Business English Test

11/13

Part 1 -- Fill in the blanks of the following spoken sentences using some of these
words/phrases
cut costs - feedback - demanding - budget - raise up - adjust - last - profit - send
it then - elaborate - ship - clarify - take - water under the bridge - in a time -
problem oriented - hold the line - out of the blue - call it a day - meet - running out of
time - come down - increase - any minute - discount - features - get back to you -
later - continue

1) Hurry up! The train will be here ________________ !

2) [you are on the phone] I can't give you an answer now. Let me talk to my boss and
I’ll _________________
3) I don't understand the last question you asked me in your email. Could you please
call me to _________________ this?
4) I’m sorry. If we change the price to 300,000 yen we will not make any
_________________.
5) Because of the typhoon, we can't ________________your deadline.
6) We are very excited to report that there was a huge ____________________ in sales last
quarter.
7) Uh oh. The deadline is next week . We are _____________________ !
8) They call us 3 times every week to check on the progress and change the
specifications. Now they want us to deliver it 2 weeks earlier than the deadline. They
are a very ________________customer.
9) You said there is a big mistake in the contract? Could you please _______________
10) All the problems we’re having now will one day be ____________________________.
11) 360,000 yen is a little too much. Can you ____________________the price to 320,000?
12) One of the best _____________ of our products is that they are very energy efficient
and will _____________ a long time.

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13) Our profits are too low. We need to raise our prices and ____________________ .
14) We have a low ____________________to travel so we have to take a LCC, stay in a cheap
hotel and eat inexpensive meals.
15) (you just practiced giving a presentation. Your coworkers were watching. You say:)
How was it? Can you give me some _____________________?
16) It’s getting late. We've been working since 8AM. Why don’t we
_________________________.

Part 2 -- Use of for, since, until, from, by, in, at, on

17) I will stay at my desk ______________________I finish this project.
18) He is going on vacation next week. We must finish and send this proposal
_____________Friday.
19) The meeting is __________ Monday December 3rd __________ 10:30 AM.
20) I have been awake __________6AM.
21) __________January I will start my new position.
22) They were traveling __________ January 2011 until last Summer.
23) This has been an issue _____________2 years.
24) We participated in a trade show in China _______________the Summer of 2013

Part 3 -- Match A to B to make a sentence:

A B

 Today I’d like to talk the best procedures to maintain this machine
 Our president is going to report at the new products we will offer
 First, let’s take a look about our plans for next year

 Then we will show you all the problems we have been having
 I think we should discuss on the last quarter performance

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Part 4 Answer in complete sentences matching the proper tense:

What did you do last weekend?

What were you doing yesterday at this time?

What will you be doing at 3PM tomorrow?

What will you do next Saturday?

What will you have done before you go to sleep tonight?

What had you been doing before you joined this company?

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Part 5 (I say out loud) They write down the answer

1) 1 ½ - One and a half

2) 3/100 - Three one hundreths - .03
3) 348,612 - three hundred forty eight thousand , six hundred and twelve.
4) The bus leaves at 4:14 PM = Four fourteen
5) They are the 16th largest company in China sixteenth

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