KAZAKH-BRITISH TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY

DEPARTMENT OF LANGUAGES

ENGLISH LANGUAGE COURSE PRE-INTERMEDIATE

ACADEMIC YEAR 2005-2006

TERM I

Final Exam

Variant 3

I. Listening (10)

You are going to hear a part of a meeting between Suzanne Dupont and Rod Clements, her senior manager. Rob has asked Suzanne to come into his office.

A. Mark (T) for true statements and (F) for false statements.

1. Rob and Suzanne discuss Suzanne’s present job. _________

2. One of her tasks would be to make the company more profitable. _________

3. The team is all Portuguese. _________

4. There are 12 members in the team. _________

5. Suzanne has to stay in Lisbon for 3 years. _________

6. Rob offers Suzanne a 13 percent increase in salary. _________

B. Fill in the blanks.

7. Rob is looking for someone with…………….skills and ability to take up the position.

8. She has to develop good …………………….. with the team members.

9. Suzanne needs ……………… to think.

10. Rob offers Suzanne to …………….. the Lisbon office.

II. Grammar (20)

1. Read the sentences and circle the correct answer (a, b, c, d) for each gap.

Example:

0. My husband bought ______________ me a gadget last week.

A. for

B. to

© ---

D. from

1. Most best-selling mobile phones ___________by Nokia.

A. produced

B. has produced

C. being produced

D. have been produced

2. Please wait for me if you ___________earlier.

A. comes

B. will come

C. come

D. came

3. My friend and I __________ go to the tennis court every Sunday.

A. occasionally

B. usually

C. ever

D. often

4. He arrived ___________ Great Britain half a month ago.

A. in

B. at

C. ---

D. to

5. I think that John Lennon is ___________ musicians in the world.

A. greatest one of

B. the greatest

C. one of greatest

D. one of the greatest

6. They ____________on their new designs when they saw an opening in the market.

A. were working

B. is working

C. has been working

D. had worked

7. My brother doesn’t bother _________ at the price tag before he buys.

A. to look

B. to see

C. looking

D. seeing

8. We _______________ a European tour next week.

A. are starting

B. start

C. are going

D. have started

9. Customers__________ be confident that their credit cards details are secure.

A. should

B. must

C. needn’t

D. wouldn’t

10. You needn’t drive me home. I’m quite happy to walk.

A. to

B. at

C. in

D. ---

B. Open the brackets and put the verbs in the correct form in the following text.