying to get the
business ........................ the ground.
$ 1f you want to do well in this company# you
have to keep your nose ........................ the
grindstone.
10 Jane volunteered to speak ........................
behalf of her colleagues at the staff meeting.
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