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QUIZ 2 English V Form A

SECTION ______ UNITS 3&4
PROFESSOR ___________________
Spring 2016

Indicaciones Generales:
1. Esta prueba consta de 5 preguntas de comprensión auditiva, 16 de reconocimiento
comunicativo, y 5 de comprensión lectora.

2. Verifique que su prueba esté completa

3. Llenar en forma correcta y completa con la adecuada respuesta es de su EXCLUSIVA

RESPONSABILIDAD.

4. Puntaje Máximo, 36 puntos. La nota 4,0 se obtiene logrando el 60% de este puntaje.

5. La Pauta de Corrección se encontrará en el Centro de Documental en Ambiente Aprendizaje

Web de la asignatura para que usted puede analizar su rendimiento académico, y las notas
obtenidas, las podrá ver en la plataforma y sala de clases en 10 días hábiles.

6. En la entrega de la evaluación usted podrá solicitar al docente su revisión de acuerdo a la

pauta de evaluación. Si transcurrido dicho plazo usted no presenta observaciones, se
entenderá su calificación como definitiva.

Todo intento de respuesta deshonesta será sancionado con nota mínima.

I. LISTENING
Listen to five people describing their jobs. Circle the best alternative according to the context. (10
points, 2 points each)

A
1. The man works _______________.

a) on Saturdays and holidays

b) on weekends
c) full time

B
2. The university students works as a _______________.

a) a tourist agent
b) a river boat rider
c) a tour guide

C
3. The man _______________.

a) loves his job and people don’t

b) likes his job, even though he says it is not that easy
c) likes working in a hard environment.

D
4. This pilot _______________.

a) flies to different countries in Europe

b) works everywhere in the world
c) flies to countries which are good to go to on holidays

E
5. The speakers has to work _______________.

a) during the days only

b) at night shift all the time
c) at nights from time to time

II. USE OF ENGLISH

Read the situations and circle the best alternative. (16 points, 1 point each)

Situation 1: Two engineers just met at a conference.

Hoji: _____________________?
Cassy: I’m a telecommunications connectivity and networking engineer. I work for Cisco Systems. We help
companies find business opportunities.

a) Which is your job

b) What do you do exactly
c) What really do they do
d) Where do you work
Situation 2: John is telling his friend about his new job.

John: I only work _____________________.

Friend: Oh, so you work 20 to 22 hours a week then! Great!

a) part-time
b) half-time
c) overtime
d) shifts

Situation 3: Max calls Sam to give him some bad news.

Max: Hey Sam, _____________________.

Sam: Oh no! We will lose so much money!
a) it’s a pleasure to stop the project
b) unfortunately we are unable to continue with the project
c) we can go ahead with the plan
d) I’m delighted to accept the proposal

Situation 4: Alfred and Neil are talking about Alfred’s new job.

Alfred: I’m so happy with my new job. The new department I work in is wonderful.
Neil: Which department do you work in?
Alfred: I work in the _____________________. We make the company’s products

a) training department
b) sales department
c) production department
d) marketing department

Situation 5: Ms. Jocelyn Friedmann is talking to an old friend of hers.

Ms. Friedmann: Where do you work, Jenny?

Jenny: I am not working at the moment. There was no more work at the factory and ____________________.

a) they made me redundant

b) I made them redundant
c) I fired them
d) I retired

Situation 6: Benjamin Green is new at the company.

Mr. Green: Sorry, are you the Sales Manager?

Colleague: No, I buy the raw material for the production department.
Mr. Green: So, you _____________________.

a) take part in different projects

b) buy products from suppliers
c) deal with organization
d) are a permanent worker
Situation 7: Paul is criticizing the informal way Robert’s company does business.

Paul: I would never do business with your company, Robert. Every time they come to an agreement with a
company, they just shake hands and start doing things .They should _____________________ first.

a) draw up a contract
b) agree responsibly
c) asked the lawyers
d) cover the point

Situation 8: Help Susan write an email to her client she is visiting next month.

Dear Mrs. Martel,

I’m writing to confirm my trip to your country next month. Please _____________________ a
spreadsheet with all the details of my flight. It’s going to be a good opportunity to know each other
personally.

a) here, this email

b) I’m writing
c) let you have
d) find attached

Situation 9: Laura needs to request that Harry doesn’t email the contract to their client yet.

Laura: Hey, so _____________________.

Harry: Yes, no problem.

a) please, could you mail it back?

b) send it back later
c) would it be possible to send the contract next week?
d) please, go ahead with it soon.

Situation 10: Shauna and Brad are discussing where they should build a new warehouse.

Shauna: It needs to be quite large.

Brad: Yes, _____________________.

a) we have a lot of supplies that need to be kept there

b) we need to work with the public there
c) it’s the main office for our company
d) we have many office workers that need office space

Situation 11: Peter and Jack need more people to work for their company.

Peter: We need _____________________.

Jack: You’re right. I’ll call H & R to start the application process.

a) human resources people

b) to give permanent jobs to the part-time staff
c) to fire 10 or 20 factory workers
d) to hire new employees
Situation 12: Bruce and Rose are talking about where they work.

Bruce: Where do you work Rose?

Rose: I work _____________________ the head office in Shanghai.

a) on
b) at
c) by
d) for

Situation 13: Two friends are talking about their husbands.

Julia: Tell me _____________________?

Samantha: He´s in I.T. He graduated last year with a degree in computing.

a) What are they into

b) What does she do
c) What does he do
d) What do you do

Situation 14: Gloria wants to know exactly what John does.

Gloria: What does John do exactly?

Colleague: He works at Ripley department store in retail. He sells products to the __________________.

a) company
b) suppliers
c) manager
d) customers

Situation 15: Mr. Richards and Mrs. Alan are discussing the contract their lawyer wrote up for them.
Mr. Richards: I’m so glad we _____________________.
Mrs. Alan: Yes, we had some long discussions, but now it´s finished!

a) came to an agreement
b) as agreed
c) send it back
d) drew up a discussion

Situation 16: Edward Thompson is reading an email he just received

Dear Mr. Thompson,
“…. and you are very welcome to the ”Write English” Training Course. There’s no need to
_____________________ to this email.
Best regards,
Mark Bull

a) sending
b) reply
c) fax
d) write
III.READING. Read the text and circle the correct answer. (10 points. 2 points each)

TERRA ENGINEERING
Terra Engineering is a new company that will provide high quality technical and environmental engineering
services to its clients. Terra Engineering is scheduled to begin operations on July 16, 2016. Terra
Engineering will be a partnership, owned and operated by Norm Johnson and Rupert Smith.

Mr. Johnson and Mr. Smith both have left their respective jobs in order to specialize in environmental
engineering consulting to small and medium sized businesses.

Mr Johnson's previous employment was with Randolf and Associates acting as an environmental engineer.
Mr. Smith's previous employment was with Barnard and Barry Environmental acting as chief environmental
engineer.

Terra Engineering will target small to medium sized companies and government organizations within the
Southern part of Michigan including Detroit and surrounding areas. Terra Engineering will seek major
contracts with medium sized firms.

Those contracts will be served with the assistance of strategic alliances, both with other engineering
companies such as Randolf and Associates and Barnard and Barry Environmental (letters of support
attached in Appendix C) as well as other professional groups.
http://www.business-plans-guide.com/company-description-example.html

1. Terra engineering ____________________________________________.

a) is an electro-mechanical company
b) offers eco-friendly solutions to costumers
c) develops special electro-industrial solutions
d) is a mining company

2. Johnson and Smith ___________________________________________ Terra Engineering.

a) are the production managers of
b) work for
c) plan to create a holding associate of
d) are the owners of

3. Johnson and Smith want to ______________________________________________________.

a) consultancy to different sized companies
b) quit their current jobs to start doing their own business
c) get and give environmental training
d) learn about small and medium-sized businesses

4. They _____________________________________________________________.
a) both had managing positions
b) both worked with Randolf and Associates
c) are both experienced engineers in the environmental market
d) were specialized workers for Barnard and Barry Environmental

5. Terra engineering´s target group is ________________________________________.

a) small to medium sized companies in the south of Michigan
b) government organization only
c) government organizations and medium sized companies in Detroit
d) small to big companies and government organization all over the country.

USE YOUR ANSWER SHEET

 ANSWER SHEET

NAME:______________________________CLASS:V-________FORM: A DATE:_______

I. LISTENING (MARK WITH AN “X”)

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II. USE OF ENGLISH (MARK WITH AN “X”)

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III. READING (MARK WITH AN “X”)

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