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A. READING COMPREHENSION
Read the following text carefully before answering the questions that follow
Eric is a new manager of product information for a national firm wich wholesales electrical
components. Hes proud because he was assigned a tough office right out of management
training. Hes challenged because he can see as clearly as everyone else in the office that the
work is not getting done on time and mistakes are far above the 2 percent target. And hes
scared because he finds himself utterly incapable of figuring out what he ought to do to make
things better.
The office is a new, one-story building in a wooded suburban location-complete with carpeting
on the floor and Muzak in the walls. The people are thirty-five female employees, ranging from
recent high-school graduates in their first job to experienced middle-aged housewives. And the
job is to provide salesmen in the field with current information about price, availability and
delivery times of sn exceptionally large inventory of electric equipment and supplies.
Eric spent his first day on the job - some three months ago now just watching and listening.
While in Management training, he had thought a lot about how he would handle that first day.
He knew that everyone in the office would be as eager to find out what he was like as he was to
learn about them and their jobs. And he wanted to make a good impression.
But Eric finally decided not to put on any false faces. The fact was that he knew virtually nothing
about the people he would be managing, or the kind of work they did. So why he asked himself,
act otherwise? Besides, if the people saw that he was genuinely interested in listening to them
and learning from them, perhaps that would help establish good mutual rapport between him
and his people. So he would just watch and listen, and try to learn in hisfirst few days on the job.
Eric was not surprised when a few weeks after he had taken over management of the office, he
was visited by a regional vice-president of the company. The vice-president informed him that
sales were failing companywide, and that at least part of the problem had to do with the quality
of the information with which salesmen were being provided. Erics operation was one of the
most critical points of coordination in the entire company, he said, and it was important to
everyone in the company that Eric reduce both the error rate and the number of delays
salesmen currently were experiencing. The vice-president said he had enormous confidence in
Erics managerial ability, that he was sure the problems would be remedied quickly, and that he
viewed Erics future in the company with great optimism.
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10. a. Erics superiority enabled him to establish a good relationship with the employees.
b. Eric tried to put himself on the same level as the other employees
c. Eric had nothing to learn from people at a lower level.
11. a. Eric was amazed to take over management of the office.
b. The regional vice-presidents visit was not unexpected.
c. The vice-president was surprised at Erics able management.
12. a. With a wide variety of products, reliable information was impossible.
b. Sales depend to a certain extent on the quality of information given.
c. Salesmen had informed the vice-president of the problem.
13. a. Of great importance was Erics role.
b. It was Erics job to coordinate the entire company.
c. Erics department was one of the most criticized.
14. a. Salesmen cannot work efficiently if information arrives late.
b. The vice-president is worried about inefficiency in the salesmen.
c. Eric had begun to reduce the error-rate.
15. a. Erics future in the company depends on his solutions to its problems.
b. They decided to look for a remedy for Erics illness.
c. The vice-president has little faith in Erics capacity.
B. VOCABULARY SECTION
16. After six months I am _________ to getting up early
a. using
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b. get using
c. getting used
d. using to
17. We __________ him not to go near the river.
a. told
b. said
c. assured
d. noticed
18. We dont agree, so lets make a _________
a. commitment
b. concord
c. agreement
d. compromise
19. Does that mean Im __________ to the agreement for a year?
a. compromised
b. committed
c. contained
d. contented
20. I dont think hes ___________ with that area.
a. conscious
b. knowledgeable
c. familiar
d. scientific
21. Dont laugh __________ him.
a. for
b. by
c. at
d. to
22. Mr. Jones is _________ up on all the work that has accumulated
a. catching
b. finishing
c. working
d. making
23. Our son is __________ giving a party to celebrate his 18th birthday
a. intending to
b. thinking of
c. pretending to
d. wanting to
24. ___________ you know all about the topic, he advised me.
a. intend
b. look as if
c. try
d. pretend
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49. If you want to see the head of the department youll have to make an appointment
______ time.
a. ahead of
b. in
c. with
d. of
50. To be healthy you must have__________ food and sleep.
a. more
b. too much
c. plenty
d. enough
Please mark the letter of the word that could substitute the
word underlined.
51. That excuse doesnt sound at all plausible to me.
a. possible
b. likely
c. believeable
d. confidential
52. The other team won by sheer luck.
a. successful
b. shocking
c. consistent
d. complete
53. Traffic jams infuriate everyone.
a. irritate everyone
b. annoy everyone
c. inconvenience everyone
d. make everyone angry
54. What an ingenious idea!
a. an ingenuous
b. a homogeneous
c. an incredible
d. a clever
55. Mike tends to get upset easily.
a. is able
b. tries
c. is prone
d. intends
56. Living in Kuwait doesnt attract me.
a. appeal to
b. sound good
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c. interest in
d. like to
C. GRAMMAR
61. Can you tell me
a. where is the station?
b. where it is the station?
c. where the station is?
d. wheres the station?
62. Do you mind.
a. to open the door?
b. open the door?
c. if you open the door?
d. opening the door?
63. Well receive the information
a. as soon as they call.
b. as soon they call.
c. as soon as they will call.
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a.
b.
c.
d.
D. IDIOMS
86. My salary is not very good. As a matter of fact I earn just enough to_____________.
a. get through.
b. get over.
c. get by.
d. get on.
87. While we were shopping last Sunday, we __________ a friend we hadnt seen in years.
a. ran through
b. ran over
c. ran around
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d. ran into
88. as soon as you finish the exm, ______________
a. hand it in!
b. hand it out!
c. hand it down!
d. change hands!
89. The secretary is very efficient. She always __________ as soon as she arrives.
a. gets the business down
b. gets down to business.
c. gets to the business.
d. gets to business.
90. My alarm clock always ____________ at 5:00 oclock.
a. turns up
b. goes off
c. gives in
d. cracks down
91. Children never _________ their toys after playing with them.
a. take out
b. hang up
c. put away
d. clean up
92. Alice speaks so quickly that people can hardly __________ what she says.
a. figure out
b. point out
c. put off
d. spell out
93. the board decided to _________ the meeting until further notice.
a. take after
b. do without
c. put off
d. count on
94. When you and your husband go out, who ____________ the children.
a. looks after
b. looks for
c. looks at
d. looks through
95. Teachers should always ask their students to___________ their own examples.
a. get away with
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b. catch up with
c. come up with
d. follow up with
96. The airline is going to have_________ this inconvenience.
a. put up with
b. make up for
c. miss out on
d. out down on
97. whos going to ___________ Bertha while shes away on vacation?
a. get through with
b. live up to
c. fill in for
d. get togheter with
98. Bryan was fired last week. He must now be on the________ for a new job.
a. lookout
b. holdover
c. checkup
d. changeover
99. you cantt go to the opera wearing jeans, you must____________
a. dress up for
b. take off
c. dress up
d. turn it up
100.
a.
b.
c.
d.
Do you ___________ differences with friends for the sake of your friendship?
leave behind
keep pace with
put aside
take on
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