Name_______________________________________ Class______________________________

Progress Test 1 (Units 1-3)

Complete all seven sections. There are seventy marks in total.

SECTION 1: VOCABULARY
1 Change the form of the words in the box and complete the sentences.

For example: manage – manager, satisfied – dissatisfied

manage / satisfied / account / inform / recruit / found / represent / shop / consult / friend /
practical / respect

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1 I’m the Marketing _______manager_______ for a travel company.

2 Online ________shopping______ is easier and faster than driving to the supermarket.

3 Your plan won’t work – it’s totally ___________impractical______.

4 __________information_______ technology (IT) makes it easy to store huge amounts of data.

5 In Japan, employees are more _______respectful_________ of their bosses than in my

country.

6 I work in the Finance department as an _________accountant_______.

7 We’re rather ________disastified________ with your performance I’m afraid.

8 I got the job through a ____recruiment____________ agency.

9 The ____founder__________ of our company set it up twenty years ago.

10 We use a management _________consultancy_____ firm to help us with difficult decisions.

11 Your assistant always smiles and is very _________friendly_______ with visitors.

12 There’s a Sales _________representative______ on the phone. She wants to sell you some
stationary.

SECTION 2: LANGUAGE
2 Each sentence has one mistake. Re-write it correctly.

13 I am often work at weekends.

___________bỏ_______________________________________

14 He go on holiday twice a year.

_______________goes___________________________________

15 Currently they are visit the factory in Kyoto.

____________________visiting______________________________

16 Now people isn’t staying with the same company for life.

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 ______________________aren’t____________________________

17 Which department do you running?

______________do you run___________________________________

18 Do you have many data on web users?

______________________any_/ much___________________________

19 I’d like some informations on trains, please.

____________________________information______________________

20 Do you have a lot work to do?

_______________________much__________________________

21 How much employees work here?

________________many__________________________________

22 Would you’d like a coffee?

_______________you___________________________________

23 Let’s me carry your bags.

_________________let_________________________________

24 You can open the door for me, please?c

________________can you__________________________________

25 I could to make a copy for you.

_______________bỏ___________________________________

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SECTION 3: READING
3 Match these headlines to the newspaper articles below.

a CITY SKYROCKETS e PROFITS AT THE CLICK OF A BUTTON

b MOVE OVER GRANDAD f A PROBLEM OF SECURITY

c NO PRIVACY g GOOD MANNERS COST SOMETHING

d WE KNOW WHERE YOU ARE h 66% ARE LATE AND RUDE

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26 __f___ We enter a site, type in a username and password and then enter private information
such as credit card numbers or bank details. But these so-called secure sites may not be the
safe places we imagine…

27 __c___ Unions today are complaining about the increase in companies using software to
monitor employees and their use of internet. This comes a month after similar debates over
the growing use of video surveillance cameras in the British workplace.

28 __a___ Prices on the stock market are going up very fast at the moment due to new
confidence and an increase in exports in the last six months…

29 __h___ Two out of three of us are bad-mannered at work with colleagues and don’t arrive on
time. A new survey of 1,000 workers says the pressure of work causes…

30 __b___ New figures show that the typical executives are younger. The average age is now 46.
Ten years ago this was 57. The report says this is partly due to more early retirements but also
that more companies employ younger people in higher positions…

31 _g____ Business etiquette is important for people who often have to build new contacts, but
Julian Morris, head of Executive Etiquette, a business consultancy which offers training to
management in ‘being polite’, says most of us are not very good at it and need help…

32 ____e_ The large supermarkets all report a rise this month but not only in their shops. Their
online shopping facilities account for a large percentage of the results as more customers want
to shop from the comfort of their own home…

33 __d___ Cameras that can see through walls? Satellites which recognise objects a metre across?
Tracking chips on people? Is this something from James Bond or Science Fiction? It could be
the future as engineers are now developing this technology…

SECTION 4: CAREER SKILLS

4 Underline the correct word in italics.

A: Hello Jane. Can I (34)meet / introduce you to my colleague? (35)It / This is Gianni.

B: Sorry, I didn’t (36)catch / check your name.

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C: Gianni. My name’s Gianni.

B: (37)Please / Pleased to meet you Gianni. (38)Who / What do you work for?

C: Altex. We provide web design services.

B: Did you (39)say / mean Altex?

C: Yes. That’s right. Do you know my company?

B: Yes, I do. What do you (40)do / make there?

C: My main role is to meet clients and discuss new projects.

A: (41)Do / Would you like (42) to join / joining Gianni and me for lunch Jane?

B: (43)It / That would be very nice. Thank you.

SECTION 5: WRITING
5 Complete the email below with these phrases.

we also believe / I’m writing to tell / we look forward

we would like to / please consider / we would also like / we think

Dear George

(44)_____________I’m writing to tell___________ you that (45)_____we would like

to_________________ offer you the job of Export Manager to Mexico. (46)_______we
think____________ you are the right person for this job because you already have experience as
Export Manager to North America. (47)______________we also believe_________ your success in
the US and Canada can be continued in Mexico. Finally, (48)______we would also
like_______________ you to take intensive language training in Spanish.

(49)__________please consider_________ our offer and write back to us by the end of the week.

(50)_______________we look forward____ to hearing from you.

Best regards

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SECTION 6: LISTENING
Track 2

6 Listen to Bob presenting some information and complete the notes below. Listen twice.

Speaker: Bob

Weekly Statistics Report for (51)_________________

Number of (52)______________: 4,542

That’s a lot more than (53)______________________________________

Average (54) __________ per session: 1.5 minutes

Average number of (55)___________ per person: 2.7

Both these figures are (56)_____________________________

(57)____________ page: 2,430

(58)____________ page: 1,395

Traffic by (59)______________________:

North Americans: 57%

(60)_____________: 31%

SECTION 7: SPEAKING
(61-70)

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7 Explain your job to your teacher. Include these five areas:

– introduce yourself

– say your job title and company name

– describe your company

– explain your responsibilities

– explain your main role

Your teacher will mark your explanation using the scorecard below. The teacher circles 1 mark if a
student includes the area and circles 2 marks for communicating it accurately and effectively. There
is a maximum of ten marks.

The student:

- introduced him/herself 1 2

- said his/her job title and his/her company name 1 2

- described the company 1 2

- explained his/her responsibilities 1 2

- explained his/her main role 1 2

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