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Name __________________________________ Date ___________

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Section 1: Grammar and Lexis
Part A
Match the beginnings of the sentences (19) with the endings (ai).

I am writing to complain

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Let me give you instructions

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OK. So lets sum

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May I introduce you

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How are things

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You should try it. Its made

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Can we just run

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Perhaps we should begin

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Wed like to see some movement

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up whats been agreed so far.

of pastry and pieces of beef.

about the service at your hotel.

by outlining our initial position.

with you?

on price.

for how to get to my office.

through the main points one more time?

to a colleague of mine.

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Part B
Complete the sentences using the verbs in the box. Change the form of the verbs if
necessary.
give see

reach

look

miss

have

make

find

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Im going to _______________ a good rest on Sunday.

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I was _______________ a presentation when someone interrupted me. I was so

angry!

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It was too late the decision had already been _______________.

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I really must _______________ out the reason for this fall in turnover.

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He said he _______________ them talking at the conference.

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If Id _______________ him on the phone before he caught the flight, wed have
got an answer by now.

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I cant decide what to eat. It all _______________ very good.

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If I hadnt been sick I wouldnt have _______________ the deadline.

Part C (1822)
You have received this complaint by e-mail. Write a reply using the prompts in the
box.
Dear Sir/Madam
Im writing to ask about the laptops we recently bought from your website. We seem to
be having problems with saving documents. These are expensive items and we wouldnt
expect there to be problems with such a simple operation.
We are in urgent need of these machines so please could you repair or replace these
products immediately.
I look forward to hearing from you.
Rudolf Kinski

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thank you / your
surprised to hear / having problems with
try to ensure / highest quality / products
contact / customer helpline / freephone 0800 505
If / unable / sort out / will of course replace / laptops
Dear Mr Kinski,
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Part D
Each line in the article below contains an error. Cross out the error and write the
correction on the line. See the example.
Example: The more important thing in communication is to hear what

most

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isnt being said. That, at less, is the opinion of management

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guru Peter Druker. But, for most of we, hearing what is being

__________

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said is quiet difficult enough! Part of the problem is that languages __________

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are speak at very different speeds. Polynesians, for example,

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some of the worlds slowest speakers, converses at a leisurely 100 __________

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syllables a minute. The english too take their time at 150 to 200.

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Germans, on the other hand, can often managed a swift 250. But it __________

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is the French and Spanish what are the true Olympic champions,

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racing along by 350 syllables a minute. If they were driving,

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they will be stopped for speeding.

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Section 2: Reading
Part A (3340)
Sentences Ah are from a business letter. The sentences have been mixed up.
Number the letter in the correct order.

1 ___ 2 ___ 3 ___ 4 ___ 5 ___

6 ___ 7 ___ 8 ___

Im sorry that you were unable to attend our presentation in So Paulo last month.

Best wishes

Thank you for your letter of February 9 and for your interest in the new Xenon
digital communication system.

In the meantime, I enclose a copy of our latest catalogue and current price list.

I look forward to hearing from you.

However, I am delighted to tell you that we are planning another one in Brasilia
on April 30.

Dear Ms Ramalho

If you have any questions or would like further information concerning our
company and its products, please do not hesitate to contact me again.

Section 3: Listening
(Listening script 12.3)
Below are some notes taken by someone at a meeting. Complete the notes by
listening twice to extracts of the meeting.

Gary Cale: Head of (41) ______________________________

- disappointing figures for the last quarter
- nine months ago we got (42) ______________________________ hits a day
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- three months ago we got (43) ______________________________
- what went wrong? Not the (44) ______________________________ but the website
itself.
Three things make a good website
1. fast (45) ______________________________
2. (46) ______________________________ use
3. excellent (47) ______________________________
Creating a first-class website was first priority and the second was winning (48)
____________________________________________________________
through advertising.
Since making the changes to the website weve gone from 10,000 trades a day to (49)
______________________________ trades.
The third priority is making a (50) ______________________________.

Section 4: Speaking (5160)

Prepare a short presentation of a problem you solved at work. It can be any kind of
problem. Use the framework on page 53 of the Students Book to help you.
Your partner or teacher will mark your presentation using the following:
Did the speaker
open with impact?
give the background to the problem?
ask a rhetorical question?
describe the problem?
describe its effects?
ask another rhetorical question?
describe the action taken?
ask a third rhetorical question?
describe the results
close the presentation
TOTAL MARKS =

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Tick

Marks
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1

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