Weekly Exam in Business English (Part 1) Name: _________________________________________ Date: ________________ I.

Vocabulary Fill in each blank with an appropriate word. Choose from the words inside the box. garlickly savoury creamy caveat contingency underestimated claims superfluous extortionate unforeseen provision dramatically expenditure budget circumstances setbacks 1. Oil spill ________________ plans will be necessary, together with a broad examination of environmental implications. 2. Yet it is appropriate to issue certain ____________ here to warn the personnel. 3. But at a typical appropriation of 32.9 % is fairly ____________, and only likely to get you deeper in debt. 4. You may even go trekking and overcome __________ along the way, but ultimately achieve your goal. 5. We've been _________________ many times in the past, often to the detriment of our detractors and those who seek to do us harm. 6. Only exceptional ____________ justify starting a claim in the high court. 7. While Asia except Japan was hit hard by the global financial crisis (GFC), the region has bounced back just as __________________. 8. It works by eliminating information from the file that the program deems _____________. 9. For an introvert his environment is himself and can never be subject to startling or _____________________ change. 10. Such rapidly rising __________________would surely have come under sharper scrutiny even without the prompting of an economic crisis. 11. Consumers are swallowing such products, and the marketing _______________that come with them, enthusiastically.

12. Many economists and foreign governments decried the _______________ as inefficient and jingoistic. 13. If you don't stir constantly you will not get the ______________ starch to come off the rice and make your sauce. 14. There is financial mathematics to show how a real company operates or how your household _______________ should work. 15. Cafeteria cuisine can be forgettable-but the people you dine with can make lunchtime a _______________ experience. II. Grammar Choose the appropriate expression for each sentence. Unless of If? 16. ___ you are caught drinking and driving, you will lose your license. 17. ____ you stop smoking, you'll be seriously ill. 18. ___ he gets caught, he'll make a fortune. 19. ____ he gets caught, he'll go to jail. 20. I won't do it ____ you agree to help me; I'm not doing it alone. Even though or Even if? 21. Peter refused the offer _______________ he needed the money. 22. ________________ Mary has a car, she walks to work. 23. James won't sell his car __________________ you offer him a good price. 24. ____________________ the man was blind, he walked to the station. 25. We go running every day, _______________ the weather is bad. 26. I love my job. I wouldn't change jobs _______________ the salary was higher. 27. She gives money to charity __________________ she is not rich. 28. I wouldn't buy you a scooter _______________ I had the money. 29. My grandmother will refuse to move house _______________ she is offered a more comfortable place. 30. Dad wouldn't allow me to take his car _______________ I promised I would drive carefully.