ENM401 Unit 3 Quiz

A: Their firm has developed considerably.

B: Yeah. They've certainly managed to _____ a good business over the years.

(Choose a synonym of the boldfaced word to complete the sentence)

• build up

• restore

• sever

• undermine

A: Getting rid of those trade barriers should cement the friendship between our countries.

B: Absolutely. There's nothing like trade to _____ relations.

(Choose a synonym of the boldfaced word to complete the sentence)

• undermine

• strengthen

• establish

• sever

A: It's good to hear that they are thinking of resuming deplomatic relations, isn't it?

B: Yeah, that's great. _____ relations is probably the best decision.

(Choose a synonym of the boldfaced word to complete the sentence)

• Developing

• Maintaining

• Jeopardising

• Restoring

A: The key question is, how can we encourage cooperation between our organizations?

B: Definitely. We need to find ways to _____ cooperation.

(Choose a synonym of the boldfaced word to complete the sentence)

• foster

• restore

• cut off

• disrupt

A: I'm afraid lack of communication is now jeopardising our relations.
B: I agree. I think it's really _____ future cooperation.

(Choose a synomym of the boldfaced word to complete the sentence)

• promoting

• undermining

• establishing

• cutting off

A: I hear Riel Engineering has broken off relations with its main distributor.

B: To be honest, I wonder what took them so long to _____ retations with such an unreliable distributor.

(Choose a synomym of the boldfaced word to complete the sentence)

• sever

• disrupt

• cultivate

• cement

Their repeated interventions _____ the whole meeting.

• corrupted

• broke off

• disrupted

Japan is trying to _____ a much warmer relationship with China.

• cut off

• improve

• cultivate

China's desire to _____ a solid relationship with the US has been the anchor of its foreign policy for several decades.

• maintain

• undermine

• strain

Thanks to its sponsorship of various cultural events, the company _____ very good relations with the local community.

• resumes

• enjoys

• improves