Review Test PJI1A Intelligent Business: Unit 1 - Alliances +------------------------------------------------------------------------+ |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) | | | | | | | |podléhat uzavřené dohodě – _________________________________________________ | | | |zvýšit podíl na trhu – _______________________________________________________ | | | |dovolit si ustoupit do pozadí – _________________________________________________ | | | |hladce se přizpůsobit firemní kultuře – _________________________________________ | | | |být posuzován za nabídku k převzetí – _________________________________________ | | | |skončit obrovským neúspěchem – _____________________________________________ | | | |pustit se do obchodních příležitostí – __________________________________________ | | | |oznámená fúze a navrhované převzetí – ________________________________________ | | | | | | | | | | | |B. Write expressions the following definitions refer to: | | (2 points each) | | | |1. a company that is formed to buy shares in other companies which it then controls: | | | | | | | | | | | |2. an agreement between two or more organizations to work together: | | | | | | | | | | | |C. Complete the sentence with one of the following phrases; translate the selected phrase | |into Czech. (2 points each) | | | | REVENUES, CEO, CORPORATE ALLIANCES, | | | | COSTS, SHAREHOLDERS, MDO, ANIMAL SPIRITS | | | | | | | |1. Whenever two major companies announce a merger, _________________________ look | | | |forward to making huge fortunes. | | | | In Czech: _____________________________________ | | | | | | | |2. Once a big company gets into a new market, its _________________________ becomes | | | |a famous player in the industry. | | | | In Czech: _____________________________________ | | | | | | | |3. Many generic drugmakers are successful because they have low prices; to achieve | |this, they | | | |have to keep all _______________________ low. | | | | In Czech: _____________________________________ | | | | | | | |D. Complete the sentences with correct forms of the following verbs; some verbs are not | |used: (1 point each) | | | | BUILD – ANNOUNCE – TOTAL – DO | | | | LOOK FOR – SET UP – CONSTRUCT | | | | | | | |1. Have you ________________________ the meeting for 10 or 11 o’clock tomorrow? | | | |2. Generic drug sales _______________________ $30 billion last year in Europe and | |America. | | | |3. It’s clear that companies want __________________ portfolios with diverse | |investments. | | | | | | | |E. Complete each sentence with a word made from the word given in brackets. | | (1 point each) | | | | | | | |1. Multicultural teams have to deal with unpleasant __________________________ coming | | | |from differences in cultures. (UNDERSTAND) | | | |2. Small but successful Czech companies are often bought by big _____________________ | | | |companies that operate throughout the world. (NATION) | | | |3. __________________________ is a key ability for all companies that want to succeed | |on | | | |the market. (COMPETE) | | | |4. Many top executives are __________________________ influenced by the herd instinct.| | | |(POWER) | | | |5. The __________________________ that all big companies want to acquire small ones is| | | |simply false. (ASSUME) | +--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ +--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ | | | | | | |III. Grammar: (max. 30 points) points | |--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| |A. Fill in the gaps with a suitable preposition or adverbial, if necessary: | | (1 point each) | | | | | | | |1. There’s been a dramatic increase ________ the number of mergers. | | | |2. Miramax didn’t turn ________ Disney’s offer – and it was a mistake. | | | |3. Have you been articulate enough ________ your proposed action? | | | |4. Many travelers have recently been ________ South America for their vacation. | | | |5. ________ behalf ________ the department I would like to thank you all. | | | |6. I’m afraid we won’t be able to sort ________ the problems soon. | | | | | | | |B. Rewrite the sentences so that they mean the same as the sentence above. | | (3 points each) | | | | | | | |1. Temporary staff work in this company. They began to work here 10 years ago. | | | |The temporary staff ________________________________________________ 10 years. | | | |2. Coca-Cola earned $100 million here. It was before the year 2004. | | | |By 2004 ________________________________________________________________. | | | |3. The finance director plans to go for a business trip. His schedule says that he is supposed | | | |to meet his business partner on Monday afternoon. | | | |The finance director, who is going for a business trip, ______________________________ | | | |________________________ on Monday afternoon. | | | | | | | |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) | | | | | | | |As you know Alcott and Eves ______________ (be) the major players in the events industry. Well, Bev Andrews, | |their CEO, ___________________ (call, I) a hour ago. I’m still so surprised as she wants me to join their | |company. I ___________________ (hear) about their expansion recently. They _________________________ (make) a | |decision to become number one in their field. The company ______________________ (employ) 20 new people | |earlier this month since they ________________________ (to be able) to deal with the administration. But I | |will ___________________________ (refuse, probably) the offer because I ___________________________ (leave) | |for New York on the 15^th. And I _________________________________ (want, stay) there for three months! | | | |D. Choose suitable words or phrases that can complete each sentence. The number of correct answers is 0 – 4. | | | | (2 points each) | | | |1. The shares of car manufacturers ____________________ for three months. | | | | A: have been risen B: have been rising | | | | C: were rising D: are rising | | | |2. We haven’t seen any improvement in the public health care sector _____________. | | | | A: yet B: so far | | | | C: by now D: just | | | |3. After my arrival to Paris, I _________________ in the Ritz Hotel. | | | | A: am staying B: will be staying | | | | C: will have stayed D: will stay | +--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ +--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ | | | | | | |IV. Translation: (max. 16 points) points | |--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| |Translate the following sentences into | |English: (8 points | |each) | | | |Pokud se chcete vyhnout negativním pracovním vztahům se svými obchodními partnery, musíte se| |snažit nalézt, co s nimi máte společného, projevit zájem o to, co říkají, důvěřovat jim a | |také mít čas osobně se poznat. | | | | | | | |_________________________________________________________________________ | | | | | | | |_________________________________________________________________________ | | | | | | | |_________________________________________________________________________ | | | |_________________________________________________________________________ | | | | | | | |Společnosti rády provozují akvizice a fúze, neboť je to jeden z nejjednoduších způsobů jak | |si zajistit rychlý růst, diverzifikovat své investiční portfolio a ovládat konkurenci. | | | | | | | |_________________________________________________________________________ | | | | | | | |_________________________________________________________________________ | | | | | | | |_________________________________________________________________________ | | | |_________________________________________________________________________ | | | | | +--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+