Language Test

Company: ORACLE Name: Date: Level: Intermediate II End-of-year Achievement Test 09 Group 4 Focus on Language: … / 50 Cloze: ... / 10 Fill in the blanks with tenses: … / 14 Paraphrasing: … / 26 Focus on Lexis: … / 30 Provide a synonym or antonym. … /… Fill in the gaps: … /…. Word Formation: … / …. Focus on Writing: … / 10 Total Score: … / 90 Percentage: …... % Focus on Listening: TOEIC: … / 100 Focus on Speaking: … / 10 Name: Int II End-of-year Achievement Test 09 Focus on Language 1.A Read the extract below from a company’s chairman’s annual report to shareholders and fill in the blanks with one word. (1 point each) (Bec Vantage 0352/1- Test 042 May 04) Chairman’s Report I am pleased (1) ………report that, although we had been expecting poor results for this half year because of slow growth in the world economy, the company has performed very satisfactorily. Operating profits for this first half are, in fact, very much in line (2)…………. those for the corresponding period last year. Profits reached (₤115 million before tax, (3) ………. with (₤ 116.3 million last year. Much of our success in the last six months can (4) ……… attributed to the fact that all our major construction projects remained (5)……….. schedule. Particularly pleasing was the early completion of a major building contract in Canada. The company has made good progress with the initiatives announced (6) …………. the Annual General Meeting. The majority of shareholders supported the Board’s decision to sell the company’s loss-making engineering division. It was the Board’s belief that the company would gain most benefit by focusing its resources on the expansion of its construction activities. Negotiations with a potential buyer began in February and are now at a critical stage. However, we feel that we are not in a position to comment (7) ……….. what the outcome is likely to be. In June we made a successful bid for the Renishaw Construction Company of Hong Kong in (8) ……….. to give us greater entrance to markets in South East Asia. We still have sufficient resources (9)….…… pursue our growth strategy, and are (10) ………. present exploring several other business opportunities, which like Renishaw Constructions, would open new markets for the company. Int II – A.1 - Score: … / 10 Name Int II A.2 Read this text below about a family business and fill in the blanks with the verbs in the correct tense, either active or passive voice. Make sure to use modal auxiliaries when necessary. (1 point each) (BEC Sample material 2001, pag 23) Baxfords 1……….……..(always - be) a family business. My grandmother 2 …………….…. (set) up the business in 1960 and my father ………(become) managing director 20 years later. Today, many of my relatives 3 …………… (involve) in the business. My father’s experience as an accountant 4……….……...…(help) the company establish a strong financial base. As for myself, I was an engineer before I joined the company so, I 5……………....…..(concentrate) a lot on improving production since then. Today Baxford 6…………....…. (know) for its health food products. Despite the rising in sales of fast food and the ever-increasing range of frozen meals available, we 7………….…….. (win) many new young customers. In the early days, although there was a demand for our products here in Britain, the aim was also to find export markets: not, as you might expect, in France, or other European countries, but in Australia –a country which still 8. ………….……..(represent) 30% of our exports. When many companies in our line of business 9………….……(begin) to put all their resources into new equipment, we decided to concentrate on staff training. For this we received a government award which 10 ………....……… (present) to us at a National Export Association Conference. Today the competition is strong, especially from supermarket own brands, so we 11 ……..…..……(expand) our activities. Last year we 12 ………..…… (launch) a series of cookbooks, followed by a complete range of natural medicines, and next year we 13…………..……(plan) to include exercise videos. Of course, a small family business 14……………….…..(“impossibility·) (sell) at supermarkets prices, but our company has continued to succeed because of our quality control –this is more important to the customer than discount prices! Int II - A.2.- Score: … / 14 3.A Paraphrasing Rewrite the following sentences so that they mean the same: (2 pts each) First, Chris will finish the report. Then, he will e-mail it to you. As soon as………………………………………………………………………… This is my first trip to Bankok …………………………….……………………………………… before . 3. “Why don’t you apply for the marketing position?” “Have you considered…..………………….……………………………?” 4. When did Bob lose his job? How …………………………………….…………………unemployed? 5. When I worked for Microsoft I always traveled abroad. I don’t anymore. …….…………………..….. travel………………………………………………… I’ll take my notebook to the meeting in case Samuel doesn’t bring his. Samuel …………….……………………….…………., so I ’ll take mine. 7 “We can arrange a loan within a week”. A loan ………………………………………………………………………. 8. We don’t get a discount because we always order less than 10.000 units. If we ……………………………………………………………………………. 9. Although he had remarkable qualifications, he didn´t get the job In spite …………………………………………………………………. 10. His boss advised him to take a crash-course in English “If you ask me, I think you …………………………………” his boss said. 11. Our products are even cheaper than Chinese and Taiwanese ones Our products ……………………..………….………………….…………all 12. It will be possible for our employees to obtain very convenient discounts as of next month Our employees …………………………………………..……………. 13. They started building the new factory four months ago. …………………………………………………………………four months. A.3 Score: …. /26 Int II - Focus on Language Score: … /50 Name: C Focus on Writing BEC 3 sample papers 97 Your company has a new managing director who has asked all employees to write a report describing their jobs. These reports will be used to help train new employees. Write the report, describing the main responsibilities and duties of your job, and explaining what skills and qualifications are required. Include any useful information which you think new employees should know about this kind of job. Write 80 - 100 words Int II - Focus on Writing Score: …./ 10 4