PART FOUR
Questions 19-33
Read the extract below from a company chairman’s annual report to shareholders.
Choose the best word or phrase to fill each gap from(A, B, C or D) on the opposite page.
For each question 19-33,mark one letter (A, B, C or D) on your Answer Sheet.
There is an example at the beginning, (0)
Chairman’sReport
I am pleased to report that, although we had been expecting poor results for this half year because of slow growth in the world economy, the company has (0)____ very satisfactorily. Operating profits for this first half are in fact very much (19)____ with those for the corresponding (20)____ last year. Profits reached ￡115 million before tax, compared with ￡116.3 million last year. Much of our success in the last six months can be (21)____ to the fact that all our major construction projects remained on schedule. Particularly pleasing was the early (22)____ of a major building contract in Canada.
The company has made good progress with the initiatives announced at the Annual General Meeting. The majority of shareholders (23)____ the Board’s decision to sell the company’s loss-making engineering (24)____. It was the Board’s belief that the company would(25)____ most benefit by (26)____ its resources on the expansion of its construction activities. Negotiations with a potential buyer began in February and are now at a critical (27)____. However, we feel that we are not as yet in a (28)____ to comment on what the outcome is likely to be.
In June, we made a successful (29)____ for the Renishaw Construction Company of Hong Kong, in order to give us greater (30)____ market in South East Asia. We still have sufficient resources to pursue our growth (31)____, and are at present (32)____ several other business opportunities which, like Renishaw Construction, would (33)____ new markets to us.
Example : Aacted Bperformed C behaved Dworked
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19 Ain order B on track Cin line Don target
20 A session Bterm Cseason D period
21 Aattributed B referred Cassigned Ddesignated
22 Atermination B ending Ccompletion Dfinalizing
23 Aconfirmed B maintained Cagreed Dsupported
24 Aportion B component Csector Ddivision
25 Ahave B gain Cfind Dearn
26 Afocusing B directing Cpointing D strengthening
27 A height Bstep Cedge D stage
28 Acondition B point Cposition Dcapacity
29 Arequest B price Cdemand Dbid
30 Aaccess B approach C admission Dentrance
31 Astrategy Bprocess C promotion Dsystem
32 Ainquiring Bdeliberating C exploring Dsearching
33 Asend Bopen C provide D give
PART FIVE Questions34- 45
Read the advertisement for a recruitment exhibition below.
In most of the lines 34- 45 there is one extra word . It is either grammatically incorrect of doesnot fit in with the sense of the text . Some lines , however ,are correct .
If a line is correct , write CORRECT on your Answer Sheet .
If there is an extra word in the line,write the extra word in CAPITAL LETTERS on your Answer Sheet .
The exercise begins with two examples, (0) and (00) .
Example :
The CareerForum
If you work in the city center then a visit to the Career Forum, is the city’s most successful recruitment exhibition, will give you the information you need to determine whether you are making up the most of yourself .
Currently, there are advertising many new vacancies on the job market.
With good skills and a healthy work record in greater demand than ever, it is the ideal time to ensure that your career is being on the right track.The Career Forum has been responsible for helping many thousands of the people improve their job potential, and it can do something the same for you .
Some of the best jobs in town never reach out the advertising pages, so to be considered for one of these top jobs as they become available,you will need to make closely contact with the employers’ agents. The Career Forum is making the perfect opportunity. It is set in an informal atmosphere and there is no pressure put; you can choose which agents you talk to.
So if you are looking for a new job, come and join us at the Career Forum.
