In Company Intermediate
Name ______Date ______
QUICK PROGRESS TEST 4 (Units 16 - 20)
Section 1: Grammar and Lexis
Part A
Cross out the extra incorrect or unnecessary word in these sentences.
1 If you’d taken my advice, you could have had won that contract.
2 He might never have to been able to take that decision if he hadn’t talked to his boss first.
3 Virtually by anyone can be convinced with the right amount of money.
4 She says me there’s no way she’ll accept what we’re proposing.
5 I’m afraid we’re not in to a position to consider this idea at present.
6 It was assumed that you had been agreed our terms.
Part B
Who said these sentences in a restaurant, the host (H), guest (G) or waiter (W)? Write H, G or W.
7 Nice place. Do you come here often? ___
8 Good evening. Would you like to see the wine menu? ___
9 Now, how about a desert? I’m having one. ___
10 This place specialises in fish. ___
11 I’ll just see if your table’s ready. ___
12 They do a great lasagne here. . ___
Part C
Complete the sentences below using one word from the left and one from the right.
rough itemised quick confidential revised / reminder version information estimates costs13 To stop the competition reading our documents we need to encrypt our ______.
14 This is just a ______to let you know that the report was due yesterday.
15 Can you send me some ______rather than estimates? The client needs to know precisely how much they are going to spend.
16 I don’t need anything precise. Some ______at this stage will do.
17 Thanks for sending me the report back with your comments. I’ll try to get the ______back to you by next week at the latest.
Section 2: Reading
Read the text about Hennessy Cognac and write questions for the answers shown.
Hennessy Cognac has a long and colourful history going back to 1765 when Irishman and war hero Richard Hennessy left the army and started the company in France. Today it is one of the premium brands owned by food and drinks giant Diageo, whose other famous names include Guinness, Gordon’s gin, Dom Perignon champagne and Johnnie Walker’s whisky. But in America in the mid 90s Hennessy had a serious image problem. Perhaps because of its great tradition, Hennessy was regarded as an after-dinner drink for old men, bores, snobs – everything the young ambitious American professional definitely did not want to become. Compared with the ever-popular gin and tonic and other more exotic cocktails, sales of Hennessy looked positively horizontal. Conventional advertising and point-of-sale promotions had little effect. The marketing team at Diageo needed to devise a truly original campaign if they were going to reverse a slow decline in sales.
18 ______
______? 1765.
19 ______
______? Diageo.
20 ______
______? The young American professional.
21 ______
______? Little.
22 ______
______? A truly original one.
Section 3: Listening
(Listening script 16.4)
Listen twice to how Harley Davidson solved its problems. Write down what the numbers below refer to.
23 half a million ______
24 3 ______
25 80 ______
26 4.4% to 49.4% ______
27 1988 ______
28 40,000 ______
29 59% ______
30 $2 billion ______
Section 4: Speaking (31 – 35)
You are taking your partner out to lunch. First, complete the menu with food which is typical of your country.
MENUSTARTERS
1______
2______
3______
MAIN DISHES
1______
2______
3______
WINE LIST
1______
2______
When your menu is ready, help your partner choose a meal, describing and recommending some dishes (or not).
You will be given one mark for each of the following:
Did the speaker… / Tick / Marks…tell his/her partner about the restaurant? / 1
…explain and recommend something from the starters? / 1
…explain and recommend something from the main dishes? / 1
…explain and recommend something from the wine list? / 1
…check that his/her partner is ready to order? / 1
TOTAL MARKS =
5
Quick Progress Test 4