UNIT 6: Language and skills test

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LANGUAGE Lesson 6.2 Grammar

Lesson 6.1 Vocabulary 2 Complete the dialogues with past modals
B2 Business Vantage / C1 Business Higher should, might, must or could and the correct
form of the verb in the brackets.
1 Choose the correct option.
Dialogue 1
Peter and Jun are the directors and 1 of A: You know, I think we 1
a successful music production company. Last year (research) more about Energen before
a larger organisation called Muso contacted them accepting the contract.
about a 2 . Muso wanted Peter and Jun’s B: Yes, but that 2 (take)
technical experience to help set up a new music too much time. The contract is worth a lot of
website. Peter and Jun agreed because Muso has money.
a strong 3 in the market and greater 4 A: Maybe you’re right. I just didn’t think that the
to customers globally. Also, Muso wasn’t interested work would be so difficult.
in a 5 . B: Well, we 3 (not know)
Peter and Jun knew that the process would be that before.
difficult at first but they realised that the benefits A: But Energen 4 (give)
would outweigh the 6 . They were also thinking us more details about the work beforehand.
about their 7 future. They thought Muso would B: Yes, but they 5 (not
be a good 8 alliance and both companies predict) the time needed accurately. It’s always
could 9 their knowledge and resources. hard to estimate how long a project will take
Overall, it seemed to be a 10 situation. before it begins.
A: That’s true.
1 a knowledge b equity
c shareholders d resources Dialogue 2
2 a joint venture b synergy A: I’m really disappointed that I didn’t get the job.
c foundation d presence I6 (prepare) more for
3 a foundation b presence the interview.
c access d alliance B: Well, I think you prepared well. In my view
4 a access b takeover there’s only one explanation. They
c advantage d knowledge 7 (want) someone
5 a turnaround b stakeholder with a different set of skills and experience.
c presence d takeover A: In that case, they 8
6 a resources b synergy (write) the job advertisement better. Then
c costs d advantages I9 (not apply) for it
7 a acquisition b long-term and wasted my time.
c alliance d foundation B: I see what you mean. Did they say why you
8 a greater b win-win c regulatory d strategic didn’t get it?
9 a share b gain c lead d outweigh A: No, nothing.
10 a takeover b benefit c resources d win-win B: In my opinion they 10
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 UNIT 6: Language and skills test

Name: _________________________________

Lesson 6.3 Functional language

3 Rearrange the word groups into a sentence.

1 budget / to raise / the issue / . / of the / I’d like / in

the next meeting
2 get straight / Can you just / point, please / to the / ?
3 regarding / a compromise / glad / reached / we’ve /
. / I’m / this project
4 about / our costs / ? / How / if / we reduced
5 ways / figure / . / Let’s / to drum up / business / out
other / some new
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Lesson 6.4 Functional language

4 [BP_B2+_Test_06_01.mp3] Complete the text
with the words you hear.

1 hiring enough
temporary staff during the summer.
2 work
overtime.
3 With started
hiring a month earlier.
4 from this
experience is the amount of time required for
recruiting extra staff during busy periods.
5 how to plan
for this situation more thoroughly.
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Lesson 6.5 Functional language

B2 Business Vantage
5 Choose the correct option.

Our company does not 1 to be benefitting

enough from our current travel agency partner, World
Ways. It is 2 that the system for booking travel
is time-consuming and technical for staff. As a result
of these 3 , the company has decided to
change the supplier. We have been in 4 with
another agency in the 5 of introducing a new
system next month.

1 a reach b appear c work d proceed

2 a identified b clear c expected d considered
3 a failures b lacks c rewards d issues
4 a discussion b interest c alliance d agreement
5 a reason b plan c hope d advantage
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 UNIT 6: Language and skills test

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SKILLS
Long listening
Short listening B2 Business Vantage / C1 Business Higher
B2 Business Vantage / C1 Business Higher
7 [BP_B2+_Test_06_03.mp3]
6 [BP_B2+_Test_06_02.mp3] You will hear Section 1
a telephone conversation and an announcement. You will hear four people talking about the
For each question, write one or two words or benefits of strategic alliances. For each
a number. You will hear each recording twice. recording, decide what each speaker’s opinion is.
Write A–G. Do not use any letter more than once.
Listening 1
Look at the notes below. You will hear two 1
colleagues discussing a report. 2
3
Report feedback from Aneka 4
Positive points: A Alliances help companies to review their
length and 1 processes.
B There are more opportunities for promotion.
To improve: C Companies are likely to increase their profits.
Section 2 – add in some 2 D Being in an alliance improves access to financial
Section 4 – rather than a list, put benefits in services.
a3 E Alliances are a good way to expand quickly.
Ask Amon to check it for 4 F Companies become more visible as part of
an alliance.
G Alliances are the best way to become competitive.
Listening 2
Section 2
Look at the notes below. You will hear somebody
You will hear four people talking about changes
making an announcement in a meeting.
in their jobs. For each recording, choose what
happened to each speaker. Write A–G. Do not
Company announcement
use any letter more than once.
New 5 with Datacom agreed
5
last week. They are leaders in data science –
6
access to their 6 will be good
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for us.
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Datacom get to use our surveys to create
software. Benefit for them is to improve the
7 of their analysis. A The merger was more negative than positive.
B The job became much more interesting.
C The manager changed the main duties.
__/7 D The employee’s department grew considerably.
E The employee was promoted.
F The office became too crowded.
G The job was no longer required.
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 UNIT 6: Language and skills test

Name: _________________________________

Writing __________________________________________
B2 Business Vantage __________________________________________
8 You are the Business Manager for a graphic __________________________________________
design company called Beta Media. It is about to __________________________________________
end its alliance with Sketchy and form a new
alliance with Design Hub. Write a formal report __________________________________________
outlining the reasons for the alliance based on __________________________________________
the notes below:
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Decision to change design company from Sketchy to __________________________________________
Design Hub due to rise in fees from Sketchy – need
smaller company to meet our requirements __________________________________________
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Why Design Hub?
- experience and expertise of staff __________________________________________
- have worked on similar-scale projects __________________________________________

Benefits __________________________________________
- reduce our project costs compared to Sketchy __________________________________________
- they use small teams
- we can work in same office space __________________________________________
- common objectives = produce high-quality work, __________________________________________
pleasant working environment, opportunities for staff
development __________________________________________
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