END OF UNIT TEST – M2 - Unit 7

DURATION: 75 MINUTES

Read the instruction carefully. RECORD your answers on your answer sheets.
Section 1: Language knowledge (40 marks)

I. Select and fill in each blank in the passage below with ONE suitable word.
Companies in the UK (1) ____ a multibillion-dollar bill after a court ruled that overtime
should be a (2) ____ in the calculation of holiday pay. This means the more overtime a
worker does, the higher his or her holiday pay should be. An employment tribunal said it
was wrong for companies (3) ____ to consider basic working hours when (4) ____ holiday
pay. It ruled that thousands of companies must recalculate their holiday pay. Tens of
thousands of workers can now make (5) ____ from their employers backdated to as long
ago as 1998. The tribunal also stipulated that voluntary overtime and time spent being (6)
____ stand-by for emergency call-outs should be included when calculating holiday pay.

Over 15 per cent of British workers do overtime. The British government has said the new
change (7) ____ employment law is unacceptable and "ludicrous". It said: "We do not
believe voluntary overtime should be included in holiday pay and are concerned about the
(8) ____ impact on employers." An organization of British companies said the cost to
businesses will be "unbearable" and may have (9) ____ implications for Britain's economy.
A labor union was (10) ____ with the tribunal's announcement.

1. A. skull B. face C. ear D. head

2. A. factory B. factor C. fraction D. fractious
3. A. adjust B. justly C. justice D. just
4. A. reminding B. determining C. remonstrating D. ongoing
5. A. calms B. claims C. clams D. climbs
6. A. to B. for C. on D. from
7. A. as B. at C. in D. by
8. A. forecast B. likened C. potential D. possibly
9. A. series B. seriousness C. cereal D. serious
10. A. pleasant B. pleasure C. pleasing D. pleased

II. Choose the best answer

11. For borrowers, after going up dramatically, the ............... is now down to 8%.
A. unemployment rate B. interest rate C. inflation rate D. exchange rate
12. Mr. Mason ............... a $2 billion offer from Yahoo, because the valuation was too low.
A. turned away B. turned up C. turned down D. turned on
13. Under the deals, Dinka will find buyers for the products and handle shipments and customs ................ .
A. formalities B. officers C. inspectors D. halls
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14. There is a strong ............... movement against international companies in that country.
A. protest B. protect C. support D. independence
15. We have to ............... the meeting for Friday because the CEO is busy all day Thursday.
A. appoint B. cancel C. make D. reschedule
16. ..............., choosing the right person for the right job, may be included as part of the
organizing function of management.
A. Allocating B. Positioning C. Staffing D. Promoting
17. ............ goods and products are of very high quality and intended to be bought by
people who are quite rich.
A. Upmarket B. Consumer C. Downmarket D. Producer
18. Entertaining colleagues, clients and potential clients ............... as an important part of
doing business.
A. long has been recognized C. has been long recognized
B. has recognized been long D. has long been recognized
19. The government has offered tax incentives to new companies in hopes of ............... the
economy.
A. controlling B. breaking C. consuming D. boosting
20. After the meeting next week, I'll write a formal report ............... will explain how we
can implement Plan B.
A. whose B. what C. which D. whether
21. Tight control of the business ensures the company's commitment to ............... Mr.
Timpson calls 'upside-down management'.
A. which B. that C. how D. what
22. ............... there may be many ways to solve a problem, only some of them are practical,
given the social, cultural and organizational environment.
A. Since B. Because C. After D. Although
23. Wincote International’s clothes are aimed ............... mountaineers, hikers,
snowboarders and anyone participating in extreme sports or outdoor activities.
A. in B. at C. to D. for
24. If the government ............... the legal workweek to thirty-seven hours, numerous small
companies will go bankrupt.
A. will cut B. had cut C. cut D. cuts
25. Tesco said that it would invest £250m a year to fund its US expansion, a budget that
should enable it ............... as many as 200 stores a year.
A. open B. to open C. opening D. opened
26. The company wants its employees and their colleagues to take ownership
with ...............to solve the recent crisis.
A. management B. managed C. managing D. manage
27. Some slightly modified channels play a vital role in the ............... element of marketing.
A. product B. promotion C. price D. placement

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28. When your employees are satisfied, they work more effectively, so respond ............
their needs without delay.
A. to B. of C. for D. from
29. Some traditional businesses have found that they can make a lot of money from online
retailing with a small investment............... an easy-to-use website.
A. on B. to C. in D. at
30. Dot Net Solutions is proof that setting fixed objectives is a ............... waste of time.
A. complete B. completing C. completely D.
completion
31. Venture capitalists and private investors do not usually approve ............... a casual
attitude to planning.
A. of B. for C. on D. in
32. Whenever we argue, my colleague communicates ............... us clearly about why her
way is the best - and she is right, in the end.
A. to B. for C. with D. on
33. After evaluating the amount of work we actually accomplished, we realized that only a
quarter of our time was spent ............... .
A. productivity B. productively C. productiveness D. productive
34. Their monetary unit ............... stronger if they did something about their deficit.
A. would have been B. can be C. would be D. was
35. I thought by now we would have learned the lesson that if we ignore overhead,
we ............... our expenses.
A. underestimate B. would underestimate C. will underestimate D.
underestimated
36. There are some brilliant business plans ..............., but they fail because customers want
to do business differently.
A. write B. writing C. wrote D. written
37. Mocha Monkeys Coffee ............... very quickly because of its cheap prices and unique
drinks.
A. expands B. is expanding C. would expand D. expanded
38. Sue asked Rob ................
A. have you missed another deadline? C. if had he missed another deadline?
B. has he missed another deadline? D. whether he had missed another
deadline.
39. When the visitors ............... their tour of the facility, they will have an opportunity to
purchase items at the gift shop.
A. complete B. will complete C. completed D. completing
40. The community center’s director thanked Mr. Jacobs for ............... the weekly lecture
series on historical events.
A. organizing B. circulating C. insisting D. applying

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Section 2: Language use (60 marks)

I. Read the following passage and answer the questions that follow.

Consumers went back to using their credit cards in March to keep spending while student
and new-car loans shot up as the value of outstanding consumer credit jumped at the fastest
rate since late 2001, data from the Federal Reserve showed on Monday. Total consumer
credit grew by $21.36 billion - more than twice the $9.8 billion rise that Wall Street
economists surveyed by Reuters had forecast. That followed a revised $9.27 billion
increase in outstanding credit in February.

Analysts expressed some reservations whether the date reliably signaled a real pickup in
demand, something that would normally fuel stronger growth, or just a need to rely more
on credit in an economy generating anemic job growth.

"The optimistic read is that consumers' improved outlook on the economy and employment
prospects led them to feel comfortable spending on credit, while a more downbeat
interpretation is that credit is needed for consumers to keep up," Nomura Global
Economics said in a note afterward. The March rise in consumer credit was the strongest
for any month since November 2001 when it soared by $28 billion. New-car sales and
production were a key influence on the 2.2 percent annual rate of economic growth posted
during the first three months this year. The government estimated that about half of that
growth came from increased new car production.

Choose the best answer.

1. According to the article, the growth in consumer credit in March was __________
economists had predicted.
A. about the same as C. twice as much as
B. slightly lower than D. on balance as
2. By using the word "anemic", the article wants to say that the current job growth numbers
are __________.
A. average C. impressive
B. poor D. professional
3. According to the article, does the increase in consumer credit mean that the economy is
improving?
A. Yes C. No, just the opposite
B. Always true D. Not necessarily

Answer the question.

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4. According to the article, what played an important part in the economic growth at the
beginning of this year?

What do the underlined parts refer to?

5. “Something that would normally____ real pickup in demand/something ______”
(Paragraph 2)
6. “_____Consumers_____led them to feel comfortable” (Paragraph 3)

Which words in the passage mean the following:

7. a person's way of understanding and thinking about something: ____outlook______
8. quiet and without much excitement: _____downbeat_____

Fill in each blank with a suitable word or phrase from the passage.
9. They____forecast______ a large drop in unemployment over the next two years.
10. The shop was offering six months' interest-free ____credit______ on electrical goods.

II. WRITING:
The following table gives statistics showing the aspects of quality of life in Bangladesh and
the USA. Report the main features and make comparisons where relevant, using the notes below.

Country GNP per Daily Life Infant

head (1982: calorie expectancy mortality
US dollars) supply per at birth (per 1000
head (years) live births
Bangladesh 140 1877 40 132
USA 13160 3653 74 12

Notes:
Paragraph 1: starting with: The table ...
Paragraph 1: writing about the USA, using the phrases: developed country, the higher
GNP, much higher, the lowest rate
Paragraph 2: writing about Bangladesh, using the phrases: had by far the lowest quality
of life, one hundred times smaller than, were about half those of, 10 times greater

III. LISTENING
PART ONE: Listen to the conversations twice and choose the appropriate answer to each
question.
Conversation 1: Questions 1 – 2
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 1. Where does the conversation take place?
A. At a post office. B. At a park. C. At a business office. D. At an
airport.
2. When were the contracts mailed?
A. Earlier in the week. C. Last night.
B. Yesterday morning. D. This morning.

Conversation 2: Questions 3 – 5
3. Where will they have the retirement party?
A. In the conference room. C. In the party room.
B. In Mr. Lee’s office. D. In a restaurant.
4. How many guests will there be?
A. 15 B. 16 C. 50 D. 60
5. When will the party be?
A. Tuesday B. Wednesday C. Thursday D. Friday

PART TWO: Listen to a talk twice and complete the notes.

Training session to help make the (6) .................... .................... worthwhile

+ Department directors’ responsibility: assigning (7) .................... .................... to interns
& mentoring & teaching them about business.
+ Security badges: be (8) .................... for .................... only & used by interns until getting
(9) .................... .................... badges from security desk.
+ If someone fail to arrive by 1:00 P.M. (10) .................... .................... , inform
immediately.

This is the end of the test.

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