Review Test PJI2A Intelligent Business: Unit 12 – Competition +------------------------------------------------------------------------+ |Name: | |------------------------------------------------------------------------| |Teacher: | TOTAL | | |--------------------------------------------| | MARK | | Number of points (max. 100 points) |(60 points to pass)| | |--------------------------------------------+-------------------+-------| |I. Listening: | |III. Grammar: | | | | |----------------+-----+----------------+----| | | |II. Vocabulary: | |IV. Translation:| | | | +------------------------------------------------------------------------+ +-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ | | | | | | |I. Listening: (max. 20 points) | | points | |-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------| | | | | | ------------------------ | +-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ +--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ | | | | | | |II. Vocabulary: (max. 34 points) points | |--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| |A. Translate the following expressions into English: | | (2 points each) | | | | | | | |neslýchaná a doslova ohromující kupní síla – ______________________________________ | |nevyhnutelně se vyvíjející překážky vstupu (do odvětví) – _______________________________ | |neúnavné usilování o dokonalost – ______________________________________________ úspory z | |rozsahu díky skulině na trhu – __________________________________________ neúnavné a | |neustávající kouzlo poselství – ________________________________________ představitelná | |úprava ziskových marží – __________________________________________ narazit na hlubokou | |oddanost a rivalitu – _________________________________________ postupně přepustit | |distribuční řetězec podřízeným prodejcům – ________________________ | | | | | | | |B. Write expressions the following definitions refer to: | | (2 points each) | | | |1. the amount of money that a customer needs to spend when they change from one | |supplier, system, etc. to another: | | | | | | | |2. a situation where a company is in a position to be more successful than its | |competitors; something that helps a company be in this position: | | | | | | | |C. Complete the sentence with one of the following phrases; translate the selected phrase | |into Czech: (2 points each) | | | | TRIAL, PRICE TAG, ACCESSORIES, | | | | SETBACKS, VOLUME, COURSE OF ACTION | | | |1. We’ll have to overcome a number of _______________________ before we become | |profitable ompany. | | | | In Czech: _____________________________________ | | | | | | | |2. The _______________________ of orders has exceeded 500 a month, which is an | |increase of 27%. | | | | In Czech: _____________________________________ | | | | | | | |3. I hope the firm is able to determine its further _______________________ in this | |difficult time. | | | | In Czech: _____________________________________ | | | | | | | |D. Complete the sentences with correct forms of the following verbs; some verbs are not | |used: (1 point each) | | | | OUTSELL – FIGHT OFF – CONFESS – ATTEMPT | | | | ENTITLE – WONDER – WANDER – UNVEIL | | | |1. None of our subordinates _____________________ to sign contracts on behalf of the | |firm. | | | |2. Last week IBM finally _____________________ to negotiating a new deal with Apple. | | | |3. Toyota is considering _____________________ its new model at the Frankfurt trade | |fair. | | | |4. _____________________ competition is never easy but you can do it by cutting | |costs. | | | | | | | |E. Complete each sentence with a word made from the word given in brackets. | | (1 point each) | | | |1. We __________________________ welcome you at our today’s presentation! (HEART) | | | |2. Your activities may have serious __________________________ for you, George. | |(IMPLY) | | | |3. We don’t have enough people – we are seriously _______________________________. | |(STAFF) | | | |4. I think Jack should be __________________________ to impose the critical | |decisions. (POWER) | +--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ +--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ | | | | | | |III. Grammar: (max. 30 points) points | |--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| |A. Fill in the gaps with a suitable preposition or adverbial, if necessary: (1 point each) | | | |1. Toyota and Honda contest _________ the leading position on the market. | | | |2. The sight _________ my bank statement scared me. | | | |3. We have to sell the production and we’ll do it _________ all costs. | | | |4. Microsoft has to compete _________ Apple on all markets. | | | |5. Nokia now outsells Motorola’s mobile phones _________ volume. | | | |6. The cost _________ production is relatively low in this factory. | | | |B. Rewrite the sentences with the given words so that they mean the same as the original ones: (3 points each) | | | |1. Greg will buy the shares. The price must go down by 5%. | | | |Greg ________________________ as soon as the _______________________________. | | | |2. Lucy is going to leave for Jamaica. She must be given a visa first. | | | |Lucy __________________________ until ____________________________________. | | | |3. I must finish my studies first. Then I plan to leave the country. | | | |I _____________________________ after ____________________________________. | | | |C. Put the VERBS and other words in brackets into their correct forms, add prepositions, particles or auxiliary verbs if necessary. You may| |need to use the passive forms of the verbs: (1 point each) | | | |Whenever Apple ________________________________ (consider, risk, expand) its operations abroad in the last decade, its biggest opponent, | |Microsoft, _________________ ___________________________ (attempt, persuade, buyers, not focus) Apple’s products. It | |______________________________________ (intend, make, customers, think) that its operation system ____________________________________ | |(would, unable, cooperate) Apple’s programs. Finally users _____________________________ ______________________ (get used, prefer, offer) | |products by Microsoft rather than by Apple. However, things ________________________________________ (begin, change) recently. Nowadays | |Apple ___________________________________ (deny, refer) as the “always second” player and the company ____________________________ | |______________________________ (advise, computer users, switch) its software and hardware. It | |__________________________________________________ (easy, let, their systems, win) in the future but the preliminary results are promising. | | | |D. Choose suitable words or phrases that can complete each sentence. The number of correct answers is 0 – 4. | | | | | | (2 points each) | | | |1. The bank made its biggest losses _____________________ money to unreliable firms. | | | | A: as soon as it has lent B: after it lent | | | | C: when it lends D: whenever it had lent | | | |2. The machine stops making the noise _____________________. | | | | A: when you will turn it off B: as you turned it off | | | | C: once you turn it off D: as soon as you have turned it off | | | |3. We _________________ you by the time the courses _______________. | | | | A: will call ... begin B: are going to call ... began | | | | C: will have called ... begun D: call ... will have begun | +--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ +--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ | | | | | | |IV. Translation: (max. 16 points) points | |--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| |Translate the following sentences into | |English: (8 points | |each) | | | | | | | |IBM konečně odhalila své plány uvést v posledním čtvrtletí na zavedený počítačový trh nový | |model; tento postup zabrání konkurenci v získání konkurenční výhody a přiostří soupeření | |mezi dominantními výrobci. | | | | | | | |_________________________________________________________________________ | | | | | | | |_________________________________________________________________________ | | | | | | | |_________________________________________________________________________ | | | |_________________________________________________________________________ | | | | | | | |Uposlechli jsme radu poradenské firmy a v zájmu úspor z rozsahu jsme se rozhodli zvětšit | |továrnu a najmout dočasné zaměstnance, abychom se vyhnuli podstavu (zaměstnanců), což by | |mělo vést ke zvýšení objemu produkce, tržeb i ziskových marží. | | | | | | | |_________________________________________________________________________ | | | | | | | |_________________________________________________________________________ | | | | | | | |_________________________________________________________________________ | | | |_________________________________________________________________________ | | | | | +--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+