MID TERM TEST Full name: …………………………………… Total mark: …./ 50 1. The article I wrote, together with yours, _________in the next issue of the magazine. A. will publish B. will be publishing C. are published D. is publishing 2. The manager of this new range of shampoo________to break away from the traditional marketing strategy. A. is wanting B. wants C. have wanted D. is wanted 3. These contract workers are paid _____. They collect their salary at the end of each day from their supervisor. A. monthly B. yearly C. daily D. weekly. 4. Mrs. Krishnan is drowning in her work. She hopes her boss will employ on assistant to help_____ A. herself B. her C. she D. hers 5. Companies _________to employ people who are responsible and hardworking. A. prefers B. preferring C. prefer D. has preferred 6. gjak 7. The police caught the illegal immigrants and _______them to jail to await deportation. A. is sending B. will be sending C. sent D. has sent 8. “______this article. I will quiz you on it,” said the teacher. A. Read B. Reading C. Reads D. Will read 9. The teacher _______the experiment cautiously. A. carried out B. put up C. carried up D. put out 10. Nowadays, the VISA card is ______accepted as a mode of payment. A. narrowly B. quickly C. widely D. sparsely 11. Global warming is a serious environmental concern. We should do _____part in saving the earth. A. us B. our C. we D. ours 12. Recent changes in heating oil costs have affected ______production of furniture. A. local B. locality C. locally D. location 13. A list of telephone ______that will be out of service while the new communications system is installed is available from the main office. A. extensions B, extending C. extended D. extends 14. The first year's sales of the new calculator were so _____ that the firm decided to withdraw it from the market. A. discouragement B. discourage C. discouraging D. discouraged 15. We have approached the proposal with a good deal of _____ since some of the ideas put forward are very unconventional. A. cautioned B. caution C. cautious D. cautiously 16. It has been suggested that employees ____to work in their current positions until the quarterly review is finished. A. continuity B. continue C. continuing D. continuous 17. After the main course, choose from our wide ____of homemade deserts. A. varied B. various C. vary D. variety 18. Armstrong has the ____management team of the three companies under consideration A. impressive B. more impressive C. most impressive D. impressively 19. The recent storms have led to the ____closure of our overseas office. A. temporal B. temporary C. temporarily D. temporaries 20. The report indicates that the Tilbrook Fund is acting properly by delivering policy advice ____rather than announcing it to the public. A. privacy B. privately C. private D. privatize 21. Although the textbook gives a definitive answer, wise managers will look for ____own creative solutions. A. the, B. their C. theirs D. they 22. The president of the corporation has ____arrived in Copenhagen and will meet with the Minister of Trade on Monday morning. A. still B. yet C. already D. soon 23. Because we value your business, we have ____for card members like you to receive one thousand dollars of complimentary life insurance. A. arrange B. arranged C. arranges D. arranging 24. Answering telephone calls is the ____of an operator. A. responsibility B. responsible C. responsive D. responsibly. 25. I am surprised they moved your office next to _____ A. mine b. my C. I D. myself 26. . MID TERM TEST Full name: …………………………………… Total mark: …./ 50 1. The article I wrote, together with