PRE – TEST

14.1. Complete these sentences with trip, journey, travel

1. I’ll get some ___________ brochures today and we can start planning our holiday.
2. John is away on a business ___________ all week.
3. It’s a rather difficult overnight ____________to the mountains but it’s well worth it.
4. I prefer to arrange my holidays myself rather than use a __________agent.
5. On Saturday we went on a day _____________to an interesting old castle.
6. Was it a tiring __________from Seoul to Los Angeles?
7. On summer weekends we often used to go on camping __________.
8. Do you use a special firm to arrange business___________for your staff?
9. Do you make your own ____________arragement s or does your secretary do it all?
10. I hope your flight is on time tomorrow. Safe_________! See you at the airport.
 Complete the passage using V + N collocations with the correct forms.

Bella 1______ a job as a PA. Bassically her role is to 2_______charge of her boss,
who is not a very organised person, and make sure nothing goes wrong. She 3________
appointments for her boss and makes sure he 4_______ his appointments. She spends a
lot of time answering the phone and 5________fielding telephone calls on his behalf.
When her boss has to travel, she 6________the reservations for him. When her boss has
to 7________a presentation, she 8_______all the preparations that are required, including
9___________photocopies of any papers he needs. She arrange meetings for him and she
10________the minutes at the meetings. Bella is a very well – organised person. She
11________a record of everything she does at work and 12_______herself targets. She
does her best to 13_________her goals. Every morning she 14__________ a list of
everything she needs to do. Today the first thing on her list is “15_______ in my notice”!
But she’s not going to 16_________ early retiremnent. She’s got a new job where she
will be the boss and will have her own PA.

KEY:

1 (has) 2 (take) 3 (makes) 4 (keeps) 5 (fielding) 6 (makes)

7 (give) 8 (makes) 9 (making) 10 (takes) 11 (keep) 12 (sets)

13 (achieve) 14 (makes) 15 (Hand) 16 (take)

 Bella 1______(has) a job as a PA. Bassically her role is to (take) 2_______charge
of her boss, who is not a very organised person, and make sure nothing goes wrong. She
(makes)3________ appointments for her boss and makes sure he (keeps) 4_______ his
appointments. She spends a lot of time answering the phone and (fielding)
5________fielding telephone calls on his behalf. When her boss has to travel, she
6________(makes) the reservations for him. When her boss has to 7________(give) a
presentation, she 8_______(makes) all the preparations that are required, including
9___________(making) photocopies of any papers he needs. She arrange meetings for
him and she 10________(takes) the minutes at the meetings. Bella is a very well –
organised person. She 11________(keep) a record of everything she does at work and
12_______(sets) herself targets. She does her best to 13_________(achieve) her goals.
Every morning she 14__________(makes) a list of everything she needs to do. Today the
first thing on her list is “15_______(Hand) in my notice”! But she’s not going to
16_________(take) early retiremnent. She’s got a new job where she will be the boss and
will have her own PA.
 33. 3 + 48.3 (Inter collo) Choose the correct collocation

1. This paper proposes / presents / offers the case for the complete revision of the
theory.
2. Recent research hints / explains / suggests that Jackson’s theory of economic
development is flawed.
3. The author of the book adopts / adapts / affects an unusual position on the topic.
4. The writer of the article explains / states / declares his opinion very cleary.
5. The writer does / draws / creates some interesting parallels between life now and
life in the Middle Ages.
6. I keep / take / hold firmly to my belief in the importance of basic human rights.
7. The book rises / arises / raises some key questions but fails to deal with them in a
satisfactory manner.
8. Tom and Jo are changing / transfering / moving house to be nearer Jo’s elderly
parents.
9. The firm became very successful, but then problem appeared / arrived / arose.
10. The standard of living has grown / risen / increased in the last ten years.

KEY

1. This paper proposes / presents / offers the case for the complete revision of the
theory.
2. Recent research hints / explains / suggests that Jackson’s theory of economic
development is flawed.
3. The author of the book adopts / adapts / affects an unusual position on the topic.
4. The writer of the article explains / states / declares his opinion very cleary.
5. The writer does / draws / creates some interesting parallels between life now and
life in the Middle Ages.
6. I keep / take / hold firmly to my belief in the importance of basic human rights.
7. The book rises / arises / raises some key questions but fails to deal with them in a
satisfactory manner.
8. Tom and Jo are changing / transfering / moving house to be nearer Jo’s elderly
parents.
9. The firm became very successful, but then problem appeared / arrived / arose.
10. The standard of living has grown / risen / increased in the last ten years.