Vocabulary

Which words go together?

23. room, occupancy a) standards

24. up-market, deluxe b) rate

25. maintain, keep up c) bed

26. wheelchair, internet d) location

27. quiet, suitable e) staff

28. four-poster, king-size f) hotel

29. helpful, polite g) access

30. magnificent, lakeside h) views

Complete the sentences with words from the box.

Merger competition tailor-made takeover brand e-commerce collapse margins

23. Under the ……… agreement the three companies will share their resources and be combined into one new company.

24. Management described the move as a hostile ………bid and said Crossair would lose its independence.

25. Kuoni and Thompson are two Britain’s biggest holiday ……… names.

26. The growth of ………applications such as online booking is transforming the industry.

27. It’s increasingly difficult to survive in the face of so much ……….

28. The ……… of the tour operator meant that many holidaymakers were unable to return home until new arrangements had been made.

29. We’re in the business of offering ……… holidays at package tour prices.

30. Last year we were able to maintain high profit ………well in excess of the industry average.

Grammar

Complete the CV with the infinitive or –ing form of the verbs in brackets.

Education and courses

Malston High School When I left school, I went to Bristol 39) ……… (study)

Ecole Stanislas, Paris economics, as I wanted a degree 40) ……… (get) a good

job. Last Easter I went to Paris 41) ……… (do) a short course

in Business French, and I am thinking about 42) ……… (start)

a new language next year – maybe Spanish or German.

Work experience

Marks and Spencer When I was a student, I worked at Marks and Spencer

HSBC Bank (Summer 2003, 2004) in the holidays 43) ……… (earn) extra

(Summer 2005) money and also 44) ……… (get) experience of 45) ………

(work) in retailing. In my second year there, I was responsible

for 46) ……… (organize) special promotions. Last year I got a

job in a bank because I was interested in 47) ……… (find out)

more about finance.

Interests

Football I am keen on 48) ……… (play) football and other team games.

Tennis At university I was the captain of the tennis team and was in

Guitar charge of 49) ……… (organize) matches against other teams.

I am quite good at 50) ……… (play) the classical guitar. At the

moment I am preparing to take Grade 5.

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