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1 EOU Test.M2.U7.PreInter 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 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
2 EOU Test.M2.U7.PreInter 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 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
3 EOU Test.M2.U7.PreInter 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 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. 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__________” (Paragraph 2) 6. “__________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: __________ 8. quiet and without much excitement: __________ Fill in each blank with a suitable word or phrase from the passage. 9. They__________ a large drop in unemployment over the next two years. 10. The shop was offering six months' interest-free __________ 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.