GEA Final - Autumn 2008 - Test A

Ang 2 - Final Exam
Test A
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I. PRESENTATION (ORAL) [20 pts]

Introduce yourself and describe A) your educational background, B) your current position and responsibilities in
that position, and C) your future career goals. If you are not currently employed, describe a position you had in the
past, or would like to have in the future, for point B.

II. PREPOSITIONS

A. Prepositions of Time [4 pts]

Write an appropriate preposition with these expressions of time.

1. _____ Thursday
5. _____ a weekly basis


2. _____ 1996
6. _____ half past two


3. _____ the morning
7. _____ the middle of next month


4. _____ the end of December
8. _____ the right time

B. Mixed gap fill [9 pts]

Fill each of the gaps with an appropriate preposition.

1. Mr Miller is _____ a meeting and Mrs Miller is _____ a business trip.

2. What does your company specialise _____?

3. Would you be interested _____ travelling to Tokyo this weekend?

4. I am looking forward _____ hearing _____ you soon.

5. Not many people owned a car _____ the 1920s.

6. Due to a lack of participants, we’ve had to call _____ the meeting.

7. I’m going on holiday on the 27th. Can we move the meeting _____ to the 25th?

III. VOCABULARY

A. General gap fill [7 pts]

Complete the sentences using the terms below. Note: Not all terms will be used.

attach
downstream
in the black
joint-venture
parent company
downsize
enclose
in the red
liquidated
upstream

1. Telekom owns one hundred percent of Mobitel, and is therefore it’s ____________.

2. If a company makes a profit, it is said to be ____________.

3. Please email the report, and don’t forget to ____________ any other relevant documents.

4. In the energy industry, companies which extract crude oil are said to be ____________, while the petrol station
which sell to consumer are said to be ____________.

5. After a takeover it is not uncommon for management to ____________ the workforce in order to cut costs.

6. If a company loses money, it is said to be ____________.

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B. Abbreviations [4 pts]

What do the following abbreviations stand for?

1. c/o





5. OPEC

2. CFO





6. PLC

3. e.g.





7. PR

4. MSRP





8. RSVP

C. Word formation [7 pts]

Fill in the gaps with a suitable form of the word in brackets.

1. __________ (liquidate) assets are those which can be easily converted into cash.

2. The union rejected the company’s final offer and broke off __________ (negotiate).

3. The __________ (expand) of our facilities in Ljubljana should be completed by December.

4. After the merger the __________ (purchase) department saw significant cutbacks.

5. They have decided to sell off several of their __________ (subsidise) in South East Asia.

6. __________ (employ) often complain of being underpaid and overworked.

7. The position requires __________ (expert) in many different fields.


D. Sentence Writing [8 pts]

Use FOUR of the terms (exactly as they are written) from the box below in a sentence of at least eight words,
which clearly shows the meaning of the chosen term.

backlog
exceed
in the black
oversight
sustain
urgent

1. ________________________________________________________________________________.

2. ________________________________________________________________________________.

3. ________________________________________________________________________________.

4. ________________________________________________________________________________.


IV. VERB TENSES

A. Understanding of Tenses [4 pts]

Answer TWO of the following questions about verb tenses, in your own words.

1. In general terms, how do Perfect Forms differ from Simple Forms?

2. What are the three main situations in which Present Perfect is used?

3. How do the two most common ways of talking about the Future (ie, will and going to) differ? Give at least two
specific examples of when each should be used.

4. In general terms, how does the Present Continuous differ from the Present Simple?

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B. Mixed verb tenses [7 pts]

Fill the gaps with the correct form of the verb in brackets.

Apple Inc. (1)____________ (be) an American multinational corporation with a focus on designing and
manufacturing consumer electronics and software products, and (2)_______________ (establish) on 1 April 1976
by Steve Jobs, Steve Wozniak and Ronald Wayne. The company’s best-known hardware products
(3)____________ (include) the Macintosh line of personal computers, the iPod line of portable media players and
the iPhone. Apple (4)____________ (operate) more than 200 retail stores in eight countries and an online store
where hardware and software products (5)____________ (sell). It (6)_________________ (recently / updated) it’s
MacBook and MacBook Pro lines, which (7)____________ (be) one of the best selling notebook computers since
they were launched in 2006.

C. Verb tense errors [6 pts]

Four of the sentences below have incorrect verb forms. Make corrections as necessary.

1. Sandoz has acquired Lek over four years ago.

2. My broker was knowing that the market would recover, so he increased my exposure.

3. The board has approved the merger, so it wil became final after the shareholder’s meeting.

4. He had had only one previous employer before he began working at Triglav.

5. By this time next year she will have been in her position for over ten years.

6. They are having substantial operations in the Middle East and North Africa.


V. COMMON MISTAKES [14 PTS]

Each of the following sentences contains at least one error, make the necessary corrections. Note: For some
sentences there are multiple possible answers.

1. In Ljubljana there are either too much cars or too few parking.

2. She said me that she would like to resign and move to Paris

3. If you had remembered me about the meeting, I would’ve arrived on time.

4. It was so crowdy in the conference room that it was hard to hear the presentation.

5. I’m afraid that Friday won’t be suitable, as I will be on a meeting at Zagreb.

6. Someone dropped their wallet on the floor outside the main entrance.

7. Please send me the report until Friday at the latest.

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VI. THE EUROPASS CV FORMAT [20 pts]

Complete the following sections of a Europass CV in the appropriate format (including verb tenses and punctuation). Note: It is
not necessary for the information to be true.

Work Experience



Dates

Position Held


Main activities and

responsibilities


Employer

Locations



Personal Skills and

competences

Social skills and

competences

Organisational skills and

competences


Computer skills and

competences



VII. WRITING [40 pts]

Complete ONE of the following writing tasks – your answer should be between 120-180 words and in the appropriate style.

1. Write a covering letter for either your current position or any job you would be interesting in applying for in the
future.

2. Write a response to a letter inviting you to visit a company in Madrid – ask at least two specific questions
concerning the details of the trip, and propose alternative dates as you will not be available during the ones
originally proposed.

3. Write a letter of enquiry expressing interest in a specific product – ask at least two questions about the product
and the possibility of receiving a discount on larger order.

4. Write a letter of complaint to a supplier with whom you have recently placed an order – mention at least two
problems with the order and ask to be compensated in some way.

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