(2) (3) (4) (5) (6) (7) survey compared declined averaged compared agency floor accommodation But the biggest climber of all was Dublin, (8) with the Irish capital jumping nine places to tenth among the world's most expensive office locations Globally, most office locations continued to register declines in occupancy costs last year, reflecting the weak and uncertain global economic environment In Euro terms, London is some 17 percent (9) (10)
Part III
cheaper than last year, but in dollar terms it is virtually unchanged Directions: Listen to the following recording, then choose the correct answers to the questions. You will hear the recording twice. After the first playing, there will be time for you to choose the correct answers. Use the second playing to check your answers. 1. What may workaholics do? A. They bring work home.
B. They keep working until after midnight. C. They bend over their work on weekends. D. all of the above. Your answer D Correct answer D 2. Which of the following does the speaker recommend doing? A. Concentrate on one thing a week. B. Concentrate on one thing a day.
C. Concentrate on one thing at a time. D. Do just a few things at a time. Your answer D Correct answer C 3. What should one do first, according to the passage? A. What is important. B. What one understands. C. What is easy. D. What is difficult. Your answer A Correct answer A 4. What does the speaker say about working at home? A. One should not bring too much work home.
B. One can work in the living room if one has a home office. C. One should not bring confidential files home.
D. One should work only within the usual working hours. Your answer B Correct answer D 5. Which of the following would be the best title for the passage? A. Bad habits of a workaholics. B. Tips for workaholics.
C. Good habits of a devoted worker. D. Cultivation of a devoted worker. Part IV
Directions: Choose the right answer.
1. Do you see yourself as a leader or more of a team ________________? A. player B. worker C. mate D. colleague Your answer C Correct answer A Your answer B Correct answer B 2. If the leadership is weak, I'm not afraid to ________________ in
order to achieve the goal at hand. A. take up B. take over C. make up D. make for Your answer B Correct answer B 3. I didn't get that promotion. They brought in some new guy over my head. I'm not going to ________________ for much longer. A. hold up B. hold to C. hang up D. hang around Your answer D Correct answer D 4. Mr. Jones is a ________________ millionaire, and I'm honoured to have worked for him for the past thirty years as his accountant. A. make-self B. self-make C. self-made D. self-making Your answer C ________________, Mr. Westlake? A. clear B. clearly C. clarity D. unclearly
4274SubmitCorrect answer C 5. Just clear out your desk, and that's the end of it. Do I make myself
Your answer A Correct answer A
Unit 5 Quiz
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Part I
Directions: Listen to the short dialogs, then choose the correct answers to the questions. You will hear the recording twice. After the first playing, there will be time for you to choose the correct answers. Use the second playing to check your answers. 1. (Listen to the audio recording for the question.)
A. The man wants to leave, and the woman tries to keep him. B. The woman wants to leave, and the man tries to keep her.
C. The woman wants the man to leave, and the man wants to stay. D. The man wants the woman to leave, and the woman wants to stay. Your answer Correct answer C C
2. (Listen to the audio recording for the question.) A. The man is employed by a head-hunting company. B. The man works in the same company as the woman. C. The man will take the offer.
D. The man is offering a job to the woman. Your answer Correct answer D D
3. (Listen to the audio recording for the question.) A. She will definitely go to the man's company.
B. She won't go to the man's company unless the offer is good enough. C. She will stay in her company whatever happens.
D. She will not stay in her company unless it raises her pay. Your answer Correct answer B B
4. (Listen to the audio recording for the question.) A. The position is especially suitable for women.
B. The position requires the combination of a man and a woman. C. The woman is excited about this position.
D. The woman is willing to be devoted to the company. Your answer Correct answer A A
5. (Listen to the audio recording for the question.)
A. The man wants to leave because he did not get a raise.
B. The man wants to leave because the woman is not satisfied with his work. C. The woman intends to lighten the man's work load. D. The woman intends to increase the man's work load. Your answer Correct answer C C
Part II
Directions: Listen to the passage(s) three times. When the passage is read for the first time, listen for the general idea. When the passage is read for the second time, fill in the blanks numbered from S1 to S7 with the exact words you hear. For blanks numbered from S8 to S10, write down either the exact words you hear or the main points in your own words. When the passage is read for the third time, check your answers.
Hong Kong's jobless rate fell to a six-month low in October as a tourism boom helped revive the city's economy, prompting companies to step up (S1) .
The rate fell to 8 percent from 8.3 percent in September, the government said in a statement.
\ is apparently underway. The unemployment rate has fallen a great deal,\Steven Xu, an (S3) .
\(S4) of next year.\
Tourist arrivals-- more than half of which come from the Chinese (S5) -- rose 7.9 percent in September to 1.47 million, a (S6) for the month, the Hong Kong Tourism Board said.
Hong Kong hotels hired 800 people in August and will take (S7) another 700 employees by the end of this year, the Hong Kong Hotels Association said.
(S8) . That's helping revive consumer confidence in the city and prompting non-tourist sectors to hire.
(S9) . A financial management and consultant company, is recruiting 100 financial planners to meet increased demand for wealth management.
(S10) .
Your answer Correct answer (1) hiring hiring
(2) vecovery recovery (3) economist economist (4) middle middle