Advanced (Business B2) тест

Listen to a meeting between the HR director and the CEO of a company. Choose the correct option a, b or c.

1. What is happening in Singapore? The local staff want to recruit a new General Manager. The company is going to open a new office. Current staffing levels are not high enough
2. The Office Manager needs HR experience because they have to look after the staff. need to recruit local staff. will lead the management team.
3. Other duties of the Office Manager will include doing the accounts organising the budgets. buying all the supplies.
4. What can’t the speakers agree on at first about the IT post? the need for experience offering work placements the choice of new technologies
5. The Customer Services Manager needs to be very happy and calm. speak at least three languages. maintain the company reputation.
6. What do the speakers decide about training? to offer courses for new staff in Singapore to offer incentives to staff for training to bring new staff to the UK for training
7. What do they decide to do about Simon Novak? ask him if he’s worked in Singapore before offer him the General Manager position promote him to Regional Manager

Listen to the speaker and choose the correct response a, b or c.

Question 1 A B C
Question 2 A B C
Question 3 A B C
Question 4 A B C
Question 5 A B C

Listen to the speaker and choose the correct response a, b or c.

Question 1 A B C
Question 2 A B C
Question 3 A B C
Question 4 A B C
Question 5 A B C

Listen to a man calling an entrepreneurs’ advice centre and complete the notes. Use one or two words or a number.

ARDEN ENTREPRENEURS

INVESTMENT REQUEST

Name of applicant Michael Canning Cranning
Business name InfaSmooth
Nature of business baby/infant: natural bio organic creams
Reason for investment:
increasing control capacity
Looking for a factory production
Need more staff
business plan production plan done Yes
Investment required: € 5,000,000 500.000
Meetings arranged:
AA Firstinvest:
Appointment 2 pm on Tuesday Thusrday
Whatstart
Appointment 3pm 13:00 on Friday

Functional language Write one word which best fits each space.

1. This pie graph chart line graph shows the percentage of export sales by continent.
2. This line graph chart diagram represents domestic sales over the last twelve months.
3. Now, I’d like to hand to over across to my colleague to talk about the new product.
4. Now, let’s look more close nearer closely at the sales figures from last month.
5. I’d also like to show highlight point you on this chart the potential sales for the coming year.

Vocabulary: Choose the correct option a, b or c.

Dear Mr Gregory,

I would like to apply with to for the design position as advertised on your website. Please find my CV considered attached advertise .

I worked for a local company during the summer and I am concerned considered confident that I have the skills to make a good designer and I feel that I would be a suitable asset fit vacancy for your company.

I would therefore very much appreciate love enclose the chance to have an interview.

I look forward to hearing from you.

Functional language:Choose the correct option a, b, c or d.

1. I understand know notice consider you’re right, but shouldn’t we look at another option first?
2. Good thinking solving looking working , I like that idea.
3. That makes nonsense solution sense result and I think we should do it.
4. That’s one manner system method way of looking at the situation, but we also need to consider other factors.
5. I extremely very completely kindly agree with you there.

Choose the correct option.

The company has expanded into Australia and sales there have been very promising over the past three months. Previously First of all Then , the newest product line sold out in the first month. In addition As well as While there is a growing demand for more retail outlets in the main cities. Although To start with Then we only sold our products in the biggest chain store but it now seems that customers would like to see a wider presence, previously however for instance , in supermarkets as well as although recently online.

For example And While I was in Australia last week, I had some very positive meetings with the largest supermarket chain. While However Earlier in the year , they have some concerns, I have no doubt that we will reach a mutually satisfactory agreement. When In recent years In addition , this deal is agreed, we will have to increase production. In recent years Previously First of all , I mentioned the possibility of moving into a new factory. First we expand our retail presences, previously recently then we start producing more.

Grammar:Put the verbs in brackets into the correct past tense.

Last year we work have worked worked (start) working in cross-cultural teams. This was something we had never done never do never done (never do) before and it was very exciting. Our team leader has come comed came (come) from California while the two software engineers were from Japan and Korea. We first has met met had met (meet) via a video link and, while we were talking talked have talked (talk), we discovered that the engineer from Japan once worked had once worked was once working (once work) with the team leader on a project in South America. He hadn't remembered not remembered hasn't remembered (not/remember) this before the meeting. There were a few language problems at first, but as the project went on we was forming have formed formed (form) a successful working relationship. For example, one day when I had was having has had (have) difficulty meeting a deadline, all the team offered their support and made suggestions based on their way of working and I managed were managing has managed (manage) to finish on time.

Grammar: Complete the second sentence with reported speech.Make all the necessary changes.

1. ‘What changes will the company make next year?’
He asked what changes the company will/would make the following year what changes the company makes the following year. .
2. ‘We’ve had a few problems with the new products.’
They said they had had a few problems with the new products. they have had a few problems with the new products. .
3. ‘I don’t understand why we can’t meet tomorrow.’
She told me she hadn't umderstood why we/they couldn’t meet the next/following day. she didn’t understand why we/they couldn’t meet the next/following day. .
4. ‘We had a meeting with the investor yesterday.’
The partners said they had had a meeting with the investor the day after.day they had had a meeting with the investor the day before / the previous day. .
5. ‘Did you borrow my laptop this morning?’
He asked me if I had borrowed his laptop that morning. if I have borrowed his laptop that morning. .
6. ‘We are going to speak to the staff later today.’
They told us they were going to speak to the staff later that day they are going to speak to the staff later that day .
7. ‘Will you need to look for further investment?’
She asked him if he should need to look for further investment. if he would need to look for further investment. .
8. ‘When are you planning to build the factory?’
He asked us when we were planning to build the factory. if we were planning to build the factory. .
9. ‘Revenues from sales are higher than ever before.’
The CEO said that revenues from sales are higher than ever before. revenues from sales were higher than ever before. .
10. ‘I won’t be here next week because I’m going on a course.’
She told us she wouldn’t be there the following week because she was going on a course. she wouldn’t be there the following week because she went on a course. .

Choose the correct answer a, b, c or d.

1. You could pay in pieces budgets instalments finds
2. What’s your budget price finance discount for the financial year?
3. If we give you a discount, do we have a trade plan deal concern ?
4. Does that challenge spread appreciate address your concerns?
5. Would the loan be discount interest instalment deal free?

Read the article and choose the correct answer a, b, c or d.

How one Chinese rural county spawned four courier empires

For a Chinese village deep in the mountains, Xiatang has a lot of mansions. Luxury cars with $13,000 Shanghai licence plates provide further clues that this is not your typical rural village.

With a population of just 400,000, Tonglu county in eastern China’s Zhejiang province is home to the founders of four separate express delivery and logistics companies, known in Chinese as kuaidi. Over the past 16 months, all four have listed on Chinese or foreign stock exchanges, turning their founders into billionaires.

Zhejiang is famous for its entrepreneurial culture and business communities and developed a thriving light manufacturing industry in the 1990s. By the early 2000s, the city of Wenzhou was the world’s leading producer of cigarette lighters and spectacles. The provincial capital, Hangzhou, is home to Alibaba and other big internet groups.

Tonglu is scenic but its remote location made economic development difficult. What it did have in the early 1990s was poor villagers who were prepared to work very hard. ‘The people of Tonglu were good at travelling on foot. Because transport wasn’t developed, you had to rely on your own two legs to reach the outside world,’ said Sun Kan, author of the book China’s Kuaidi Tonglu Gang. ‘The first kuaidi people drove tricycles or used other simple transport methods. City people couldn’t have done this kind of job.’

The head of the Tonglu gang was Nie Tengfei, who founded STO Express in 1993 aged 20 after moving to Hangzhou and later Shanghai. Staffed by friends and relatives from his home country, STO began by delivering cakes, biscuits and alcohol. But Mr Nie’s breakthrough was the realisation that STO could earn more delivering business documents. While China Post took three days to deliver documents from Hangzhou to Shanghai, STO offered an overnight service.

Others from Tonglu soon followed in the footsteps of Mr Nie, who died in a car accident in 1998. By the mid-2000s, the e-commerce boom led by Alibaba had led to extraordinary growth, as delivery men crossed the country to deliver clothes, homewares, appliances and even, in recent years, fresh-cooked meals. Logistics companies delivered 31 bn parcels in China last year, up 51 per cent from 2015.

Back in Xiatang, an 84-year-old man surnamed Wu takes in the sun from the porch of a large house, dressed smartly in a tweed cap and wearing a gold ring and bracelet. He’s no longer very mobile but he has help – his son, one of 14 relatives who work in the kuaidi business in Shenzhen, hired two maids to cook and clean for him.

‘Sure, I remember the Nie brothers,’ he says. ‘Everyone in this village is related. Those boys used to be really poor. They used to sleep on the floor.’

1. The village of Xiatang seems to be very wealthy. produces luxury cars. is a typical Chinese village. builds mountain houses. produces luxury cars. is a typical Chinese village. builds mountain houses.
2. We learn that Tonglu county was founded by four business people has set up its own stock exchange. is the location for several successful Kuaidi. is the centre of Zhejiang province. has set up its own stock exchange. is the location for several successful Kuaidi. is the centre of Zhejiang province.
3. Zhejiang province is famous for its manufacturing. was the location of a number one global supplier. encouraged many entrepreneurs to set up there. is currently a leading producer of spectacles. was the location of a number one global supplier. encouraged many entrepreneurs to set up there. is currently a leading producer of spectacles.
4. According to the article, Tonglu county’s success is due to its excellent transport infrastructure. city people’s unwillingness to work there. its remote and beautiful location. local people’s determination and hard work. city people’s unwillingness to work there. its remote and beautiful location. local people’s determination and hard work.
5. We learn that STO Express was founded by Nie Tengfei’s family and friends. initially delivered business documents. could deliver documents faster than the postal company. needed a lot of official documents to operate. initially delivered business documents. could deliver documents faster than the postal company. needed a lot of official documents to operate.
6. In the mid-2000s Mr Nie led the rapid e-commerce boom. STO Express was the market leader in logistics. Alibaba was leading the economic growth. logistics companies delivered over 30 billion parcels every year. STO Express was the market leader in logistics. Alibaba was leading the economic growth. logistics companies delivered over 30 billion parcels every year.
7. Mr Wu is one of the people who remembers Mr Nie. helps his sons in the Kuaidi business in Shenzhen. is one of the poorest people in Xiantang. used to sleep on the floor when he was a child. helps his sons in the Kuaidi business in Shenzhen. is one of the poorest people in Xiantang. used to sleep on the floor when he was a child.