Practice test 1:

1. To be promoted to the position of

department manager
2. To be affected by working hours
3. To hold a meeting
4. Leading company
5. To exchange views
6. Reputable company
7. Building work
8. Company mergers are regulated
by a special government
department
9. To result in the
10. Loss of jobs
11. On the board
12. In agreement
13. To stand down (to resign)
14. To chair the board
15. Company executive
Practice test 2
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.

To hold key roles

To sit on a committee
To serve on a committee
To be ordered to report to
Profitable company
The merger goes through (=it
happens successfully)
7. Insurance company
8. Create wealth
9. Economic enterprise
10. Economic crisis
11. Many local branches are having to
close
12. Flights will be operated by
13. Company cars
14. Was elected to the committee
15. Multinational companies
Practice test 3
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.

Publicly funded
To run a company
To be in need
To serve on the committee
To be appointed to chair the
committee (=a fost numita)
6. Are suffering cutbacks
7. To be liquidated
8. Running a company profitable
venture
9. Concerns are raised
10. Manufacturing company
11. Successful company
12. Catering business
13. To sit on the board
14. On reform
15. To plan a merger

Practice test 3:
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.

Multinationals
Environmental damage
Cant embark on
undertaking
has grown into a large scale
enterprise
6. to launch a takeover
7. overseas
8. the company is facing a takeover
9. hostile takeover
10. takeover bid
11. Runs operations
12. Through a us subsidiary
13. The company was set up
14. The company was taken over by
an
15. To agree on the merger
Practice test 4:
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.

To look into
The proposal
Medium-sized company
The firms parent company
Gave its approval to the plan
The government is holding down
pay in public sector
7. Is following the advice
8. Has led to the closure of many
high street branches
9. Was founded in 1919
10. Millionaire
11. Joint venture between 2
companies
12. Packaging
13. The policy was approved at board
level
14. The sector is doing well
15. State-owned company
Practice test 6:
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
7.

Investment in
To prevent from leaving
To regulate the industry
Set up production
The cost of
Revolutionised
Developing a new computer
software
8. Pharmaceutical industry
9. Undergo testing
10. Raising demand
11. Drive prices higher
12. As an investment
13. He called of

14. To enter into a partnership

15. High taxes are crippling the
transport industry

Practice test 7:
1. I was keen to go into partnership
2. Risky investments
3. Production rose by 25%
4. Industry analysts
5. To take legal action
6. To recoup
7. Jobs are increasing
8. To keep costs down
9. Mass production
10. Music industry insiders
11. Transportation
12. To go into production
13. To increase production by 25%
14. Oil imports began to decline
15. To make a difference to price
Practice test 8:
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
7.
8.

She works on the production line

A thriving industry
To build effective partnerships
Private businesses
The boosting industry
Local economics
From overseas
The company switched production
to Mexico
9. Has spawn a huge industry of
support services (=a cauzat
deschiderea unei noi industrii)
10. To la
11. Unlaunched projects
12. To revive
13. Following
14. Seen
15. Decline in/of

Practice test 9
1. Into production
2. Will boost the local
3. Disposing of its waste
4. The partnership was dissolved
5. To hold meetings
6. Captains of industry
7. Nationalised
8. Disastrous results
9. The rate of tax/taxation
10. Is set to increase

11. Tax on investment

12. Investment opportunity
13. Turned out to be
14. Per year
15. The 2 companies have built up a
partnership
Practice test 10
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
7.
8.
9.

Head of the organization

Raised money
Developing countries
Effective organizations
Expertise
As regards
set up
Organization should be disbanded
The manufacturing sector has
grown while the farming sector
has declined
10. The organization was set up in
1919
11. Hopes to attract
12. Provide jobs
13. Ordered its members
14. Out to strike
15. Was privatised
UNIT 2
Practice test 1:
1. Blew the whistle on corrupt
practices within the company
2. Accusations of bribery
3. Accusations have been leveled at
the town council
4. Programs are legally sound
5. Legal action
6. To purge the company of
7. Under threat of violence
8. Appointed to the position
9. High ethical standard
10. Bribery is common practice
11. No legal obligation to disclose
personal financial info
12. Corruption was an accepted part
13. Damning evidence of
14. Are given trainings
15. Training in business ethics
Practice test 2:
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.

Amounted to over
Fighting legal battles
Nor ban or otherwise
They live by a code of ethics
To clear his name
He had to wrestle with
accusations of corruption
7. He has weathered 2 scandals

8. To appear in court on charges

9. Tax evasion
10. Awaiting (asteptandu-si)
11. Trial on major
12. Tax fraud
13. Led to allegations of corruption
14. Resort to legal action
15. To take legal action
Practice test 3:
1. In the aftermath of the trial
2. Charges of corruption have begun
to surface
3. Under European law
4. She was jailed on
5. To fall into the pit of corruption
6. Binding document
7. To blow the whistle on
8. Bogus contractors (bogus=fake)
9. Are very susceptible to corruption
10. Disposal of
11. Legal requirement
12. Convicted for accepting bribes
13. Legal advice
14. Entering into an agreement
15. Shady deals have been exposed
Practice test 4:
1. Fraudulently
2. Introducing ethics into
3. In a big way
4. Immoral
5. Should seek legal advice
6. Closed down amid ellections
7. The deal stank of corruption
8. Sitting ducks
9. Yet another
10. Indicted on
11. Criminal counts
12. Raise ethical issues
13. Unfortunate victims
14. fraud
15. thoroughly corrupt
Practice test 5:
1. you are legally obliged to comply
fully with any investigations
2. elaborate fraud
3. for legal reasons
4. there have been further
accusations of corruption
5. they have pledged themselves to
root out
6. they question the illegality
7. to bribe officials
8. threatening legal action
9. we are exploring the possibilities

10. legal action against the company

11. to take legal proceeding
12. to proceed cautiously
13. settlement
14. recourse to legal action
15. arrangement

Practice test 6
1. a lot of chemicals
2. cause harm to the environment
3. battery-powered cars
4. electricity
5. from one country to another
6. to keep down costs
7. consumer
8. ethics is important
9. will carry out
10. a thorough spending review
11. expenditure on advertising
12. gone down
13. consumerism
14. hence
15. green campaigners
Practice test 7
1. green issues should be higher on
the political agenda
2. luxurious home
3. conspicuous consumption
4. recycled
5. Illegal business practices are
punishable
6. by a prison sentence
7. Have high overheads
8. Consumer society
9. Put up food costs (increase)
10. Company policy
11. Its about time we started
12. Cleaning up the environment
13. Is responsible
14. Implementing central government
policy
15. Farming subsidies
Practice test 8:
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.

Consumption of electricity
Has risen by 20%
Residents have
Raised some concerns
Schools are helping
In raising environmental
awareness
7. To get a judgement overturned
8. Took the company
9. Dismissal
10. Environmental damage

11. Caused by the use of chemicals

12. Shops are seeing a decline in
spending on luxury items
13. Deliberate policy
14. Of delaying payment
15. Reversal of policy

Practice test 9:
1. Spending habits
2. Sustainable farming
3. Cost-effective
4. On the long term
5. Mislead
6. Renewable energy
7. Minimize
8. The impact on the environment
9. Charges for this service
10. Unethical
11. credibility
12. Policy of cutting costs

13. Pays legal fees of $15 million

14. Chief executive
15. Policy statements

Practice test 10:

1. The document briefly outlines the
governments spending priorities
2. To keep in control
3. To tackle illegal business
4. Customers
5. Credit card details
6. The legislation forbids
7. The minister emphasizes
8. To capitalise public spending
9. On
10. Start ups
11. Threats
12. Legal action
13. Leads the world in green
technology
14. Aimed at
15. The discerning consumer