Practice test 4 KEY

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T.J PADDY’S, a leader in the restaurant industry, seeks to open 20 new franchise units throughout the Southeast We are seeking dependable and hard-working individuals to staff and manage these units A management trainee receives:

- an annual bonus of up to 15% of base salary

- paid medical and dental insurance

- two weeks per year paid vacation

- a salary competitive within the industry

- opportunities for rapid career advancement

A unit manager’s responsibilities include the hiring and training of all kitchen and dining room personnel, inventory control, monthly profit-and-loss reporting, and supervision of

up to 30 employees A successful candidate must have a bachelor’s degree and at least two years of food and beverage management experience Qualified individuals should contact Mr Green, our recruiting officer, between the hours of 9:00 A.M and 5:00 P.M at our downtown Atlanta headquarters Some travel may be required T.J PADDY’S management trainees are compensated for relocation costs

1.Which of the following is NOT necessarily a qualification of a manager with T.J PADDY‟S?

a A college degree

b Freedom to relocate

c Ability to travel

d Two years as a T.J PADDY‟S employee

2.From the above advertisement, what can be inferred about T.J PADDY‟S?

a It is a growing company

b It is a hard company to work for

c It currently has 20 restaurants

d It pays managers a salary 15% higher than average

3.Which of the following is NOT stated in the job description as a responsibility of a unit manager?

a Supervising employees

b Contracting suppliers

c Hiring waiters and waitresses

d Training cooks

4.Which of the followings is stated as a management trainee‟s benefits?

a life insurance

b good commission

c job promotion

d a pay rise after two years‟ work

5.What should someone do if he/ she wants to apply for the job?

a telephone the Atlanta Headquarters

b meet the recruiting officer personally before 9 a.m

c contact Mr Green at downtown area

d contact in person the recruiting officer during the working time at the Atlanta Headquarters

Questions 6 – 10 refer to the following passage

Bar codes are a series of black and white lines of different widths These lines represent the price of product They are “read all over” by a scanner The scanner is operated by a very strong and very narrow ray of electric light called a laser beam This beam of light translates the black and white lines into a numbering system that the computer is able to understand The computer transfers the lines into numbers, then prints the price of the product onto the screen

The numbers you see at the bottom of the bar code have nothing to do with the price They indicate which company has made the product and what the item is In supermarkets the first six numbers say which company has made the product The second six say what the product is and add a little more information

Supermarkets have automatic scanners They are underneath the glass window at the checkout counter These scanners are operated by lasers that look like compact discs The disc turns around and takes in the information from the bar code The cashier holds the item over the glass widow and the scanner reads all the information in a few seconds

6 Which of the following suggestions is a suitable title for the passage?

a The Scanner

b Black and White Lines

c The Laser Beam

d The Bar Code

7 Which of the following statements is FALSE?

a Bar codes are a series of black and white lines of different width

b In supermarkets, the numbers tell the computer what the price of the article is

c The first six numbers say what company has made the product

d There are laser scanners that look like compact discs at the checkout counter of supermarkets

8 The numbers at the bottom of the bar code indicate …………

a what the price of the article is

b which company has made the product

c what the article is

d the company has made the product and the article

9 What does the pronoun “they” in the sentence „They are underneath the glass window ‟ in the last paragraph refer to?

a supermarkets

b compact discs

c automatic scanners

d glass windows

10 The word „transfers‟ in paragraph 1 is closest in meaning to ………

a changes

b meets

c translates

d transforms

CONTROL WRITING

1 Kinh Do Corporation (KDC)/ be / Vietnam-based food processing company

………IS…A………

2 It / locate/ Thu Duc district – Ho Chi Minh City

……IS LOCATED IN ………

3 The company / start / its operation / 1993

………STARTED………IN……

4 It / be / then a small business / only six employees

……WAS………WITH……

5 At present, the company / have / a chartered capital / USD28.5m

………HAS………OF………

6 The number / employees / now more than 6000

………OF………IS…………

7 At the moment, it / control / about 30% / domestic market share

………CONTROLS………OF (THE) ………

8 KDC / produce / more than 200 kinds / confectionery products

…………PRODUCES………OF…

9 Its common products / be / buns, breads, crackers, cakes, candy / mooncakes

…………ARE………AND…

10 Nowadays, Vietnamese people / be / quite familiar / Kinh Do products

………ARE………WITH………

II SENTENCE TRANSFORMATION

1 She sings so well that everyone buys her records

She is SUCH A GOOD SINGER THAT EVERYONE BUYS HER RECORDS

2 The meeting was cancelled because there were few people to attend

Because of THE FACT THAT THERE WERE FEW PEOPLE TO ATTEND/ BEING FEW PEOPLE TO ATTEND / FEW ATTENCANCE, THE MEETING WAS CANCELLED

3 I didn‟t know your coming, so I didn‟t wait for you

If I HAD KNOWN YOUR COMING, I WOULD HAVE WAITED FOR YOU

4 As she holds a higher position, she becomes bossier

The higher POSITION SHE HOLDS, THE BOSSIER SHE BECOMES

5 You must submit the sales report by July 2nd

The sales report MUST BE SUBMITTED BY JULY 2ND

6 Jack started running a small business five years ago

Jack HAS RUN A SMALL BUSINESS FOR FIVE YEARS

7 Mary said to me, 'I must be there by seven tomorrow.'

Mary told me that SHE HAD TO BE THERE BY 7 THE FOLLOWING DAY

8 As we sell more, we will get more commission

The more WE SELL, THE MORE COMMISSION WE WILL GET

9 They spent two hours studying the proposal

It took THEM 2 HOURS TO STUDY THE PROPOSAL

10 Because of so many criticisms, he resigned as director

Because THERE WERE SO MANY CRITICISMS, HE RESIGNED AS A DIRECTOR

11 I spent over 3 years finishing the business course

It took ME 3 YEARS TO FINISH THE BUSINESS COURSE

12 When sales are lower, we will make less profit

The lower SALES ARE, THE LESS PROFIT WE WILL MAKE

13 Because of our competitor‟s launch of a new cell phone, we had to reduce the price of our model Sony Ecrisson 6600

Because OUR COMPETITOR LAUNCHED A NEW CELL PHONE,

14 The manager asked, “Why did the accountant leave the company, Tom?”

The manager asked Tom WHY THE ACCOUNTANT HAD LEFT THE COMPANY

14 She was too poor to educate her children

She was so POOR THAT SHE COULDNOT EDUCATE HER CHILDREN

15 Our company spent six months studying our customer behaviors

It took OUR COMPANY 6 MONTHS TO STUDY OUR CUSTOMER BEHAVIORS

SENTENCE COMLETION

1 A & W Restaurants, Inc has ……… locations throughout the world, serving a typical fast food menu of hamburgers, fries, and hot dogs

c production d brand

2 The number of ………… who have been questioned on this matter is quite small

c residents d residential

3 Vietnam, one of ……… world’s fastest growing economies, has officially become WTO’s 150th member

4 I am surprised they moved their office next to ………

5 Mary works ………… the sales department of a large company

6 The experiment ………at the university of Chicago was successful

7 The company offers excellent rates of………

8 I didn’t have much ………… in finding a job

a successful b succeed

c unsuccessful d success

9 By trials and errors, that company can finally ……… their new product at the end of this year

10 With its first location outside of North America in Japan in 1996, Starbucks now has

……… in 30 additional countries

a corporations b plazas

11 ……….we have told you to expect to see big ups and downs in the stock market, don’t panic if your stocks have lost a lot of value

12 Everyone agreed that the lunch was ……… food they had ever eaten

c the worst d the bad

13 You can finish that project quickly and ………

14 You've borrowed such a great deal of money from me lately I need to ………… exactly how much you owe me

15 It will be very helpful if you thoroughly ……… the background of the applicants

16 Applications for bank mortgages must ……… by the end of this month

a to receive b be received

c received d receiving

17 Our most promising employee seems ……… than she was

a very cooperative b as cooperative c more cooperative d.so cooperative

18 If you are seated when a newcomer enters the room, stand up to be greeted or ………

introduced

19 Anyone ……… to come with us is welcome

20 I like my work because I have the ………… to make my own decisions

c freedom d free

21 In countries where the company culture is formal, staff use ……… when they speak to each other

names

22 People usually face ……… in an entirely new environment where they have difficulty adapting to the local culture

23 Nowadays, there is an increasingly high demand for ……… system in the company to help employees achieve a better work-life balance

a shift work b overtime

24 -Receptionist: Hello Capri Hotel How can I help you?

-Simon: Hello I’d like to ………… a room from Monday 10th to Wednesday 12th of this month

25 Can I ………… a taxi from the airport to the office?

A take

B use

C travel

D sit

26 I can pick you ………… from the station if you like

27 Defective merchandise may be exchanged if you ……… the receipt within a week

of your purchase

a had presented b will present

c would present d present

28 Due to lack of finance, the hospital restoration project has ……… until next year

c being postponed d postponing

29 Please answer the phone ……… it rings

30 A ………… is a small amount of extra money you give for good service