Outcomes Advanced Test

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UNIT 14 TEST 2 Sales have begun to improve in recent weeks.

Sales have begun to in recent weeks.
3 The company is in danger of being out of business
GRAMMAR unless we become more competitive.
The company is in danger of unless we
1 Complete each sentence with a relative pronoun or become more competitive.
adverb. If no word is necessary, write –. 4 It’s important to stay in business during these tough
1 We visited one of the locations the times.
supermarket chain hoped to open a new store. It’s important to during these tough
2 The authorities have introduced a new regulation times.
employers are held responsible for any 5 Employing new staff is essential now that we’re
accidents. looking to open new branches.
3 Nobody was present at the time new staff is essential.
remembered seeing Ferguson leave. 6 We ought to try to win new contracts.
4 One of the most compelling reasons the We ought to new contracts.
government decided to investigate was the existence 7 We started to sell the company’s shares on the stock
of an off shore banking account in the owner’s name. market in 2014.
5 Investors, many of had lost their life We on the stock market in 2014.
savings, insisted on the government taking action. 8 Sales have improved thanks to the recent positive
6 The point at regulars need to step in has improvement in the economy.
been reached. Sales have improved thanks to the in
7 The company I worked for allowed us to the economy.
leave early on Fridays. 9 Our company is aiming to develop new products and
8 One of the company directors, Ferrari is services.
parked outside, has just been arrested by the police. Our company is aiming to .
/8 10 Since we started the online business, we have been
2 Rewrite each of the pairs of sentences below as one flooded with orders.
using a defining or non-defining relative clause. Since we started the online business, we
1 The city appears to be abandoned at this time of night. with orders.
It is usually crowded with people. / 10
The city 4 Match the loan words 1–8 to the sentences a–h that
2 Selhurst Holdings have made an offer. We cannot best describe them.
accept it. 1 plaza a Some may find the decorations
We cannot attractive, but I think they’re horrible
3 Three youths were arrested by the police. They had and are in bad taste.
committed serious offences. 2 kitsch b It was really embarrassing. We cooked
The police chicken for our guests ... and they
4 Danny Clark has been elected vice-president. His were vegans!
brother was my friend at school. 3 angst c The dinner party was a disaster – the
Danny Clark food was undercooked and everyone
5 The stadium was on a high security alert. The cup final got food poisoning.
was being held there. 4 zeitgeist d I’m really concerned about why I exist
The stadium on this planet at all.
6 The conference came to an end early. It had been an 5 fiasco e We found ourselves in a huge square
unqualified success. full of cafes and restaurants.
The conference 6 trek f Hannah knew everything there was to
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do in the city.
VOCABULARY 7 au fait g Pop music and mini-skirts captured
the spirit of those exciting times.
3 Complete the second sentence so that it has a similar 8 faux pas h Will walked alone across the Kalahari
meaning to the first. Use the correct form of a verb in Desert.
the box. /8

upturn lay off pitch for inundate diversify

pick up go under take on hang in float

1 Thousands of workers have lost their jobs as a result

of the factory’s closure.
Thousands of workers as a result of the
factory’s closure.

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5 Complete the business news report with one word in

each space. The first letter is given.
And here is the business news.
Union representatives are threatening to
1
c a strike after they failed to
2
r a compromise over a new pay
3
d with representatives of the Babar
Steel Corporation. The Corporation refused to
4
u its offer of a 2% pay rise.
Car manufacturers in the Midlands have
5
l a prototype of their new electric car.
Chief executive Clive Wilson explained that there was
a6g in the market for affordable electric
cars.
Retail giant Holdsworth’s have announced they
will be 7 s back their operations in Asia
because of the volatile economic climate. Over 50
stores will be closed. 8 ‘C costs is our
priority,’ a spokesperson said.
Following months of negotiations, Stanwick
Aerospace has 9 s a major deal with
India to supply jet engines. It seems the company
will now 10 e its target of selling 2,000
engines this year. A new target figure of 4,000
engines has been set.
In a 11 h bid on the city’s stock
exchange this afternoon, chocolate manufacturer
Jupiter Cocoa attempted a 12 t of rival
company Kelly’s Cakes. The board of Kelly’s Cakes
resisted, however, and the company is still in the
hands of its original shareholders.
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