listening
part one:
question 1-12
●you will hear a consultant giving a talk to a group of uk business people about exporting to the united arab emirates (uae)
●as you listen, for questions 1-12. complete the notes, using up to three words or a number.
●.after you have listened once, replay the recording.
the business master class
arrangements for participants
1 the event will take place over
2 seminar organized by
3 the title of the last session will be
4 to use the new city hotel car park, delegates must obtain a
dr sangalli
5 dr sangalli has advised many
6 the name of his consultancy is
7 he is the author of
8 in europe, he is the best-known
the business master class
9 to become more
10 to establish new
two outcomes of session:
11 design your own
12 take away documents containing actual
part two
questions 13-22
●you will here five different business people talking about trips they have recently been on.
13
14
15
16
17
a to supervise staff training
b to hold job interviews
c to introduce new policy
d to visit possible new premises
e to observe working practices
f to meet a new manager
g to sign a new contract
h to deal with a complaint
task two-problem
●for question 18-22, match the extracts with the problem, listed a –h
●for each extract, choose the problem described
● write one letter (a-h) next to the number of the extract
18
19
20
21
22
a i forgot a document
b my hotel was noisy
c i was late for meeting.
d i didn’t understand some figures.
e the service at my hotel was bad.
f i had some wrong information
g i didn’t have an interpreter.
h i experienced computer problems.
key
test 1 reading
1 d 2 b 3 e 4 a 5 d 6 c 7 e 8 c
part 2
9 b 10 a 11e 12c 13d 14f
part 3
15 b16d 17a 18d19b 20 a
part 4
21 b 22c 23 a 24 d25 a
26-30 b d d c a
part 5
31- 35 as why not/ hardly who/ that of
36-40 for so/ thus have much like
part 6
41-45 correct they correct being which
46-50 for correct should when correct
51-52 their that
test writing
sample a
this report describes the movements of the balance of trade between 1991 and 2001 , for a particular country, concerning manufacturing and agriculture.
manufacturing:
imports increased constantly during this period. the figure shows a rise of $ 4 bn within the whole period and no fluctuations are to be remarked.
exports rose from nearly $ 3 bn in 1991 to approximately $7 bn in 2001 , suffering minor fluctuations all the way through. in general, the balance of trade remained slightly positive through the period considered.
agriculture:
imports increased slightly, ending the period around $1 bn over their starting level. they suffered a temporary fall between 1992 and 1994 , followed by a steady recovery. after peaking at around $2.5 bn in 1999, imports fell slightly to their final value.
exports figure shows the same performance although at level $4bn higher than imports.
consequently, the balance of trade remained markedly positive throughout the period.
band 4
all content points are included. there is a relatively natural use of language and a good range of structure, despite some inaccuracy. there is also evidence of a wide range of vocabulary and the report is well organized.
sample b
introduction:
the aim of this report is to describe the imports an exports of the manufacturing and agricultural sectors in the years 1991-2001 in european contry’s
manufacturing imports
in the first year (1991) the imports were just above $2 bn, at the end of 2001, the imports were almost on the $ 6 bn.
manufacturing exports
in 1991 were just below the $ 3
test 1
part1
1 three days
2 clobal conferences plc
tomorrow’s software
permit
large corporations
logic solutions
intelligent change
it analyst
customer driven
organisational structures
framework for action
case studies
part
f c d b e a b f c d
part3
c a b c b c b a