Name/Class:
Entry Test
Entry Test
Listening You are going to hear a conversation between two colleagues. They are talking
about moving to new offices.
You will hear the conversation twice.
Vocabulary
1 Mark all the statements that are true.
a) The first speaker (A) is happy about moving to a new office building.
b) The second speaker (B) puts forward a different point of view.
Use of English
c) B was completely satisfied with the old office building.
d) B thinks that they should talk to the management about their problem.
2 Which of the following advantages of the old office building are mentioned
Reading
in the conversation?
a) It is an attractive building.
b) It is in a good location.
Grammar
c) It has lots of space for all the staff.
d) It is easy to travel to work there.
e) It has a good canteen.
Functions
f) It is a modern building.
3 Which of the following advantages of the new office building are mentioned
Reading
in the conversation?
a) It is a modern building.
b) It is easy to get there because there is a good bus service.
Writing
c) It has more light.
d) It is near the town centre.
Speaking
e) It has lots of space for all the staff.
f) It is near good cafés and restaurants.
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A
Vocabulary
Complete these sentences with the correct form of the word given in
brackets.
Manager
Example: The Finance (manage) is in his office.
............................
Use of English
4 Our (compete) have brought out a new product
............................
Reading
and it looks very good.
5 After a long negotiation, we finally reached
............................
(agree).
Grammar
6 The Far East suffered from (economy) difficulties
............................
in the late 1990s.
Functions
7 The TZ4000 is our best-selling (produce).
............................
8 The World Bank is an international (organise) that
............................
Reading
supports development projects around the world.
B
Match these words (9 18) with their definitions (a j).
Writing
9 advertisement a) A reduction in the price offered by the seller.
10 customer b) A person or company that makes goods from
Speaking
raw materials.
11 discount c) What remains from a company s income from
sales after its expenses have been deducted.
12 employer d) An arrangement with a bank to borrow money
with a promise to pay it back at a future date.
13 loan e) A person or company who sells goods to you,
usually on a regular basis.
14 manufacturer f) A buyer, client or guest.
15 personnel g) All the people who work for a company.
16 profit h) A public notice selling goods or services.
17 research i) A person or company who provides work for
others.
18 supplier j) Exploring a new market or developing a new
product.
C
Make word partnerships between the verbs on the left and the nouns on the
right.
Example: write a letter
19 lower a) colleagues
20 make b) a company
21 meet c) the price
22 set up d) a problem
23 solve e) a profit
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Reading
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A
Grammar Write one word into each gap to complete this dialogue.
meet
Example: Pleased to you.
............................
Receptionist: Good afternoon. I help you?
Functions ............................24
John Dee: Good afternoon. My name is John Dee. I m
Best Motors Ltd. I
............................25
Reading
an appointment with Mary Taylor at
............................26
2 o clock.
Writing
Receptionist: Ah yes. Take a seat, please. Mrs Taylor
be with you in a moment, Mr Dee.
............................27
Speaking
B
Write a suitable phrase in each gap to complete this dialogue.
Example: Ann: How are you?
I m fine
Michael: , thanks.
.....................................
Mrs Taylor: Good afternoon, Mr Dee. I m Mary Taylor. Pleased to meet you.
John Dee: , Mrs Taylor.
.....................................28
Mrs Taylor: Welcome to our company. a
.....................................29
good trip?
John Dee: Oh yes, it was fine thanks.
Mrs Taylor: a cup of coffee before we
.....................................30
start?
John Dee: Thanks very much, that would be nice.
Mrs Taylor: milk and sugar?
.....................................31
John Dee: Just milk please.
C
Choose the best word or phrase from the list below to complete the extract.
John Dee for Best Motors in the Sales Department. He
.....................32
with the company for three years now. He enjoys the job,
.....................33
although he spends time on the road visiting customers from
.....................34
all over Britain. Sometimes he travels hundreds of miles in a day. Last week, he
more than 2,000 miles. If he make a long
.....................35 .....................36
trip, he usually stays overnight in a hotel. His wife complains that he spends too
time at home.
.....................37
32 a) work b) works c) is working d) is worked
33 a) is b) was c) has been d) had been
34 a) many b) a lot of c) few d) quite much
35 a) drive b) drove c) has driven d) drived
36 a) would have to b) will have to c) had to d) has to
37 a) little b) few c) short d) less
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D
Choose the best word or phrase from the list to complete this e-mail
message to John Dee from his department secretary.
We have received some documents which to you. They are
.....................38
marked urgent .
When back? Should I send ?
.....................39 .....................40
Sarah
38 a) address b) are addressed c) is addressed d) addressed
39 a) do you be b) you are coming c) you come d) will you be
40 a) them to you b) them you c) you d) to you them
E
Choose the best word or phrase from the list to complete John s reply.
Dear Sarah
The documents are very important. please send them by
.....................41
courier?
I at the Grange Hotel tonight and tomorrow, so they
.....................42
there.
.....................43
Many thanks
John
41 a) May you b) Shall you c) Could you d) Have you
42 a) stay b) am staying c) will staying d) am stay
43 a) deliver b) are delivered c) be delivered d) can be delivered
F
Look at the bar chart and mark all the sentences which are both
grammatically correct and describe the chart accurately.
600
500
400
300
200
100
0
ABCD
44 A had the highest sales.
45 Sales of C were lower as B.
46 Sales of D were the same like C.
47 B had higher sales than C or D.
48 Sales of A were twice as high as C.
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Entry Test
Reading Read the text Business School with a difference. Some parts of the text have
been taken out. These extracts are listed below the article. Complete each gap
with the appropriate extract.
Business school with a difference
Every Wednesday evening for The professor, .......................52, answer them live for the rest
six weeks late last year, a group is a member of the faculty of the nation.
of young executives gathered at the University of The session continues, with
in a small lecture room in New Pennsylvania s Wharton the aid of graphics on a board,
York. They sat in comfortable School. The scheme is an and with ..........................56.
chairs ..........................49. For ambitious attempt to offer a Students can read the notes
three hours at a time, they tried full Wharton executive from each three-hour session
to understand the difficult education to ..........................53, on a web site for the rest of the
concepts which their professor without reducing quality or week.
talked about. damaging the school s brand. At the end of the course,
The sessions were intense, One of the key advantages of business plans that have been
with the professor frequently the service is that it allows drawn up over the six weeks
stopping to call for questions or executives to keep up with the ..........................57.
comments from individuals. course even if they are moving In New York, students seemed
Sometimes he asked for a show around the country to enjoy the course,
of hands on some problematic ..........................54. commenting that the variety of
issues; ..........................50. Each professor, sitting in a study methods helped them to
What was unusual about the room in Philadelphia, is participate and interact with
scene apart from the quality surrounded by a group of eight professors and actually
of the technology and the teaching assistants. As encouraged them to
lecture room was that it was participants around the ..........................58.
repeated simultaneously in 29 country ask questions by
cities across the US. This sending a typed message, Adapted from
meant that ..........................51. ..........................55 who may the Financial Times
a) can be physically submitted to Wharton professors for evaluation
b) with a computer console at each desk
c) 260 students were able to take each class at once
d) exhibits that appear on the screen at each student s desk
e) an advantage that conventional universities cannot match
f) become more involved than they did in real classes
g) at other times, the students formed groups to discuss a case
h) who appeared on a large screen
i) the assistants can either answer them directly, or pass them on to the
professor
j) a mass audience
59 Mark all the following which are true.
a) At the Wharton School, the professors don t usually meet their students.
b) The professors can see their students during sessions.
c) The students attending these courses are people with no previous business
experience.
d) Students cannot ask questions.
e) The students have home assignments to do as well as attending the
sessions.
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