Review Test PJI3A English for Business Studies: Units 2 & 3 +------------------------------------------------------------------------+ |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) | | | | | | | |přesvědčivý a výkonný podřízený – ____________________________________________ | | | |zvládnutelný cíl – _________________________________________________________ | | | |rozdělovat zdroje – ________________________________________________________ | | | |jmenovat a odvolat ředitele – _________________________________________________ | | | |stanovit (si) cíle – _________________________________________________________ | | | |oddělení výzkumu a vývoje – _________________________________________________ | | | |měřit (poměřovat) výkon – __________________________________________________ | | | |skládat se ze tří jednotek – ___________________________________________________ | | | | | | | | | | | |B. Write expressions the following definitions refer to: | | (2 points each) | | | |1. the percentage of the total sales of a product in a particular area or country | |obtained by one company: | | | | | | | |2. a person who has a position with less authority and power than sb else in an | |organization: | | | | | | | |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) | | | | ENSURE – REMIT – DO – VERIFY | | | | TRAIN – ASSURE – REPORT | | | | | | | |1. Have you _______________________ to your boss yet? | | | |2. Every decision that is made must also _______________________. | | | |3. __________________ the safety of staff and customers is an important issue for us. | | | | | | | |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. The store’s _____________________________ to providing best services is a good | |idea. | | | |(COMMIT) | | | |5. IBM _____________________________ are responsible for managing the company and | | | |its development. (EXECUTE) | +--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ +--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ | | | | | | |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 no point ________ hiring so many new employees. | | | |2. Who is your colleague accountable ________? | | | |3. None of the managers are accountable ________ the losses in China. | | | |4. Many companies try to communicate ________ their ideas as clearly as possible. | | | |5. All the problems have been dealt ________. | | | |6. The corporate hierarchy consists ________ several levels here. | | | | | | | |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) | | | |Vrcholoví manažeři musejí řídit vztahy se zákazníky, dodavateli, distributory, bankéři, | |investory, sousedními komunitami a veřejnými úřady, stejně jako vypořádat se s jakýmikoliv | |velkými krizemi, které mohou nastat. | | | | | | | |_________________________________________________________________________ | | | | | | | |_________________________________________________________________________ | | | | | | | |_________________________________________________________________________ | | | |_________________________________________________________________________ | | | | | | | |Lidé se obvykle více zajímají o úspěch svého oddělení než o úspěch celé společnosti, takže | |existují stálé boje mezi například financemi a merketingem, kteří mají neslučitelné cíle. | | | | | | | |_________________________________________________________________________ | | | | | | | |_________________________________________________________________________ | | | | | | | |_________________________________________________________________________ | | | |_________________________________________________________________________ | | | | | +--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+