SCHOOL OF ECONOMICS-BUSINESS PROGRAM

ENGLISH LEVEL I –CIUDAD 2016-2

FIRST MIDTERM EXAM 20%

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READING SECTION: This section tests your ability to understand written English in a business context.

Multiple choice: Read the following text about the daily routine a Spanish (5 points – 0.5 each
Task 1
Business man. Choice the correct answer in questions 1 to 10. one)

I Reading Comprehension - Juan Sebastian Angel, A Business man lifestyle.

Juan Sebastian Angel is the CEO for Paper Leader. He was born in 1969 in Cordoba, in southern Spain, and
moved to Madrid where he lived with his family and studied International Business. Today, he has an apartment in
Chicago near his office.

He sleeps for six or seven hours a night and wakes up at 6 am. Mr. Angel practices Taekwondo for about sixty
minutes a day, then he has a nutritious breakfast. He doesn´t go to his office in the morning. He goes to his office
at 1: 30 pm, but gets to his office half an hour later. He finishes work at 9 pm

When he isn’t working, he likes reading Forbes Magazine. He is so interested in economics and Finances, he
reads about international stock markets and finance, but when he is at work, he is all the time with customers or
attending meetings, making some business with other managers or supervising the Paper production at the
company.

He has a passion for women, but relationships are difficult because he is only married to his work. But he has a
close relationship with his family in Spain. They are the most important people to him – he sees them every time
He goes to Europe, at least once or twice a month.

As a very busy CEO, He travels all the time. But his means of transportation is not traditional. He only travels by
Air Bus when he is in USA; but when he is in Europe, He travels by train, not any train, he always uses the
Eurostar. One week He has to make some business with Managers who work for printing companies in Paris,
then the other week he visits customers interested in raw material for book production.
He really has a wonderful lifestyle, but He works hard, but that is not a problem because every moth He makes
US$ 10.000.000

1. Where does Mr. Juan Angel live?

a. Cordoba b Chicago C Madrid.

2. How long does he practice Taekondo?

a. About 7 hours a day b. between one and two hours c. one hour
 3. What time does he start work?

a. 1:30 pm b. 9:00 pm c. 2. O´clock

4. How long does he work?

a. About 9 hours b. About 2 hours c. about 7 hours

5. What kind of readings is He interested in? about..

a. Economy and Finances b. Papers Production C. Forbes

6. How often does he travel to Spain?

a. He rarely goes to Spain b. about twice a month c. Once a year

7. What activities does he usually do as the CEO for Paper Leader?

a. He reads about Economics and Finances

b. He attends meetings with important managers
c. He visits his family in Europe

8. What does Paper Leader manufacture?

a. Forbes Magazine b. Paper c. Books

9. How does he go from London to Paris? __________________________________

a. Air Bus b. On a special Train c. On a typical train.

10. Paper Leader makes …

a. US$10 million a month b. Raw Material c. Books

Task 2 Put numbers in the boxes to organize the sentences in the right order to (5 points – 1 each one)
 form a coherent email.

Taken from: Market Leader Elementary: Practice File (Third edition)

VOCABULARY SECTION: This section tests your ability to use business vocabulary

Task 1 Complete the chart of countries and nationalities (5 points – 0.5 each one)

Country Nationality Country Nationality

Canada Switzerland
Russian Polish
Spain The USA
Italy Greek
French The UK
Task 2 Use the following words to complete the text. (5 points – 0.5 each one)

•loves •friends •winter •often • sometimes

•money •gym •interests •rarely •evening

Mary has a lot of hobbies and 1._____________. She usually gets up early so she can run before work. She doesn't often
have time to ski, but she occasionally goes on Saturdays during the 2.____________. Mary often rides a horse at a stable
near her home. She 3._________________ goes after work, but she usually goes horseback riding on Sundays. She
____________ music. She always goes to choir practice on Wednesday 5.________________ and sings in church on
4.

Sundays. She doesn't have much extra 6.______________, so she 7.____________ goes to concerts in the city. She seldom
watches TV because she likes doing things outside. She usually goes to the 8._____________ if it's raining outside. She isn't
___________ alone because she has a lot of friends. She occasionally does something alone, but she usually does her
9.

activities with one of her 10.______________. She's a happy woman!

Task 3 Match the following words studied during the course with their definition (5 points – 0.5 each one)

a. I want to buy a car (a Ferrari), but the money I earn is not enough. I need a _______________________________ in
order to buy the Ferrari because it is very expensive.
b. Erica, my boss, really likes employees: she treats them like friends; she is a very _________________
__________________ to all of us.
c. I would love to spend a month in Hawaii on vacation but I don’t have ____________________________________ at
work, they only give us a week off every year.
d. My brother has a great TV set, but its Direct TV signal is terrible. I think the TV cable is _________________. Also, he
doesn’t know where the remote control is… it is _________________.
e. I have class at university at 12:00 m. It is 11:45 a.m. now, and I am going to be _________________ because Metroplus
is _________________ due to an accident.
f. I am going to start my university studies next month; I need to have ______________________________ at work so that
I have time for my classes.
g. My cousin Laura is very happy at work, she doesn’t have to take any taxis or buses –she uses her ________________
_________________ every day.
h. What do you call a person who works at the same place you do? ____________________
i. Moving to a higher position in your current job in a short period of time. __________________________________
j. How do you call a senior manager in a company or organization, whose job is to make and implement major decisions
____________________

1. Broken -- missing 6. Long holidays

2. Flexible hours 7. Fast promotion
3. A colleague 8. Friendly boss
4. A CEO 9. Late -- delayed
5. A company car 10. High salary
Created by Diana Yepes and Isabel Vélez, 2014-1/2
 GRAMMAR (STRUCTURE) SECTION. This section tests your ability to correctly use grammatical structures in a
business context.

All of the following sentences are not right. They might have 1 or 2 mistakes on
(10 points – 1 each
Task 1 them. Find them, underline them and write the correct sentence. (Adverbs of
one)
frequency, simple present, verb to be, in-on-at, a-an)

a. We not have usually breakfast on the company cafeteria.

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b. Do you has any money to go shopping?
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c. Where does she from?
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d. How many siblings Carol has?
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e. I am not know who Rodolfo Linás is from.
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f. The CEO meet new sometimes investors for the new project.
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g. The company create a new office at Cancún.
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h. My secretary read never the office e-mails.
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i. My new sales representative are from a Sweden.
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j. Janeth calls her customers in the 10:00 am.
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Created by Isabel Vélez, 2014-1, adapted by Diana Yepes 2014-2
Use the elements to form correct sentences or questions. PAY ATTENTION: you
Task 2 (5 points-1 each one)
will need extra elements.
a. Brazil / from / Maria’s / parents
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b. Interested / science / Elizabeth / in / fiction
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c. Sergio / from / accountant / New York/ ?
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d. not / tall / wife / is / Diego’s / too
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e. sister / study / My / UdeA / at/ not
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WRITING. This section tests your ability to accurately use writing to communicate in a business context.

Write about your studies, mention the number of hours you study, the number of
Task classes you have, the difficult classes and the easy ones, speak about the time you
(10
points)
start and finish classes, also mention what you do at the weekend, use at least 10
verbs to do so, and complete sentences in present simple. (10 points)

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_________________________________________________________ Criteria 1 2 3 4 5
Content
Composing
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Structure
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 UNIVERSIDAD DE ANTIOQUIA - SCHOOL OF ECONOMICS
ENGLISH PROGRAM – FIRST MIDTERM (20%)
ENGLISH I - CIUDAD
2016-2

Name: _________________________________________________________

LISTENING SECTION: This section tests your ability to understand spoken English in a business
context. You will listen to the recording twice only.

Task 1 Listen very carefully and chose the correct option according to the audio. (6 points – 2 each)

1). What are the speakers mainly 2). What is the woman's position? 3). What will the man do at noon?

discussing? a) Secretary a) Call Paul Frazier

a) Changing an appointment b) Administrator b) Meet with Bill Callahan

b) A proposed contract c) Caterer c) Pick up his blue suit

c) The man's schedule d) Dry Cleaner d) Attend a special lunch

d) A lunch menu

Audio and exercise available at http://www.english-test.net/toeic/listening/personal_assistant_updates_her_boss_on_his_current_agenda.html

Task 2 Filling the gaps: Listen to the recording and fill the gaps (9-points, 1 each one)

— Well, Ms. Gantz, your resume is certainly impressive, and I see you _______1 a lot of experience
in the electronics field. Now I'd like to ask you a few ____________2. First, why do you
________3 to join our firm?
— Eldridge Electronics is one of the most well-respected ____________4 in the industry. Not only
for the quality of your ___________5, but for the way employees are treated. Eldridge offers an
opportunity to challenge myself, and to be fairly rewarded for doing so.
— I see. And does your current employer know that you are in the market for a new _________6?
— Not explicitly, but my __________7 understands that I've been there six years now, and I've
basically reached the top of the ladder in terms of _______8 I can do with them. In fact, he
recently joked that he'd better find a way to keep me __________9 or else he'd lose me.

Taken from: http://www.english-test.net/toeic/listening/hr_person_interviews_job_applicant.html#TOEIC_Listening_Comprehension

Task 3 Listen to the sentence and choose the right activity (10 points, 1 each)

1. I like to _______ in the _______ with my ________. 6. How about getting out the board ________________?

A. hiking A. snowboarding
B. running B. skating
C. driving C. chess

2. My dad _______________ twice a week. 7. ____________________________________________.

A. weight lifting A. baseball

B. swimming B. racketball
C. basketball C. golf

3. He ______________________ to get exercise. 8. ____________________________________________.

A. bicycling A. gardening
B. soccer B. art
C. volleyball C. cooking

4. She usually uses _______________________. 9. ____________________________________________.

A. pottery A. writing
B. knitting B. music
C. painting C. reading

5. They went to the lake ___________________. 10. __________________________________________.

A. sailing A. drawing
B. bird watching B. photography
C. fishing C. computer games

(Audio and exercise available at http://www.esl-lab.com/eslbasic/hobbies-1.htm)