Test - 1-Business English-Distance Study
Test - 1-Business English-Distance Study
Test - 1-Business English-Distance Study
in Business English
the 5th course
Distance study
1. Choose the correct verb forms to complete the sentences.
1 They stay / are staying at the Savoy every year.
2 We stay / are staying in London till Wednesday.
3 The value of the euro always goes / is always going down when the dollar goes up.
4 The value of the yen goes / is going up because of the recent economic measures.
5 A Japanese electronics company develops / is developing a new type of glass for smartphones.
6 Most start-ups develop / are developing quickly, but reach a peak after two years.
7 I try/ am trying to book my flight, but there aren’t any seats available.
8 He always tries / is trying really hard, but he often comes last.
9 I sometimes wait / am sometimes waiting more than 30 minutes for my train to work.
10 I wait / am waiting for Harry. He should be finished soon.
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5. Complete the sentences with these phrasal verbs.
broken it down carried it out found out look after look into pointed it out put it together
put me off set it up sort them out
1.He’s been running the business for ten years. He carried it out in 2004.
2.We had a few problems with the software, but we’ve managed to set it up
3.We’ve received some complaints about our helpline. My manager’s asked me to found out the
situation.
4.If you look at this pie chart, you can see our sales. I’ve sort them out by region.
5. My dogs will miss me while I’m away. I’ve asked my neighbour to them.
6.The research is quite old now. We three years ago.
7.The factory in Wales is closing down. I only about it yesterday.
8.He made an error in his calculations, so I to him.
9.Have you read my five-year plan yet? I last month.
10.I was going to buy a smartphone, but my girlfriend She said they’re not very good.
1 Because / Due to / As a result the fall in unemployment, it is now easier to get a job.
2 The rise in oil prices has caused / led / resulted in higher manufacturing and transportation costs.
3 She moved back to New Zealand as a result / because / due she wanted to be close to her family.
4 The invention of the World Wide Web created / led / resulted to a revolution in the way people
communicate.
5 Orders have increased dramatically over the past year. As a consequence / Because of / Due to,
we plan to open a new factory in June.
6 The good end-of-year results caused / resulted / led the company’s share price to rise.
7 He had to leave his job a consequence / the result / because of illness.
8 The discovery was caused / due to / the result of years of hard work by the research team.
8.Read the article about a new type of holiday. Are these statements true or false?
Correct the false statements.
1 Recent surveys show that people want to spend more time using technology.
2 In some hotels, guests are not allowed to use their mobile phones.
3 Mobile phones cannot be used on any beaches in Antigua.
One resort guest thinks that banning mobile phones is a good thing.
A recent survey shows that the average adult spends over five hours online each day. Another
survey suggests that the number of hours we spend on the phone is increasing by about 30% a
year. Research also shows that 77% of people believe that time without technology makes them a
better person and gives them more time for their loved ones.
As a result, some hotels are offering offline holidays. When guests check in, they hand in
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all their digital devices, and the hotel puts them in the safe. In the rooms there are no televisions,
phones, or Wi-Fi connections. Instead there are books and board games. One manager
says,'We're hoping that guests forget work and concentrate on having a good time.'
A group of resorts in Antigua, Grenada, and St Lucia have banned mobile phones from
their beaches. How are the guests reacting? One guest commented, 'My husband usually has his
smartphone with him 24/7 and he always checks his Facebook page. Today he's reading a real
book. He's not sending any emails and we are both learning to surf. In the sea, I mean. We are
having a great time just relaxing.
9. Would you like to stay in an 'offline' hotel or resort? Give your reasons. Write an essay
based on the text on the following topic “Offline hotel” 100-150 words.
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10. Complete the second sentence so that it has the same meaning as the first
sentence.
1. The Rembrandt painting is worth more than the Picasso or the Van Gogh. The
Rembrandt is valuable painting.
2. The Hermitage Museum isn’t as big as the Prado Museum.
The Prado is than the Hermitage.
3.This landscape is bigger than that portrait.
That portrait is than this landscape.
4.This Van Gogh is older than the Picasso.
The Picasso isn’t as this Van Gogh.
5.We saw more paintings than sculptures.
We didn’t see sculptures.
6.The Uffizi Gallery opened 200 years before the Prado Museum.
The Uffizi Gallery is than the Prado Museum.
7.I’ve never seen such a beautiful painting.
It’s the painting I’ve ever seen.
8. I think Seurat was a better painter than Monet.
B I don’t think so. Seurat isn’t as Monet.
9.This exhibition isn’t as interesting as last year’s.
Last year’s exhibition was than this year’s.
10.The entrance fee for the Prado is more than the Hermitage or the Uffizi.
The Hermitage is expensive than the Prado.