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Date ______________________________
English VII
Unit Test 1
LANGUAGE AT WORK (2 POINT)
Complete the questions. Write one word in each space. Then, match the questions (1-5) to the
answers (a-e). Write the number of the question next to the answer.
1. What ___________ you do?
2. _______________ are you here at the conference?
3. _______________ your company operate in the UK?
4. How old _______________ the company?
5. How ______________ people work for the company?
A
____________
Im an engineer.
____________
____________
No, it doesnt.
_____________
____________
VOCABULARY (3
POINT)
head
services
produce
goods
employees
provide
sales
main
retail
employers
8. The ________________office is located in Paris but they trade all over Europe.
9. Our _______________ competitors for in this market is E-services Ltd.
10. Last year we achieved record _________________reaching a turnover of $ 1 million.
11. Airbus is a _________________ of the European Aeronautic Defence and Space Company
(EADS).
12. The company now has over four hundred ____________________.
13. We only sell these _____________in Europe and North America.
READING
(2 POINT)
Read the article and decide if these statements are Right or Wrong. If there is not enough
information in the article to answer Right, choose Doesnt say
1. More than half the new companies stay in business for four years.
A Right
B Wrong
C Doesnt say
B Wrong
C Doesnt say
B Wrong
C Doesnt say
B Wrong
C Doesnt say
5. Mr Szulik believes that going public was bad for Red Hat in some ways.
A Right
LISTENING
B Wrong
C Doesnt say
(1 POINT)
Fill in the missing information in the numbered space using a word, numbers or letters.
The Nestl Company was created in 1866 by Henry Nestl. The first Nestl product was baby milk.
The company still produces baby products today, but this is just one in a wide range of food and
_____________(1) products, including bottled water, breakfast cereals, and ice cream. Its a very
successful company with sales last year of more than __________(2) billion Swiss Francs.
Nestl is a truly global company. Its head office is in Vevey in Switzerland, but it manufactures in
__________ (3)factories around the world and sells on all five continents. For this, it depends on its
276,000 employees.
Nestl believes that it is important to invest in its employees. Training is an important part of its
philosophy. In 2002, _________(4) of its employees received some form of training. Thats one
reason why less than 5% of employees leave every year.
Nestl also invest in people outside the company, giving money and help to local communities.
The company offers education in nutrition, and health programmes, and gives free food. It also
plays a role in protecting the environment, by using less water, less energy, and less __________(5).
Stay tuned for more, in Nestl in Focus, right after the break.