Деловой английский язык

электронный учебно-методический комплекс

Test №1
Format: BEC - Business English Certificate
Reading questions 1 - 18 (Part 1 - 4)

Part 1. Reading questions 1 - 5
- Look at questions 1 - 5.
- In each question, which phrase or sentence is correct?
- For each question, mark the right variant on your answer sheet.

  1. Вопрос
    Your flight is BA 1425 10.25 p.m.

    The plane takes off
    25 minutes past 10
    25 minutes to 10
    half past 10

  2. Вопрос
    Willington hotel guide is given to each visitor free of charge

    You should
    pay for the hotel guide
    not pay for the hotel guide
    pay by credit card for the hotel guide

  3. Вопрос
    Mr. Smith has been working for our company since 2001

    He has been with the company
    for 15 years
    for 10 years
    for 5 years

  4. Вопрос
    You have to come to lunch in Krasnoyarsk hotel. What train should you take?

    The train from Divnogorsk to Krasnoyarsk
    Train number    Departure time
    №15        07.15
    №27        12.25
    №77        17.55

  5. Вопрос
    15.10.2006
    Dear Mr. Smith, thank you for calling us yesterday about our contact.

    Mr. Smith called on
    15.10.2006
    14.10.2006
    16.10.2006

    Part 2. Reading questions 6 - 8
    - Look at the notice below. It shows the clauses of the contact.
    - Read the questions after the contract and choose the correct answer.
    - For each question, mark the right variant on your answer sheet.
    - Do not use any letter more than once.

    Contract
    Discount possible
    2%
    5%
    3%
    Payment possible
    some advance payment
    no advance payment
    total contract value at once
    Delivery period
    2 weeks
    4 weeks
    1 week

  6. Вопрос Our company is ready to give a discount, but it should be less than 3%.

  7. Вопрос According to the contract payment must be effected in US dollars without any advance payment.

  8. Вопрос We would like the equipment to be delivered in a month period.

    Part 3. Reading questions 9 - 13
    - Read the text below, which tells us about the company.
    - Are sentences 9 - 13 "right", "wrong" or "there is no information in the text"?
    - For each sentence 9 - 13, mark the right variant on your answer sheet.

    - Russian Expo has been on the market for a decade. It produces different agricultural machines and equipment for different territories.
    - The company has got close links with the foreign countries, they are good and reliable partners. Russian Expo has a dozen of contracts with them for delivery of machines and spare parts for them.
    - As these companies are good partners, they often get a discount.
    - The inspectors of the Buyer's often go to Russian Expo plant to conduct inspection and tests. They reveal defects of any kind very seldom, but if they reveal any, Russian Expo eliminates them at once.
    - Every contract includes the clause about penalty and arbitration. It can take place if the Seller, that is Russian Expo, fails to deliver machines in the time stipulated in the contract.

  9. Вопрос Russian Expo has been on the market for 20 years.
    right
    wrong
    there is no information in the text

  10. Вопрос Russian Expo has 20 contracts with foreign countries.
    right
    wrong
    there is no information in the text

  11. Вопрос They seldom get a discount.
    right
    wrong
    there is no information in the text

  12. Вопрос They find defects of any kind not often.
    right
    wrong
    there is no information in the text

  13. Вопрос "Penalty and arbitration" clause of the contract is important if the Seller doesn't deliver machines in the time stipulated in the contract.
    right
    wrong
    there is no information in the text

    Part 4. Reading questions 14 - 18
    - Read the text below about terms of the contract after the text.
    - Choose the correct word from the variants to fill each gap.
    - For each question, mark the right variant on your answer sheet.

    I'd like to start (14) ... the subject of the contract. So, GMZ, as the Seller, undertakes (15) ... sell the complete equipment, technology and technical documentation. This equipment is to be sold in accordance (16) ... the specifications.

    The equipment is to be sold (17) ... the price of 300 dollars for each unit. The price is too high, that is why we would like to ask (18) ... a discount.


  14. Вопрос
    at
    with
    to

  15. Вопрос
    to
    at
    with

  16. Вопрос
    to
    by
    with

  17. Вопрос
    at
    for
    to

  18. Вопрос
    for
    to
    at


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