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Vocabulary: Career and Workplace (Part 1)

Total questions: 126

Worksheet time: 63hrs 0mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Because of his bad health, his father decided to take an early __________ when he was 53.

a)

promotion

b)

job

c)

retirement

d)

pension

2.

When you work __________ you can arrange your own schedule.

a)

full time

b)

part-time

c)

overtime

d)

flexitime

3.

People working in Customer Service need to __________ with clients or consumers.

a)

coordinate

b)

charge

c)

solve

d)

deal

4.

He sold cosmetics and __________ 30% commission on all orders.

a)

made

b)

earned

c)

paid

d)

consumed

5.

Her mother __________ a nine-to-five job in a small company.

a)

takes

b)

works

c)

does

d)

makes

6.

__________ Department is the one that deals with employees and training.

a)

Customer Service

b)

Production

c)

Finance

d)

Human Resources

7.

Some people __________ a career break to do something adventurous.

a)

climb

b)

get

c)

take

d)

set

8.

Certain companies __________ career opportunities to the long-term unemployed.

a)

have

b)

decide

c)

take

d)

offer

9.

I feel sorry for Ms. Bloxham because she has to work __________.

a)

anti-social hours

b)

flexitime

c)

full time

d)

part-time

10.

Linda Erickson is __________ for monitoring our products and improving quality.

a)

responsible

b)

capable

c)

able

d)

suitable

11.

Jose Manzano __________ that staff and premises are protected against crime.

a)

looks for

b)

deals

c)

makes sure

d)

involves

12.

He has __________ on a career plan although he is still a university student.

a)

decided

b)

made

c)

taken

d)

offered

13.

It can take a long time to __________ the career ladder.

a)

move

b)

jump

c)

climb

d)

go

14.

Mr. Thompson was __________ last week for terrible performance.

a)

praised

b)

promoted

c)

fired

d)

motivated

15.

In banking, you can make __________ and retire early.

a)

a fortune

b)

mistakes

c)

progress

d)

a living

16.

Social networking helps you make __________ with job opportunities.

a)

relations

b)

connections

c)

contacts

d)

promotion

17.

It is a difficult time for the industry __________ our company is growing.

a)

but

b)

because

c)

so

d)

and

18.

Sales are falling but management is not very __________.

a)

satisfied

b)

hopeful

c)

worried

d)

happy

19.

We improve services to __________ customer needs.

a)

provide

b)

supply

c)

meet

d)

offer

20.

We will __________ our sales conference in Mumbai.

a)

prepare

b)

fix

c)

meet

d)

hold

21.

Johnson & Johnson is a giant in the __________ industry.

a)

engineering

b)

telecommunication

c)

pharmaceutical

d)

retail

22.

Pinnelcom is __________ to delivering value.

a)

committed

b)

determined

c)

expected

d)

wished

23.

Employer-employee __________ are different at John Lewis.

a)

relations

b)

operations

c)

productions

d)

motivations

24.

All people working are called the __________.

a)

resources

b)

citizens

c)

workforce

d)

population

25.

Strong cashflow lets us __________ new projects.

a)

provide

b)

finance

c)

afford

d)

supply

26.

Employees are our most valuable __________.

a)

asset

b)

belonging

c)

service

d)

object

27.

You get money back under a _________.

a)

guarantee

b)

discount

c)

delivery

d)

dispatch

28.

Could I __________ your email address?

a)

confirmed

b)

to confirm

c)

confirming

d)

confirm

29.

My sister ______ type the whole report now.

a)

would

b)

will can

c)

can

d)

could

30.

Peter is 59 but he does not want __________ early retirement. In fact, he is taking on more work!

a)

to taking

b)

taking

c)

to take

d)

take

31.

How much money _________ left in our bank account?

a)

is

b)

are

c)

were

d)

have been

32.

“________ you like some more tea?” “I’d love some, thank you.”

a)

Might

b)

May

c)

Would

d)

Could

33.

________ you start your work in two weeks’ time? – “Certainly. I’m free to start as soon as you like.”

a)

Should

b)

Could

c)

Must

d)

Might

34.

________ you like to have a cup of coffee at the canteen with me after the meeting?

a)

Would

b)

Should

c)

May

d)

Could

35.

Will people ________ discuss the topic and come to the agreement in one day?

a)

not able to

b)

could be

c)

be able to

d)

could be able to

36.

Give me another phone number for Workplace Solutions. I can’t get ________ to them.

a)

past

b)

up

c)

through

d)

over

37.

Hello, I’d like to speak ________ Giovanna, please.

a)

for

b)

past

c)

to

d)

of

38.

Nadine works for HR. She deals ________ staff problems as well as recruitment and training.

a)

to

b)

on

c)

at

d)

with

39.

The management had to be responsible ________ all of the problems that had occurred.

a)

for

b)

of

c)

to

d)

on

40.

Choose the best option to complete the sentence: I don't think he _______ to win the next marketing competition.

a)

will be able

b)

was able to

c)

won’t be

d)

could be able to

41.

Choose the best option: I looked everywhere for my glasses but I ______ find them anywhere.

a)

can

b)

couldn't

c)

am able to

d)

might

42.

Choose the best option: Would you mind ______ at weekends?

a)

to work

b)

working

c)

work

d)

worked

43.

Choose the best option: John ________ work very long hours, about eleven hours a day, which makes him stressed.

a)

shouldn’t

b)

has to

c)

needn’t

d)

mustn’t

44.

Choose the best option: If you want to work in the USA, you ______ speak good English.

a)

shouldn’t

b)

needn’t

c)

mustn’t

d)

have to

45.

Choose the best option: You ______ say anything stupid if you want to keep your job.

a)

should

b)

need

c)

have to

d)

mustn't

46.

Choose the best option: This is a non-smoking area so you ______ smoke here.

a)

don’t need to

b)

mustn’t

c)

don’t have to

d)

shouldn’t

47.

Choose the best option: Online retailers ______ offer secure guarantees to the public. It’s really necessary.

a)

can

b)

have

c)

may

d)

need to

48.

Choose the best option: According to the advertising law, advertisers ______ make false claims about their products.

a)

don’t have to

b)

don’t need to

c)

shouldn’t

d)

mustn’t

49.

Choose the best option: Our company is planning ______ our products to Thailand.

a)

exporting

b)

export

c)

to export

d)

to exporting

50.

Choose the best option: His company offers a ______ salary and private health insurance.

a)

competitive

b)

compete

c)

competitor

d)

competition

51.

Choose the best option: I’d like to start my report by ______ that we have had an excellent year.

a)

to say

b)

say

c)

said

d)

saying

52.

Choose the best option: We’ve reached our sales targets, so we don’t ______ work over the weekend.

a)

can

b)

need to

c)

should

d)

have

53.

Choose the best option: The next point I’d like to mention in my talk ______ our plans of expansion.

a)

is

b)

are

c)

was

d)

were

54.

Choose the best option: The purpose ______ the presentation is to introduce the key features of our new product.

a)

of

b)

for

c)

in

d)

about

55.

Choose the best option: After some basic information, I’ll explain why we’ve been so ______ in the fashion industry.

a)

succeed

b)

successful

c)

success

d)

successfully

56.

Choose the best option: I ______ the name of the owner but everyone just ______ him Tam.

a)

know/ calls

b)

knows/ calls

c)

do not know/ calls

d)

do not know/ call

57.

Choose the best option: He normally ______ at the office at 8 o’clock in the morning.

a)

arrives

b)

arrive

c)

will arrive

d)

is arriving

58.

Choose the best option: We ______ our sixth subsidiary in Milan next month.

a)

have opened

b)

are opening

c)

open

d)

opened

59.

Choose the best option: At present, our company ______ for a new sales manager.

a)

is looking

b)

looked

c)

looks

d)

look

60.

Choose the best option: We rarely ______ our prices by more than 3%.

a)

is raising

b)

are raising

c)

raise

d)

raises

61.

Choose the best option: Some businesses allow customers ______ online.

a)

to shop

b)

shopped

c)

shop

d)

shopping

62.

Choose the best option: Online shopping makes it ______ for customers to compare prices.

a)

easier

b)

more easy

c)

more easily

d)

easily

63.

Choose the best option: You must listen carefully ______ whatever they say in a meeting.

a)

at

b)

to

c)

for

d)

with

64.

Choose the best option: Currently, he ______ himself for his new assignment in Germany.

a)

is preparing

b)

prepares

c)

prepare

d)

has prepared

65.

Choose the best option: Tatsuo for a financial magazine. Now he ______ an article on insider trading.

a)

is working/ is writing

b)

works/ is writing

c)

works/ writes

d)

work/ is writing

66.

Choose the best option: American Express ______ travel and financial services worldwide.

a)

is providing

b)

provides

c)

provide

d)

will provide

67.

Choose the best option: I always have to wait to check ______.

a)

on

b)

out

c)

at

d)

back

68.

Choose the best option: High street retailers need to present goods ______.

a)

attractively

b)

attraction

c)

attractive

d)

attract

69.

Choose the best option: We should spend more time ______ market research.

a)

doing

b)

do

c)

to

d)

to doing

70.

Choose the best option: I don’t have ______ out much.

a)

going

b)

go

c)

to go

d)

to going

71.

Choose the best option: I ______ from Poland, but at the moment I ______ in Germany.

a)

am coming/ am living

b)

come/ am living

c)

am coming/ live

d)

come/ live

72.

Choose the correct option: Although we ______ our own representative now, we generally ______ agents in China.

a)

are using/ are using

b)

use/ use

c)

are using/ use

d)

use/ are using

73.

Choose the correct option: Mr Thomson is on sick leave, that's why I ______ his job.

a)

do

b)

am doing

c)

have done

d)

does

74.

Choose the correct option: On holiday, Hannah and John ______ of everything.

a)

is taking care

b)

are taking care

c)

takes care

d)

take care

75.

Choose the correct option: I ______ to take care of Mr. Brown because he is a big customer.

a)

don’t need to

b)

shouldn’t

c)

need

d)

should

76.

Choose the correct option: It is necessary ______ attention to body language in negotiation.

a)

paid

b)

to pay

c)

be paying

d)

pay

77.

Choose the correct option: If production costs increase, they may ______ their prices.

a)

raise

b)

to raising

c)

raise

d)

raising

78.

Choose the correct option: Toyota always ______ the products that customers want.

a)

provided

b)

provides

c)

is providing

d)

has provided

79.

Choose the correct option: ______ is more important for high street selling than online selling.

a)

Locate

b)

Location

c)

To locate

d)

Located

80.

Choose the correct option: They ______ these products from Europe last year.

a)

have imported

b)

are importing

c)

imported

d)

import

81.

Choose the correct option: We ______ when someone knocked at the door.

a)

are talking

b)

were talking

c)

have talked

d)

talked

82.

Choose the correct option: The rent ______ by 5 percent, so we closed the shop.

a)

increased

b)

have increased

c)

have been increasing

d)

was increasing

83.

Choose the correct option: To meet demand, you ______ provide something necessary.

a)

need

b)

ought

c)

should

d)

has to

84.

Choose the correct option: Consider carefully before ______ in the resignation letter.

a)

to handing

b)

to hand

c)

hand

d)

handing

85.

Choose the correct option: Apart ______ being gold-plated, they look normal.

a)

from

b)

to

c)

of

d)

than

86.

Choose the correct option: Yesterday morning, my boss ______ with the Taiwanese supplier.

a)

discussed

b)

had discussed

c)

was discussing

d)

were discussing

87.

Choose the correct option: Last month we ______ ideas into practice, so our business ______ more profits.

a)

put / made

b)

put / was making

c)

was putting / was making

d)

was putting / made

88.

Choose the correct option: Proteus could ______ different roles and shapes.

a)

take on

b)

taking on

c)

to taking on

d)

to take on

89.

Choose the correct option: Eliza ______ she will work in Germany next year, so she ______ herself.

a)

knows/ is preparing

b)

is knowing/ is preparing

c)

is knowing/ prepares

d)

know/ prepare

90.

Choose the correct option: We increased market share ______; therefore, share price rose.

a)

considerable

b)

considerate

c)

considerably

d)

consider

91.

Choose the correct option: Bill Gates ______ his first program at 13. He ______ a lot of time on computers.

a)

writing/spending

b)

writes/spends

c)

wrote/spend

d)

wrote/ spent

92.

Choose the correct option: The Globe Theatre ______ in 1997; it ______ built in 1599.

a)

opened/ was

b)

open/ was

c)

have opened/ were

d)

had opened/ was

93.

Choose the correct option: Joan ______ angry. She ______ to a client and someone ______ the room.

a)

became/ was speaking/ entered

b)

was becoming/ was speaking/ entered

c)

became/ spoke/ entered

d)

became/ was speaking/ entering

94.

Choose the correct option: We financed the project ______ severe cash flow problems.

a)

because

b)

due to

c)

despite

d)

although

95.

Choose the correct option: They offer chances ______ my career.

a)

to improve

b)

improving

c)

improve

d)

for improving

96.

Choose the correct option: What is one of ______ business ideas?

a)

the most great

b)

greatest

c)

the greatest

d)

greater

97.

Choose the correct option: The cost could become ______ in a few weeks’ time.

a)

heighten

b)

highly

c)

height

d)

high

98.

Choose the correct option: We were ______ to finance the new project because of severe cash flow problems.

a)

capable

b)

ability

c)

unable

d)

able

99.

Choose the correct option: We usually observe our customers’ reactions ______ so that we can make improvements in our service.

a)

carefully

b)

successfully

c)

recently

d)

curiously

100.

Choose the correct option: Tata is India’s first true multinational, with 65 per cent of its $71 billion in revenue ______ overseas.

a)

circulated

b)

generated

c)

donated

d)

mobilized

101.

Some critics argue that introducing professionals would help to break down a ________ for weak management in large, family-run companies.

a)

reputation

b)

voice

c)

name

d)

fame

102.

One of my company’s strengths is that we always provide a good after-sales___________ .

a)

check-up

b)

service

c)

guarantee

d)

delivery

103.

The way you pay for the good you want is called a method of ____________ .

a)

money

b)

payment

c)

currency

d)

exchange

104.

If an outsider, especially a foreigner, __________ a group as complex as Tata, it will be disastrous.

a)

takes in

b)

takes over

c)

takes up

d)

takes off

105.

We feel proud because our customers are always __________ satisfied with our service.

a)

All are correct

b)

really

c)

fully

d)

completely

106.

Customers who buy __________ are allowed to have a discount.

a)

with large number

b)

in amount

c)

in bulk

d)

in quantity

107.

We can change this item because the shop gives us a 10-day___________

a)

cooling-off period

b)

after sales service

c)

interest-free credit

d)

exchange profit

108.

We will lose our deposit if we __________ our decision not to buy the house.

a)

exchange

b)

make

c)

change

d)

convert

109.

We have a 14-day cooling-off period during which we can __________ our contract.

a)

continue

b)

start

c)

begin

d)

cancel

110.

__________ often sell large quantities of goods to wholesales who do not usually sell directly to consumers.

a)

Shopkeepers

b)

Buyers

c)

Suppliers

d)

Retailers

111.

If the customers are not __________ with the quality of our products, they can __________ within 10 days.

a)

satisfactory/ return

b)

satisfied/ refund

c)

satisfactory/ refund

d)

satisfied/ return

112.

I am happy to inform you that we’ve made a big __________ after our great effort.

a)

profit

b)

share price

c)

tax

d)

interest

113.

They wanted to expand their production, so they decided to __________ in new technology.

a)

invest

b)

spend

c)

use

d)

develop

114.

Our company intends to __________ Chinese market which offers us a lot of opportunities.

a)

keep

b)

open

c)

enter

d)

sell

115.

The most outstanding feature of this machine is that it can help to __________ waste during the process of manufacture.

a)

reduce

b)

cut out

c)

increase

d)

go down

116.

If the goods you require is out of stock, they are not __________

a)

payable

b)

receivable

c)

possible

d)

available

117.

A lot of innovators are more __________ in technology than in business so there are not many ideas for new products.

a)

interested

b)

worried

c)

passionate

d)

caring

118.

It is important to __________ up personal relationships with the factory owners if you want to expand your product in this area.

a)

build

b)

break

c)

make

d)

get

119.

This company __________ an award for its effort of protecting the environment.

a)

took

b)

sponsored

c)

won

d)

gave

120.

A lot of people buy our product in summer. We should __________ this opportunity to launch the new model.

a)

take care of

b)

have the use of

c)

have a chance of

d)

take advantage of

121.

With the boom of the Internet, in 2000 our company __________ with an attractive website, so the sales rose dramatically.

a)

went public

b)

went abroad

c)

went bankrupt

d)

went online

122.

Choose the best verb: Every product is made to _________ a need, or to satisfy customer demand.

a)

meet

b)

respond

c)

fill

d)

please

123.

Pick the correct word: Sometimes an idea may simply be when a company takes _________ of an opportunity to offer more choice to its customers.

a)

advertisement

b)

award

c)

advantage

d)

advance

124.

Choose the accurate phrase: Brainstorming is an effective way of _________ business ideas.

a)

extending

b)

developing

c)

meeting

d)

taking

125.

Complete the statement: Apple has _________ a real breakthrough for its recent launch of iPhone 14.

a)

earned

b)

done

c)

looked

d)

made

126.

Choose the best descriptor: Some people will buy new products because the products raise status, give them a new more _________ image.

a)

famous

b)

upmarket

c)

fashionable

d)

modern