Progress Test 2

 

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Progress test 2 (Units 4–6) LISTENING Track 

Bill Wilson works for an advertising agency. He has asked his colleague, Alison Bates, Bates, for some advice. Bill is worried about the behaviour of their manager, Steve Parks. Listen to their conversation and decide whether these statements are true or false. 1 Bill is worried because he’s too busy.

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Bill iiss making a formal rmal complaint int to Aliso lison n.

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Bill is concerned that Steve has lied.

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Stev Stevee an and Bi Bill ll often ten go on busi busin ness ess tri trip ps to togeth getheer.

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Stev Stevee and and Bi Bill ll vi visi site ted d a shop shoppi ping ng mal alll tog toget ethe her" r" on busi busine ness ss..

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Steve bought an e$pensive bag for a clien ient.

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Stev Stevee pai paid d for for a pre prese sent nt for for h his is wife wife with with hi hiss com compa pany ny cred credit it card card..

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Stev Stevee has has a bu budget dget to buy buy mea meals ls an and d pre pressen ents ts for clie clien nts ts..

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Stev Stevee enc encou oura rage ged d Bill Bill to pa pay y for for pe perso rsona nall ite items ms with with his his com compa pany ny cred credit it card card..

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Bill Bill is worr worrie ied d tha thatt Stev Steve’ e’ss b beh ehav avio iour ur coul could dh hur urtt tthe he comp company any.. Bi Bill ll want wantss Ali Aliso son n to to tal talk k to to Ste Steve ve ab abou outt tthe he prob proble lem m.

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As well well as misus misusing ing his cred credit it card" card" Steve Steve is is basic basically ally an inco incomp mpete etent nt m mana anager ger in Bill Bill’s ’s view. view.

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Al Aliso ison n thi think nkss Bill Bill shou should ld ta talk lk to Steve Steve’’s mana manage gerr imm immed edia iatel tely y.

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Alis Alison on sug sugge gest stss that that Bil Billl spea speaks ks to to Stev Stevee aabo bout ut hi hiss conc concer erns ns..

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Bill ill seem seemss unli unlike kely ly to to ta take Aliso lison n’s adv advic icee.

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commitments ro iin n ini*i+al *iral .or o, mo+t/

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,he -0+ was was fo forc rced ed to resig esign n aft after

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he became mired in

ev evid iden ence ce of ser serious ious accou ccount ntin ing g ir irre regu gula lari riti ties es and reported it to the authorities.

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A unior researcher stumbled across

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the gu guts to report what she’d found.

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At the the trial" the the -0+ said that he

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the bad decisio ision ns he’d made and si sim mply

wanted to come clean about 2'

,he researcher said that it had tak taken

clear the air. d

her several weeks to work up 3(

After a new -0+ had taken

the helm" lm" the company was able to put the past behind it and rebuild its image.

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allegations of serious accounting fraud.

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+eci +ecide de whe wheth ther er th thee unde underl rlin ined ed clau clause sess a are re defi defini ning ng $+ $+** or or non nond def efin inin ing g $-* $-*..

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Bob Bob * *at atter terso son n is is som someo eone ne who who  ccan an real really ly trus trustt tto o do do a grea greatt ob. ob.

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,h ,his is dis distr trib ibut utio ion n issu issuee isn’ isn’tt a pro probl blem em we’ we’re re goi going ng to to be able able tto o solv solvee ea easi sily. ly.

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8e wan wantt tto o avo avoid id mark market etin ing g pro produ duct ctss aime aimed d onl only y at at ttee eens ns..

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hoo oose se the b bes estt wor words ds to co com m!lete lete the the sen sente ten nce cess.

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t’ t’s har hard d to to kee keep p up up to to spe speed ed but but  en enoy oy 9doi 9doing ng : tto o do do it it..

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)eop )eople le who who emp employ loy you e$p e$pec ectt you you 9be 9bein ing g : to be be o on n cal calll all all the the ttim ime. e.

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 trie tried d to stop stop 4o 4ohn hn mak makin ing g the the payme payment nt but but he 9co 9coul uldn dn’t ’t : wou would ldn’ n’t t llist isten en to to m me. e.

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*i *idi ding ng the the tru truth th was was a mist mistak ake. e.  9shou 9should ldn’ n’tt : woul wouldn dn’t ’t have have don donee th that at b but ut  did. did.

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f  h had ad be been en in you ourr posit positio ion" n"  99sh shou ould ld : wou would ld h hav avee ask asked ed for for h hel elp. p.

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/a /arr rry y said said he 9c 9cou ould ldn’ n’tt : sho shoul uldn dn’t ’t ffor orce ce /i /iam am to to stop stop taki taking ng big big risk risks. s.

%E#0ING ead the article and choose the best answer ' a, b or c ' to the /uestions below.

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8hat 8hat d do o com compa pani nies es not not und under ersta stand nd well well"" acco accord rdin ing g to rece recent nt res resea earc rch; h; a

8hat att attrracts wo workers to to o oin a co company

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8hat makes workers want to stay in a ob

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8hat mak akes es empl employ oyee eess wan wantt tto o per perfo form rm well well in a o ob )*+,+-+)AB/0  2(11 )earson /ongman 0/,

 

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8hich ich of of tth hese ese tth hing ings do does the the rres esea earrch show show;; a

8ork rker erss and and empl employ oyee eess have have diff differ eren entt idea ideass abou aboutt wh what at enc encou oura rage gess lo loy yalty alty.

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0mployers aren’t interested in retaining talent.

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0mpl 0mploy oyee eess don don’t ’t co cons nsid ider er it im impo port rtan antt tto o be motiv otivat ated ed..

8hic 8hich h of of tthe hese se was was amon among g emp emplo loy yee ees’ s’ mai ain n mot motiv ivat atio ions ns;; a

or all of us who work in marketing" that’s a pretty strong statement" st atement" isn’t it; !& But is /and right; Are we working in !'

marketing because our product is no good ;  Cow" you may or may not know that that /and was the inventor of the hugely successful )olaroid camera.  ou ou  probably didn’t know know that in the mid 1''(s" the company had an annual revenue of D2.31 billion billion #(; +bviously )olaroid was doing something right E a

nvolving the audience

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