Business English - Level Test

Name: _______________
How confident do you feel when using English? _________________________________________

Part A: Reading comprehension

1) For the questions below, please circle the best option.

To: All staff

From: HR Department
Please remember that your manager must agree any holiday dates before you complete a form.

Why is the HR department sending this email?

1. to ask staff for some information
2. to explain how something is done
3. to tell managers about a problem

FINEFOODS
Agent required for nationwide distribution. Some experience in food retail an advantage.
Refrigerated van provided.

Finefoods requires an agent to:

1. own a suitable vehicle for delivery.
4. be a specialist in food distribution.
5. deliver goods all over the country.

To: All staff

From: HR Department
Staff wishing to enroll for the Accounts course should contact Jane Fellows, who needs to know
numbers.

Staff should tell Jane Fellows

1. how many people have enrolled for the course.
6. if they are interested in doing the course.
7. which of the courses they have decided to do.

Phone Neil Smith at our showroom for a free quotation, or to arrange a visit from our
representative.

Contact Neil Smith if you want to

1. obtain information about the company’s prices.
8. arrange a visit to the showroom.
9. speak to a representative about special offers.
2) Read the article and decide whether these statements are true or false.
• Foxconn is a retailing company.
• The company is planning to use more robots in its factories in the future.
• Currently, salaries for workers in China are increasing.
• Local governments are against Foxconn’s expansion.
• It isn’t easy to install new robots in an old factory.
• Foxconn currently has 300,000 workers in Chengdu.

Part B: Writing

1) Write about your job. Do you think learning English will be useful? Why?

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2) You saw this ad on the Internet and ordered a digital camera. You were not happy with the

product you received. Read the advertisement and the notes you made and write an email to
the company, using all your notes.

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