武汉职业技术学院：《商务英语》课程教学资源（题库，双语版）progress test 1

Progress test 1 5.1 Grammar Complete these sentences with the correct form of the verb in(brackets). Use short forms if possible. Gina and I (1)work(work)for Eurobags. Gina(2) (be)a Marketing assistant and I(3) (be)a Sales clerk. She (4) (work) in Marketing and I (5) (work) Sales Eurobags(6) (be)an Italian company. The headquarters(7) (be)in Treviso (have)subsidiaries in Brazil and Venezuela. Eurobags(9 (be)in the ging business. It(10) (produce) paper and plastic shopping bags. Its main markets (be)in Europe, but it also(12) (export)to the United States and South 2 Grammar Write short answers to these questions. 1 Are you an accountant? 2 Does American Express have a branch in your country? 3 Is Seat a french company? 4 Do you produce camcorders? 5 Do you export to the US? 6 Does your company sell office equipment? 5.3 Grammar Complete the sentences with the correct preposition(at, in or on) 1 Hes vacation 2 I work the Citicorp building 3 Mrs agnellis office is the fourth floor 4 Im afraid she's a meeting 5 She's unch 6 Hes a business trip 5.4 Language in use Read these statements. what do you say first? Pleased to meet you Pleased to meet you, too

Progress test 1 5.1 Grammar Complete these sentences with the correct form of the verb in (brackets). Use short forms if possible. Gina and I (1) _work_ (work) for Eurobags. Gina (2) ______ (be) a Marketing assistant and I (3) ______ (be) a Sales clerk. She (4) ______ (work) in Marketing and I (5) ______ (work) in Sales. Eurobags (6) ______ (be) an Italian company. The headquarters (7) ______ (be) in Treviso, but we (8) ______ (have) subsidiaries in Brazil and Venezuela. Eurobags (9) ______ (be) in the packaging business. It (10) ______ (produce) paper and plastic shopping bags. Its main markets (11) ______ (be) in Europe, but it also (12) ______ (export) to the United States and South America. 5.2 Grammar Write short answers to these questions. 1 Are you an accountant? ___No, I’m not._________________________ 2 Does American Express have a branch in your country? ______________________________________ 3 Is Seat a French company? ______________________________________ 4 Do you produce camcorders? ______________________________________ 5 Do you export to the US? ______________________________________ 6 Does your company sell office equipment? ______________________________________ 5.3 Grammar Complete the sentences with the correct preposition (at, in or on). 1 He’s ______ vacation. 2 I work ______ the Citicorp building. 3 Mrs Agnelli’s office is ______ the fourth floor. 4 I’m afraid she’s ______ a meeting. 5 She’s ______ lunch. 6 He’s ______ a business trip. 5.4 Language in use Read these statements. What do you say first? 1 __Pleased to meet you. ________________ Pleased to meet you, too. 2 _____________________________________

Not too bad thanks 3456 Im an en gIneer Yes, please. Black with sugar Mr Tan's office is on the right You re welcome 5.5 Vocabular Underline the word which is different from the others in each group. 1 Italian, Japanese, France, Swedish 2 secretary, branch, engineer, clerk 3 Marketing, Accountant, Sales, Research and Development 4 third, first, eighth, ten 5 headquarters, chemicals, engineering, tourism 6 Monday, February, Sunday, Friday Now add two more words to each group 123456 5.6 Language in use Read this telephone conversation and complete it with suitable words. CALLER: This is Gina Lee from Harris International YOU I'm sorry CALLER: Gina Lee from Harris International. I'd like to speak to Mr. Salomon YOU I'm afraid CALLER: Oh. Well, could you put me through to Mrs Sefan? YOU Shes CALLER: Yes, please. Can you ask her to call me back? CALLER: It's 866 3659 CALLER: Thank you. Goodbye 5.7 Listening Read this telephone message. Then listen to the phone call and check if the numbered information in the message is correct. Write any corrections in the blanks below

Not too bad, thanks. 3 _____________________________________ I’m an engineer. 4 _____________________________________ Yes, please. Black with sugar. 5 _____________________________________ Mr Tan’s office is on the right. 6 _____________________________________ You’re welcome. 5.5 Vocabulary Underline the word which is different from the others in each group. 1 Italian, Japanese, France, Swedish 2 secretary, branch, engineer, clerk 3 Marketing, Accountant, Sales, Research and Development 4 third, first, eighth, ten 5 headquarters, chemicals, engineering, tourism 6 Monday, February, Sunday, Friday Now add two more words to each group. 1 ____________________________________ 2 ____________________________________ 3 ____________________________________ 4 ____________________________________ 5 ____________________________________ 6 ____________________________________ 5.6 Language in use Read this telephone conversation and complete it with suitable words. YOU: Good morning, _____________________. CALLER: This is Gina Lee from Harris International. YOU: I’m sorry, _________________________. CALLER: Gina Lee from Harris International. I’d like to speak to Mr. Salomon. YOU: I’m afraid __________________________. CALLER: Oh. Well, could you put me through to Mrs Sefan? YOU: She’s ______________________________? CALLER: Yes, please. Can you ask her to call me back? YOU: __________________________________? CALLER: It’s 866 3659. YOU: __________________________________-? CALLER: Thank you. Goodbye. 5.7 Listening Read this telephone message. Then listen to the phone call and check if the numbered information in the message is correct. Write any corrections in the blanks below

David (1)from DataBase (2)on 01648 496842( 3)about your order for 50 typewriters (4). It is not very urgent (5) Sue 2 3. References 2 Yes, it does. 3 No, it isnt. 4 Yes, we do. 5 No, we dont. 6 Yes, it does 2 in/at 3 5 at 6 2 How are you 3 What do you do? 4 How about/Would you like some coffee/tea? 5 Excuse me, I'm looking for Mr Tan's office /Where's Mr Tan's office? 6 Thank you I France(the others are nationalities)+ Chinese, brazilian h(the others are jobs)+ accountant, lay wver 3 Accountant( the others are departments)+ Production, Dispatch 4 ten( the others are ordinal numbers ) second, fourth 5 headquarters(the others are types of business)+ insurance, clothing 6 February(the others are days of the week)+ Tuesday, Wednesday

1. _________________________ 2. __________________________ 3. __________________________ 4. __________________________ 5.___________________________ References 5.1_______________________________________________________________ 2 ’s / is 3 ’m / am 4 works 5 work 6 is 7 are 8 have 9 is 10. produces 11. are 12. exports 5.2 2 Yes, it does. 3 No, it isn’t. 4 Yes, we do. 5 No, we don’t. 6 Yes, it does. 5.3 _____ 1 on 2 in / at 3 on 4 in / at 5 at 6 on 5.4________________________________________________________________ Possible answers 2 How are you? 3 What do you do? 4 How about / Would you like some coffee / tea? 5 Excuse me, I’m looking for Mr Tan’s office. / Where’s Mr Tan’s office? 6 Thank you. 5.5 1 France (the others are nationalities) + Chinese, Brazilian… 2 branch (the others are jobs) + accountant, lawyer… 3 Accountant (the others are departments) + Production, Dispatch… 4 ten (the others are ordinal numbers) + second, fourth… 5 headquarters (the others are types of business) + insurance, clothing… 6 February (the others are days of the week) + Tuesday, Wednesday… David Please call Mary Simms (1) from DataBase (2) on 01648 496842 (3) about your order for 50 typewriters (4). It is not very urgent (5). Sue

Possible answers 1 Good morning, this is(name)speaking 2 I'm sorry, who's speaking/calling? /I'm sorry, could you repeat that 3 I'm afraid he's at a conference/ on holiday this week 4 She's in a meeting. Can I take a message? 5 Of course. What's your telephone number? 6 Right. Thank you. Goodbye I correct 2 DataBank 3 correct 4 15 computers 5 Its urgent Hello, Sales department, Sue Johnson speaking CALLER: Good morning. This is Mary Dimms from DataBand Is David Webb there? SUE Im afraid he's in a meetins CALLER: I see. Can you give him a message? Yes of course CALLER: Can you ask him to phone Mary Simms, thats F-1-M-M-S from DataBank? It's about my order for fifteen computers. It's very urgent, so could he call me back today? SUE: our telephone number, too? CALLER: Yes. it's 01648496842 01648496842, Right, Ms Simms, I'll give him the message as soon as he gets back

5.6 Possible answers 1 Good morning, this is (name) speaking. 2 I’m sorry, who’s speaking / calling? / I’m sorry, could you repeat that? 3 I’m afraid he’s at a conference / on holiday this week. 4 She’s in a meeting. Can I take a message? 5 Of course. What’s your telephone number? 6 Right. Thank you. Goodbye. 5.7 1 correct 2 DataBank 3 correct 4 15 computers 5 It’s urgent. SUE: Hello, Sales department, Sue Johnson speaking. CALLER: Good morning. This is Mary Dimms from DataBand. Is David Webb there? SUE: I’m afraid he’s in a meeting. CALLER: I see. Can you give him a message? SUE: Yes, of course. CALLER: Can you ask him to phone Mary Simms, that’s F-I-M-M-S from DataBank? It’s about my order for fifteen computers. It’s very urgent, so could he call me back today? SUE: OK. Can I have your telephone number, too? CALLER: Yes, it’s 01648 496842. SUE: 01648 496842. Right, Ms Simms, I’ll give him the message as soon as he gets back