I. Zi Fill in each blank in the passage bellow with ONE suitable word.
At managerment level you dont usually haver the bargaining power og union behind you
so you sre out on your own if you want to for a rise. But let’s say you have
decided the time has come to (2) the issue of your salary with your boss. You think
you are in a strong (3) : you know your job inside out, you are a real asset
(4) the company, they are simply not paying you enough – so let’s go and
talk about it ! It’s OK to come across as assertive but you do not want to seem arrogant,
saying things you might later (5) There is no getting away (6)
the fact that your boss is in the dominant position here and can be quite unfriendly at
(7) There is no going back now thought – you can’t just give in before you
have started. You’ll just have to prepare your case a little better, after all it is not as if you
are running the rick of him firing you for asking – it would cost the company a lot more
to employ (8) train someone to take your place. Anyway, even if he offers
you only (9) negligible increase, or none at all, you will have
(10) a point about your own worth.
II. Choose the best answer:
11. Some people buy new products because raises their – gives them a new,
more up-market image
a. character . . c. statue
b. figure d. status
12. I am the most important person in any business. Without me the business would not
exist. I am the
a. CEO c. advisor
b. shareholder d. customer
13. Those who have questions concerning fringe are advisered to consult
their employee handbook.
a. supplements c. welfare
b. benefits d. charges
14. I am the Manager of Fast – Track. That means I am in charge of buying
the raw material and components that the company needs.
a. Purchasing c. Marketing
b. sales d. Production
15. stores are ones that focus on a narrow range of goods
a. special c. Convenience
b. specialty d. Specialists
16. Determine you want to be professionally and what skills you need to
reach your goal
a. where c. Which
b. what d. That
17. Internet retailers have been able to offer cut – throat prices they do not
have to bear the cost of running a physical shop
a. although c. Because
b. when d. If
18. During the time I have been working as Fast – Track Regional Manager, I focused on
developing sales, they increased by 12%
a. although c. In order to
b. because d. So that
19. A lot of people research products online and then go to the store a to pick that product
a. up c. On
b. out d. At
20. The way the Internet encourage people to shop about is having a big
impact the market.
a. in c. On
b. at d.for
21. Hi, Richard. I’m afraid I’ve got some bad news. I to the budget
meeting tomorrow.
a. don’t come c. Am not coming
b. won’t come d. Am coming
22. We have a company holiday come, so our staff look for
accommodation on their vacation.
a. mustn’t b. Don’t have to
c. shouldn’t d. Won’t
23. When you travel abroad, you forget that the way of life in other
countries is often very different.
a. shouldn’t c. Don’t have to
b. won’t d. Can’t
24. My working day with a long journey to the office – usually over half
an hour by motorbike through heavy streets.
a. starts c. Will start
b. is starting d. Start
25. Mary decided to take a few months off in 1999 when she for Alpha
Construction Co.
a. worked c. Would work
b. had worked d. Was working
III. Put the capitalized words in their correct form.
26. DIVERSIFY Product diversification is adding new types of products to
the range already made
27. REMARK Lindsay Owen – Jones brought a new perspective when he became CEO
of the French group L’Oreal, and has achieved a remarkable growth
28. PURCHASE Unfortunately, the goods we have purchased from SRB
are below the usual quality this time.
29. MANAGE I gained extensive experience of sales and of
managing teams in a wide variety of industries in Vietnam.
30. COMPLETE All the required application forms must be filled out
completely before they are turned in to the appropriate office.
Section 2: Language use ( 70 marks )
I. Read the following article and answer the questions that follow.
Moster.com, the world’s biggest online job – search site, shows how electronic
marketplaces reach more people and can offer more efficiency than physical markets.
It also shows that money can be made in such markets. Monster has a long record of
profitability.
Jeff Taytor, who launched the site in 1994, says that the Monster.com name is the
firm’s “single most important success factor”. It introduces an image of youthful fun
in what is basically a boring business. Supporting the brand is a big advertising
budget which accounts for a quarter of the firm’s costs. He runs expensive ads during
key sporting events such as the Super Bowl.
Job-seekers supply resumes and employers pay to scan them or post job ads. Most of
the services that job-seekers get are free, but they have to pay for a service that allows
them to contact each other for advice and career management. They can use this
service to ask each other questions about, say, what it is like to work for a firm that
they are thinking of joining.
The main contribution of Monster has been to speed up hiring and vastly increase the
accuracy of the job-research process. “you can post a job at 2:00 p.m. and get your
first respose at 2:01,” Mr. Taylor says proundly. And an employer who knows exactly
what he wants can use Monster’s filters to search vast numbers of resumes with
precise accuracy. Monster is a serious threat to newspapers, which historically made
40% of their revenues from carrying ads, up to half of which were for staff.
Headhunting firms have also lost business, because demand for their help in filling
lower-level jobs has fallen.
The online job markets work well for workers and employer who know what they
want. It works badly for people who are unsure. Check that your resume says slearly
what kind of job you want. The filters will then make sure that it reaches the right
human resource deparment.
Choose the best answer.
1. Which of the following sentences is TRUE about Monster.com?
a. It is threatening the existence of other headhunting firms.
b. It is the world biggest free online job search site.
c. It can make money in both physical and electronic markets.
d. It work well for neither job seekers nor employers.
2. What advantage does Monster.com offer to job seekers?
a .Speeding up the hiring process.
b .Getting free advice on career management.
c .Getting quick responses from promissing employers.
d .Getting answer from others about the company of their choice.
3. What advice does the article give to people who want to use the site to find a job?
a .Stating clearly what kind what kind of job they desire in their resumes.
b .Having their resumes reached the right human resource deparments.
c .Getting resumes scanned before posting them.
d .Supplying fully-detailed resumes.
What does each of the following underlined words/phrases refer to?
4. “They can use this service to ask each other question about ” (paragraph 3):job-
seekers
5. “The filters will then make sure that it reaches the right human resource
deparments.” (the last paragraph): your resume
Which words/phrases the the passage mean the following?
6. A document that gives details on a person’s experience and qualifications:
résume
7. Operating in a building, not in the internet: physical
8. The amount of money a company plans to spend in developing its advertising and
buying media time or space: advertising budget
Fill in each blank with ONE suitable word from the passage. Put it in its correct
form or tense if necessary.
9. There was such a good service to our advertisement for a secretary that
we didn’t need to advertise more than once.
10. Taxes provide most of the goverment’s budget
Choose a suitable response for each sentence by matching the number 1-10 and the letters
a-j.
1. Have you ever used Power Plus
before?D
a .Um, I only work Monday to
Wednesday. I could come in
if you need me.
2. Does anyone have any suggestions
for improving the email system.H
b .I’d certainly be interested in
more training if it was
available.
3. Why are you leaving you current
job? E
c .One fault is that I’m a bit of a
prefectionist.
4. Can you take the minutes at the
meeting at Friday?A
d .Sorry, I’m haven, but I
willing to learn if it necessary
for the job.
5. What are the factors that make
Vinamilk such a highly sucessful
company I
e .I feel your company would
offer more career
opportunities
6. How can companies be different? J f Well, I suppose so, if it’s
important. But you’ll have to
make up the time.
7. What area do you think you could
improve in? B
g .Among other things, the most
important one is that we have
a strong culture in the
company.
8. Do you plan to study for further
qualifications? F
h .What about upradding to a
newer version of the
software?
9. How does Argros run its high-street
stores and online businesses
sucessfully side by side? I
i The key to this is that they
treat both kinds of customers
as a single individual.
10. I’m not feeling very well. Could I
take the rest of day off?C
j They have to do something
that no one else is doing.
. firing you for asking – it would cost the company a lot more
to employ (8) train someone to take your place. Anyway, even if he offers
you only (9) negligible. supplements c. welfare
b. benefits d. charges
14. I am the Manager of Fast – Track. That means I am in charge of buying
the raw material and components