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1. My colleague and I…… attend our Chairman´s wedding in Seattle next week. a. am going to. b. are going to. c. going to.

2. If you say that something is………, you think it is enjoyable. a. fun. b. lifecycle. c. classic.

3. A problem with product…….is that the celebrities might get into trouble, which could then cayse negative Publicity. a. Placement. b. Awareness. c. Endorsement.

4. When Caterpillar, the manufacturer of tractors and earth-moving vehicles, moved into clothing and shoes, that was a typical example of brand……. a. loyalty. b. image. c. stretching.

5. I always…..the supermarket´s own brand or detergent. a. buy. b. buying. c. bought.

6. The number of people shopping online is. a. grow. b. growing. c. grew.

7. When we often talk about our life experiences we use. a. Past simple. b. Present perfect. c. Present continuous.

8. It was more than a month before we realised What…… to him. a. had happened. b. have happened. c. have happening.

9. We plan to………………..a number our food products with new packaging, as well as lower levels of fat and salt. a. upgrade. b. relaunch. c. decentralise.

10. The newspaper industry is struggling to………. It self as readers and advertisers migrate to the Internet. a. redevelop. b. reorganize. c. reinvent.

11. They……… ……….. a new brand of clothes. a. Have/develop. b. Have/developed. c. Has/develop.

12. Vietnam…… ……. …… througt many changes in it´s history and has experienced many economic changes recently. a. Has also made. b. Has been gone. c. Has recently become.

13. Read the paragraph and choose the best title……………….. For many of us, work is still a place where we go each day. However, the whole concept of a work and leisure is changing and for and increasing number of people around the world, work is no longer a place to go but something they do. A substantial number of companies have already introduced a flexible in policy. This gives their staff greater degree of choice about when and where they work out. It also enables for them to achieve a balance between their personal and business lives. People with parental responsibilities, for example, value our flrexibility enormously. a. changing concept of work. b. working in companies. c. personal and Business lives.

14. Read the paragraph below and choose the true statement about it Law firms get into shape Until quite recently, even the largest UK-based law firms were fairly loose organizations where partners had considerable personal autonomy. When important manegement decisions needed to be made, the partners could rely on their shared educational and social backgrounds and their long years of working together to help them reach a common understanding of What needed to be done. This represented the “glue” that held the firms together. a. until recently, UK law firms were highly. b. each partner had a lot of Independence. c. partners made management decisions by bringing in outside consultants.

15. When we talk about future. We use the present continuous to talk about. a. timetables. b. a fixed arrengement. c. something we have decided to do at time of speaking.

16. When we talk about the future we use the present simple to talk about. a. A timetable or recent events. b. A Schedule. c. Our life expreriences.

17. An…….. is a change to a better seat or level of service. a. upgrade. b. lounge. c. boarding pass.

18. As soon as I…….the results, I………..give you a ring. a. Have/going to. b. get/going to. c. have/will.

19. Some Airlines………….. ……….increase fuel surcharges This week. a. Is/will. b. Are/going to. c. Are/ will.

20. What is the idea of This paragraph Hotels are being more competitive and looking at ways of adding value to guests stay, and that can take in anything from including breakfast on a daily basis membership to the health club including newspaper or possibly looking at transportation to and from the airport. With the purpose to increase their values and get good profits. a. Hotels increase their services and values. b. Hotel business increase their profits. c. Rising travel costs affect business.

21. What is the best title of this paragraph Three months ago, I travelled to Atlanta, Georgia. Two pieces of luggage didn´t arrive. I reported the lost to the airline. They promise to find the bags and send them to me. Some weeks later, they wrote saying they couldn’t find the bags and asked me to fill out a claim form. I didn´t hear them for another month, and they asked me to send receipts for all the missing articles. I didn´t have receipts for the lost ítems. It´s theree months later, and still no news from the airline. My e-mails and letters get no response. The airlene has recently merged With another Company, and I worder if is part of the problem, Can you help?. a. Airlines merged With another companies. b. Filling forms. c. Lost Luggage.

22. When two nouns are used together. a. The first noun functions as an adjective and describes the second noun. b. The first noun is singular. c. The first noun express a relationship between a person or organization.

23. Two nouns are joined by of when the ideas are. a. Unspecific. b. More abstract. c. Expressions of measurement.

24. There was a growing ………..of interest between her business dealings and her position as a politician. a. Breach. b. Waste. c. Conflict.

25. Several organizations are strongly opposed to the use of children in advertising in general and in…….. in particular. a. Research /Project. b. TV/ commercials. c. Trade/fair.

26. Read and choose the correct order of the following email To: Rodrigo Estay From: Jan Kopke Subject: Yesterday´s meeting 1. The Subject of employment inevitably provoked a heated argument, and no decisión was reached… except to postpone the discussion till our next meeting. Which I know you won´t want miss. 2. Most people agreed that his would result in a reduction in costs, and consequently that it would be good for our profits. 3. However in the current economic climate, it was felt that there were more urgent priorities. The most immediate of This, some argue is to safeguard employment in our country 4. As promise, here is a brief summary of What happened at yesterday´s meeting. The main ítem on the agenda was as you know, the propesed relocation to Slovenia. a. 3-1-4-2. b. 1-2-3-4. c. 4-2-3-1.

27. Read the paragraph and choose the best definition for “perks” On of the side effects of the free food for Google staff is what is known as the Google 15 the number of pounds that employees typically gain after joining the Internet Company. But whether it is providing snacks and gourmet meals in the canteen anual skiing trips or games romos at the office the philosophy behind suck perks in the same-getting staff to meet each other, interact in formal settings and encourage teamwork. a. Happiness and confidence in the workplace. b. Something your employer gives you addition to your pay. c. High-quality food and drink.

28. They are building up to………. Traditional 30- second advertising campaign. a. The. b. a. c. an.

29. In expressions of measurements we use. a. Definite article. b. Indefinite article. c. Zero article.

30. Advertising done at the place where a product us sold is called………advertising. a. Public. b. Point-of-sale. c. Eye –catching.

31. Our next advertising campaing will be……. At Young people who have just left home. a. Targeted. b. Sponsor. c. Run.

32. Look at the following headline and Which of these words means the same as “counterfeit” Pfizer´s uses big screen o fight counterfeit drugs. a. Similar. b. Authentic. c. Fake.

33. Read the following paragraph and choose the main purpose of Pfizer´s campaing Pfizer´s the world´s largest pharmaceuticals Company, has launched a hard- hitting cinema advertising campaing to wam consumrs of the medical dangers of counterfeits When ilegally purchasing prescriptions medicines on the internet. The advert to be show in 600 cinemas around the UK is best seen before filmgoers dig into their popcom. It shows a middle- aged man spitting up a rat swallowing a Tablet delivered by post. a. To promote its products. b. To dissuade people from buying drugs that may harm them. c. To advertise popcom.

34. A company´s……………..is the amount of business it does over a certain period of time. a. Equity. b. Revenue. c. Turnover.

35. The………………. Margin is the difference between the Price of a product or service and the cost of producing it. a. Forecast. b. Stock. c. Profit.

36. The government………………the rail network. a. Had/privatized. b. Have/ privatize. c. Has/ privatized.

37. Sales………..,…………… and that has meant higher profits. a. Have increased. b. Has increase. c. Had increased.

38. Read and choose the correct sentence Which is related to the paragraph. One of the main features of globalization is that capital can flow freely to and from almost everywhere. People are always looking to place money where it will be most profitable and earn the greatest return on investments. As an individual, you can put your money on deposit in a bank and you will get interest. Your money is lent out to people, business and govermments who need it to finance their our projects, and the bank will make its make its mony on the difference between What it pays out in interet on deposits and wha it gets in interest from loans. a. The paragraph is about Money. b. The paragraph is about Bankrupt. c. The paragraph is about Investors.

39. Read the paragraph and choose the correct alternative about This expression “going long” Short selling is not like making a normal investment. When you make a normal investment, you buy something, hopping it will be more desirable in the future. This type of investment- “going long”-seems to be about optimism and hope. With short selling, you look for something that you think is going to decline in value. a. Fall. b. Rise. c. Stay the same.

40. We use the presente simple to. a) talk about ongoing situations and projects. b) describe temporary situations. c) talk about routine activities or habits.

41. __________goods are expensive and intented to appeal to people in high social class. a) upmarket. b) reliable. c) well-made.

42. They have __________ reorganized their local business operation. a) till now. b) never. c) So far.

43. We frequently use a time adverb to situate the event in finished past time. a) present perfect. b) present continuouns. c) past simple.

44. Our government might ___________ all internal flights to make the industry more competitive. a) deregulate. b) restructured. c) reassess.

45. She _________ a number of interesting jobs in Spain. a) has/had. b) have/had. c) has develop.

46. We use will and going to. a) for predictions. b) to talk about schedules. c) personal arrangements and plans.

47. Poor service and frequent ________ will inevitably harm airline’s reputation. a) jet-lag. b) delays. c) cabin.

48. “I ________got time to do this myself”. “Don’t worry. I_____ give you a hand.”. a) haven’t/will. b) haven’t/going to. c) have/will.

49. We have pleasure in including further information about our ______ of products. a) range. b) cost. c) level.

50. Read the paragraph and decide which sentence is true In Wikipedia, for instance, thousands of people from across the glove have collectively created a large and surprisingly high-quality intellectual product- the world largest encyclopedia – and have done so with almost no centralized control. Anyone who wants to can change almost anything decisions about what changes are kept are made by a loose consensus of those who care. Wikipedia is a remarkable organizational invention that illustrates how new forms of communication, such as the Internet, are marking it possible to organize work in new and innovative ways. a) entries can only be changed by the person who wrote them. b) has no central control at all. c) is the largest encyclopedia in the world.

51. Read the paragraph and choose the false sentence At “AztraZeneca”, the pharmaceuticals company graduates can choose between several different specialist schemes, such as in engineering, finance and product strategy. At any one time, 15 people are on a three-year course working towards qualifications as chartered management accounts. The explicit intention says David Powell, Audit Director for Global operations who manages the scheme within the company, is to “bring people on to be future finance directors and finance vice-president. a) The three year course takes place in a company that produces drugs and medicines. b) Is part of specialist scheme in engineering. c) Leads to a professional qualification that is recognized outside the company.

52. We use ________ when we think our listener will know what we are talking about. a) Zero article. b) Indefinite article. c) Definite article.

53. We use the definite article. a) before a noun to mean all things of the same type. b) in expressions of measurement. c) before adjectives to specify a category of people or things.

54. The _______ is the part of the profits of a company that is paid to shareholders for each share that they own. a) dividend. b) share. c) debt.

55. A _________ is a description of what is likely to happen in the future. a) investmet. b) forecast. c) recession.

56. Sales have increased _______$ 5 million to $ 5.8 million. a) by. b) to. c) from.

57. Read and choose the correct headline of this paragraph __________________ Most new programmers now have a business section. This might give us the illusion that we are all equally affected by stock markets and financial speculations. When care to study the facts and figures, however, it soon become clear that glamorous financial deals we regularly hear about benefit only a tiny minority of people. According to a recent report published in the U.S, the wealthiest 1% of the population control more than one third of all nations’ wealth. This concentration of wealth among the very rich has mostly remained constant over the ten past years. On the other hand, the living standards of a large proportion of the population have stagnated or declined. This phenomenon is by no means unique to U.S; it is indeed common throughout the industry world. a) Business sections. b) Profits. c) Unequal distribution of wealth.

58. What....... when you…. about september 11th?. a) are you doing/heard. b) you do/ heard. c) were you doing/Heard.

59. We _______________ a completely new image for the brand. a) have develop. b) are developed. c) are developing.

60. We use the present perfect. a) for actions at a particular point in the past. b) When We are thinking of a period of time continuing up to the present. c) for actions and situations which are generally true.

61. When we _________ our order, you promised delivered by September 10. It is now September 14, we __________ heard anything from you yet. a) place / had. b) placed / have. c) placed / haven't.

62. There are signs that airlines are trying to respond to customer dissatisfaction, for example by proving ________ and quality in flight-meals. a) divert. b) delays. c) legroom.

63. Read and choose the last line of this paragraph My last overseas business trip was a nightmare from start to finish. First of all, there was a delay on the way to the airport, as there was an accident on the freeway. When I got there, I found the lower level of the airport parking lot was flooded. Next, my carry-on baggage was too big and heavy, so I had to check it in. When we arrived, the subway was closed, and where no cabs at all. After a long time trying to figure out the schedule and waiting in line for 40 minutes we finally got a bus downtown and found the hotel. a) Then, there was a problem with our room reservation and our rooms were on the fifth floor. It was unforgettable experience. b) I had a bad day. c) A key point would be the location of hotels, if you want to avoid problems reservations.

64. Read the paragraph and chose the best answers of the following questions. Where are the containers made? and What do they come with? Hotel changes the landscapes of building The biggest hotels to be constructed from shipping containers opens in London this week. Travelodge, the budget hotel chain, imported the containers from China — complete with bathrooms, plastering and air conditioning units- them stacked them into a 300-room hotel near Heathrow in just three weeks. The steels modules are made by Verbus Systems, a London-based company that designs, manufactures and supplies what it calls a "Lego kit" for developers. a) London / containers. b) China / Bathrooms, plastering and air conditioning. c) China / Lego kids.

65. An__________ stake is the money risked, when a company owns part of the same. a) investment. b) increase. c) equity.

66. Some compound words are written as. a) two words. b) one word. c) three words.

67. We are open to new ideas and methods and we support change. We are a _________ organization. a) progressive. b) caring. c) democratic.

68. Many companies use post and electronic ___________ because they can target a particular group of consumerc all at the same time. a) slogans. b) mailshots. c) posters.

69. We launched our advertising campaign three months ago. _________, sales have not recovered yet. a) Despite. b) So. c) However.

70. Read the following paragraph and choose the true sentence about it. So, to summarise our product is a storage device with a modular design. , lt’s very flexible, very versatile. It can be divided up, added to and shaped to fit any space in a house or apartment. You can put bottles, flowers, magazines, fruit, nuts, lots of other things in it. It's lightweight durable and very stylish, and made out of a special, recyclable material. a) It can be used to store different kinds of household objects. b) It can only be used once. c) investing money in new products.

71. Now the sun….. A. is shinning. B. shine. C. shines.

72. modern organizations have to be …… on making conflift constructive. A. DO. B. MAKE. C. BUILT.

73. ……………… travel is when the largest numer of people are traveling. a. single. b. peak. c. check.

74. ……………. happens at times when the largest number of people are traveling. A. check in. B. peak travel. C. ground staff.

75. WHAT IS THE MAIN IDEA OF THIS PARAGRAPH Hotels are being more comparative and looking at ways of adding value to guests’ stay, and that can take in anything from including breakfast on a daily basis membership to the health club including newspaper or possibly looking at, transportation and from the airport. With the purpose to increase their values and get good profits. A. hotels increase their services and values. B. hotel business increase their profits. C. risingn travel costs affect business.

76. We try to create a motivating environment for our staff and to provide a lot of opportunities for professional development, our organization really is a ….. one. A. hierachical. B. service centre. C. caring.

77. billboards, those large sings used for adverstising, are often called……. in british english. A. leaflets. B. hoardings. C. slogans.

78. if you hear about a new product from a friend or relative, this is called…… advertising. A. word-for-word. B. mouth to-mouth. C. word-of-mouth.

79. ………….. is money which people or organizations put into a business to make a profit. A. profit margin. B. investment. C. a dividend.

80. our business grew----------------- 15% last year. a on. b by. c for.

81. Writing letters by hand is a complete……. Of time. I always type them on the computer. a. Lack. b. Waste. c. Cost.

82. If you say that something is a……. Product, you think it is very good. a. Inexpensive. b. Cool. c. Stylish.

83. Read the mail and choose the main purpose of it To: All staff From: O. Anderson In order to keep our competitive edge, we at Free Horizons must continue to provide unique travel services and remain totally customer-focused. Our staff training programmes contribute a great deal to making us so dynamic and efficient. I am very pleased to announce that we will be able to organize another training seminar in the autumm, one of the following topics. Developing computer skills, customer service and intermediate French, Spanish and Arabic. Please select one topic and explain in detail the reasons for your choice. Replies by Thusday please. a. New manager. b. Travel services. c. Staff training.

84. Products are ...……. in the Factory, but brands are mande in the mind. a. Make. b. Made. c. Do.

85. A …………advertising is one that causes a lot of public discussion and disagreement. a. Controversial. b. Viral. c. Subliminal.

86. ----------- our production cost have gone down by 3% profits have not improved significantly. a. because. b. although. c. despite.

87. advertising companies spend a lot of money on crating clever…….. that are short and memorable, such as the message for Nike: Just do it. a. slogans. b. posters. c. exhibitions.

88. …………….. is when a person or organization is unable top ay their debts. a. Pre-tax profits. b. Anual turnover. c. Bankruptcy.

89. If the Price of petrol…. further, we …… make a loss. a. Rise / going to. b. Rises / will. c. Rising / will.

90. Some websites offer a minute-by-minute …………… on the rate of exchangre between all major currencies. a. Reassessment. b. Downsizing. c. Update.