Unit Test 9 Answer all thirty questions. There is one mark per question. Language 1 Rewrite these sentences to give emphasis using the words that follow. 1 He didn’t get the job and he lost his current job. Not only_____________________________but_____________________________. 2 Surveys show that our customers prefer a less formal approach. What surveys show____________________________________________________. 3 He has problems at home. They cause his strange behaviour at work. It is his___________________________ that explain_________________________. 4 You should on no account lend your money to them. On no account_________________________________________________________. 5 The markets have never risen this quickly before. Never________________________________________________________________. 6 An employee can only complain about a manager in extreme cases. Only_________________________________________________________________. Vocabulary Read these comments about people. Write an adjective in the box next to the description. intuitive / pessimistic / opinionated / flexible / analytical / greedy / ambitious 7 ‘Well no one can say she doesn’t say what she thinks!’ _______________ 8 ‘He always thinks things will go badly.’ _______________ 9 ‘She really wants success – I think she’ll reach the top in the next five years.’ _______________ 10 ‘I like his attitude. He’ll work late if you ask him and try any task you give him.’ _______________ 11 ‘My boss just seems to know how I’m feeling and can guess if I need help.’ _______________ 12 ‘They’re obsessed with money and don’t think if an investment is ethical or not.’ _______________ 13 ‘The R&D department focus on detail and study things for a long time.’ _______________ Write in the missing prefix in these sentences. 14 The risk involved in buying fine art as an investment cannot be ______emphasised. 15 She’s _____lingual with French and English as her main languages. 16 Sorry, but I have something _____arranged that evening. Maybe another night? 17 GKN is a large ______national with interests in many different countries. 18 To get the best return, it’s rather _____wise to buy shares when they are at their highest price. 19 One problem was that our strategists _____estimated how long the changes would take. It took much longer than they thought. 20 Thank you for your application. We would like to invite you to an _____view on the 21^st November. 21 The cheque was _____dated to the 16^th of this month. 22 His outburst at the meeting was utterly _____rational. Career skills Here is an extract from a meeting to plan a company anniversary party. Write in these missing phrases. forget about / make sure / it might / ought to / no need / job for / it’s imperative / let’s ask OK, hold on. (23)______________ be useful to sum up what has been decided so far. We all agree that (24)_______________ to find a venue immediately. (25)_________________ Susan to do that. There’s (26)_______________ to spend more time on that now. As for live music, I’m afraid we can (27)_______________ having that – we can’t afford it. Can someone get prices from local catering firms? That’s a (28)____________ you Marco. And the next step should be to (29)_______________ the dates are OK. I (30)______________ do that urgently. We don’t want to do it while everyone’s away or something.