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New International Business English Test
UNIT 1 Face to face Vocabulary EXCERCISE 1 Choose the best word to fit the gap. 1
A offence 2
C demonstrations
B responsibilities
C challenges
B solve
D handshaking .
D deadlines work for her.
C resolve
B environment
D tackle stimulating.
C application
B sighing
D opportunity I tend to think they are honest.
C blinking
D sniffing
usually gives other people information about how you really feel. B impression
C language
Bob and Tony are business A delegates
10
B manners
Your body A appearance
9
may help you to make deals more easily.
If someone looks me straight in the eye without A yawning
8
D tricky
Paul enjoys working at Small World because he finds the A installation
7
C formal
Lesley doesn’t like having to wait for other people to A generate
6
D behaviour
Ian has to be very organised as his work involves meeting tight A problems
5
C disaster
to use the correct title when talking to business colleagues.
B likely
Having good A entertaining
4
B problem
In some countries it is quite A offensive
3
.
It’s important to understand how other cultures behave so you don’t cause
D relationship
and have arranged to meet at the sales conference.
B customers
C associates
D officers
I’ve given the latest sales
to Mr Allen but he hasn’t had a chance to look at them yet.
A systems
C worksheets
B figures
D facts
EXERCISE 2 Fill in the gaps with the correct nationality. 1
He lives in Holland so he must be
2
She comes from the USA so I think she’s
3
They speak French so they could be
4
He’s a
5
I became a
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. . or
(France/Canada).
but he can’t speak any Swedish. citizen when I married a woman from Hungary.
New International Business English Reading EXERCISE 3 Put these sentences in the best order. Put a number, 1-4, in the space. 1
A B C D
Very well, thanks. Let’s get down to business, shall we? I’m fine, thanks. How are you? Hello again! How are you getting on? Yes, all right.
2
A B C D
Miss Smith, I’d like you to meet Mrs Jones. Oh, please call me Liz. How do you do, Mrs Jones? And I’m Claire.
3
A B C D
Oh, yes. I’ve heard of you. The name’s Alex White. I’d like to introduce myself. Pleased to meet you.
4
A B C D
I wondered if I might take Friday off? Yes. Tony, of course. Oh, Friday’s rather difficult. Mrs Lang, could I have a word please?
5
A B C D
What do you think? Yes, sure, Bob. Geoff, could you come over here a minute? Aha, yes, you’ve put a lot of work into it.
Visit the New International Business English website: www.cambridge.org/elt/nibe Resources include: interactive exercises, a Business English glossary, articles and information on the Cambridge Business English Certificate examination. © Cambridge University Press 2000
New International Business English
UNIT 2
Test Letters, faxes and memos
Vocabulary EXERCISE 1 Choose the best word to fit the gap. 1
A letters 2
C communications D information
B over
C through
The annual general meeting was A conducted
4
B correspondence
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