Review Test PJI3A Market Leader: Unit 1 – Being International Name: Teacher: TOTAL (60 points to pass) MARK Number of points (max. 100 points) 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) úskalí svobodných přeshraničních kapitálových toků – __________________________________ stáhnout volně směnitelnou měnu (např. z oběhu) – ______________________________________ měřit ekonomický výkon hodnotou HDP – ___________________________________________ rozdělení příjmů závisející na přepravních nákladech – ___________________________________ zacházet s konkurentem jako rovnocenným partnerem – _________________________________ Míček je nyní na vaší straně hřiště. – ________________________________________________ vyhnout se nevhodným a necitlivým spletitým frázím – __________________________________ pozdravit obecenstvo rozptylujícím gestem – __________________________________________ B. Write expressions the following definitions refer to: (2 points each) 1. stress induced by reception of more information than is necessary to make a decision (or that can be understood and digested in the time available): 2. a strategy where a company is operating all around the world but adapts its products or services and its manufacturing methods to make them suitable for local conditions: C. Complete the sentence with one of the following phrases; translate the selected phrase into Czech. (2 points each) ADVANCED ECONOMIES, CAPITAL OUTFLOWS, DEBT BURDEN, LICENSING AGREEMENTS, BALL-PARK FIGURE, FAMILY COMMITMENTS 1. Before leaving abroad, you have to fulfill all your _______________________________. In Czech or Slovak: _____________________________________ 2. If you want to sell our products, you need ______________________________ from us. In Czech or Slovak: _____________________________________ 3. Many companies have a big _______________________________, which can even ruin them. In Czech or Slovak: _____________________________________ D. Complete the sentences with correct forms of the following verbs; some verbs are not used: (1 point each) STUMBLE OVER – PROVE – MARKET – ENGAGE REPATRIATE – GET OFF TRACK – HESITATE – INTEND 1. Could you give me some tips how ________________________ the audience during my presentation? 2. We will cut costs by ________________________ our products ourselves. 3. Be careful about the used language as it must convey the __________________________ meaning. 4. In her last speech she _________________________ words and phrases she didn’t really know. E. Complete each sentence with a word made from the word given in brackets. (1 point each) 1. Don’t forget to make _________________________________ for the Tuesday meeting. (ARRANGE) 2. It is __________________________ to exchange business cards at lunch in this country. (CUSTOM) 3. Students made ___________________________ on the basis of the teacher’s non-verbal messages. (ASSUME) 4. ___________________________ means losing a currency’s purchasing power. (VALUE) III. Grammar: (max. 30 points) points A. Fill in the gaps with a suitable preposition or adverbial, if necessary: (1 point each) 1. Our products are manufactured ________ licence held by a different company. 2. A country’s outcome is usually measured ______ terms ______ gross domestic product. 3. IMF develops projects relating ________ the reduction of poverty. 4. His style surely didn’t appeal ________ international audiences. 5. Why don’t you tap ________ the advice offered by your older colleagues? 6. I arranged ________ the VIPs to sit in the front row. B. Rewrite the sentences so that they mean the same as the sentence above. (3 points each) 1. I hoped to leave before 9.00. But I overslept and missed my train. I ___________________________ by 9.00 but I _________________________ the train. 2. Human activities will almost destroy the world. It will happen before 2020. By 2020 the world _________________________________________ by human activities. 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) The world is getting warmer and the oceans are rising. Why _________________________ (this, happen)? One answer is that it could simply be part of a natural process. After all, there _______________________ (be) ice ages and long periods of warmth in the past, so we could just ________________________________ (EXPERIENCe) another warming trend. This kind of answer _____________________________ (support) many people a few years ago. What scientists now believe is that human activity is the cause. For more than two hundred years, humans _______________________________________ (gradual, change) the atmosphere, mainly as a result of industrial pollution. We ______________ ____________________ (create) an atmosphere around the earth that, like a giant glass container, _______________ (LET) heat from the sun through and then ______________ (hold) it in. __________________________________________ (temperatures, keep, rise)? The general answer is unfortunately yes. D. Choose suitable words or phrases that can complete each sentence. The number of correct answers is 0 – 4. (2 points each) 1. The financial director ________ earlier this month because she ________ a secret report. A: was fired ... has published B: has been dismissed ... lost C: lost her job ... had released D: had been fired ... has given out 2. The alliance between IBM and Dell ________________ for at least three years. A: is in existence B: have been in existence C: will exist D: exists 3. By the last summer we _______________ fifteen new cars. A: bought B: will have bought C: have bought D: had bought IV. Translation: (max. 16 points) points Translate the following sentences into English: (8 points each) Ekonomiky rozvojových zemí trpí malými a nestabilními finančními trhy, a proto je pro ně jakýkoliv zásadní odliv investic problematický, protože vede ke ztrátě důvěry věřitelů a k celkové finanční krizi. _________________________________________________________________________ _________________________________________________________________________ _________________________________________________________________________ _________________________________________________________________________ _________________________________________________________________________ Jestliže si připravuješ půdu pro svou prezentaci, nechej si svůj text zrevidovat zkušenějším kolegou, nepoužívej slangové výrazy a hantýrku, neboť jinak tvá prezentace nebude obecenstvem kladně přijata. _________________________________________________________________________ _________________________________________________________________________ _________________________________________________________________________ _________________________________________________________________________ _________________________________________________________________________