BUSINESS ENGLISH TEST

Listening

 

PART 1

 

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  • Look at the notes below.
  
  
  
  

 

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  • Some information is missing.
  
  
  
  

 

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  • You will hear a manager telephoning Human Resources about vacancies in his department.
  
  
  
  

 

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  • Fill in the missing information in the numbered space using a word, numbers or letters
  
  
  
  

 

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  • You will hear the conversation twice.
  
  
  
  

 

Customer Services Vacancies

 

PART 2

• Look at the notes about a publisher’s plans for promotion this autumn.


• Some information is missing.


• You will hear part of a talk by the company’s Marketing Director.


• For each question 08-13, fill in the missing information in the numbered space using one or two words


• You will hear the talk twice.

 

Autumn promotion plans

 

PART 3

• You will hear a conversation between a senior manager, called Sue and her assistant, called David. 


• Mark one letter (A, B or C) for the correct answer. 


• You will hear the conversation twice.
  

 



 

READING

 

Part 1

Read the advertisement below for a hot drinks machine.

Are sentences 22-28 on the opposite page ‘Right’ or ‘Wrong’? If there is not enough information to answer ‘Right’ or ‘Wrong’, choose ‘Doesn’t say’.

For each sentence 22-28, mark one letter (A, B or C)

 

Save money and keep your staff happy

 

It can be expensive to keep the canteen open to serve drinks to your staff through the day. Our QVM hot drinks machine replaces this service, so that you can close the canteen between mealtimes.

 

You can install the QVM hot drinks machine anywhere in the building. One machine is suitable for a staff of ten to fifteen people. It costs £1300 to buy, or £11.00 per week to rent over 60 months. It is not expensive to operate: for example, the cost of power for one day is 30p, nearly as cheap as the price of one hot drink from the machine.

 

Our company will carry out a weekly service, at a charge of £10.00. We can also refill the machine with drinks ingredients for an extra charge of £8.00. Some customers prefer to do this themselves, however.

 

There are eight choices of hot drink available from the QVM machine, and our company offers one month’s trial free of charge, so that you can estimate how popular the machine will be and see what the actual savings are.

READING

Part 2

Read the article below about team-building.

 

Choose the correct word from A, B or C on the opposite page to fill each gap.

 

For each question, mark one letter (A, B or C)

 

 

TEAM-BUILDING THROUGH ACTIVITIES

Nowadays, company bosses are increasingly trying to find unusual team- building events as part of their training programme.   An activity park 29............... Fast-track has just opened to offer 30 ............... events.   It specialises

31 ............... events to attract the corporate entertainment market, 32 ............... is growing all the time. The park is situated just a few kilometers outside the city centre 33 ............... it provides events that 34............... entertain as well as train. Clients can try outdoor attractions such as sailing or climbing, 35............... availability clearly depends entirely 36............... the weather. Activities of 37 ............... kind are perfect team-building exercises. ‘I’d

38 ............... been to an activity park before,’ explained James Black, a company manager.  ‘Before we came, I didn’t think we 39............... enjoy ourselves so much and I didn’t expect the huge difference that Fastrack’s programme has

40............... to my team.  Now we work better together than we did before.’