PART FIVE

    Questions41 – 52

    Read the text below about job vacancies

    In most of the lines 41 - 52 there is one extra word. It is either grammatically incorrect of does not fit in with the sense of the text. Some lines, however,are correct .

    If a line is correct , write CORRECT on your Answer Sheet .

    If there is an extra word in the line,write the extra word in CAPITAL LETTERS on your Answer Sheet .

    The exercise begins with two examples, （0） and （00） Temporary staff required

    0 Data Facts Limited is an expanding management services company whose

    00 based in the north of England. We are undertaking a major piece of research

    41for a leading financial institution . Part of the research is being a nationwide

    42 telephone survey in early part December. Phone calls will be made from an

    43 office in the centre of Manchester. The temporary staff will receive a fully day's

    44 training. They will then phone people who have been agreed to take part in the

    45 survey and will go on through a questionnaire with them. They will be required

    46 to record the responses accurately in writing. It will be necessary for those who

    47 appointed to work a certain number of evenings and weekends. We are

    48 looking for people who have a good telephone manner. A good level of their

    49 education is desirable, but what we most require of people taking on this

    50 work is common sense and the experience of getting thins done over

    51 the telephone. Some knowledge although of banking or insurance would be an

    52 advantage. Interested candidates should contact with our Recruitment Officer by phone or email to request an application form.

    Writing 1 hour 10 minutes

    Part one

    Question 1

    ●An international survey has recently been conducted, asking whether companies plan to alter their spending on information technology next year. The pie charts below compare planned expenditure on IT by European and South-East Asian companies in the coming year

    ●Using the information from the pie chart , write a short report describing the differences between Europe and South-East Asia.

    ●Write 120-140 words

    Part two

    Write an answer to one of the question 2-4 in this part. Write your answer in 200-250 words.

    Question 2

    ●Your company opened a new branch a year ago and the Managing Director at Head Office has asked you to prepare a report on its progress.

    ●Write your report for the Managing Director. Including the following information:

    ●the reason for opening the branch

    ●its successes

    ●problems experienced

    ●plans for the coming year

    Question 3

    Your department recently moved to a new building, you are not satisfied with the way the removal company dealt with the move of your furniture and equipment and have decided to write a letter of complaint to the removal company about it.

    Write the letter to the removal company, including the following information:

    Details of the move and what was moved

    What was unsatisfactory

    What you had expected from the company

    What you expect to happen now

    Question 4

    the international organization you work for is considering the possibility of producing a promotional brochure to publicise the company abroad . The Managing Director has asked you to write a contribution for this brochure.

    Write your proposal for the Managing Director, including the following information

    Possible contents of the brochure

    Ways to make it attractive

    Benefits the brochure could have for the company

    Listening

    approximately 40 minutes （including 10 minutes' transfer time）

    Part one:

    Question 1-12

    ●You will hear a representative of a company which organizes trade fairs for academic recruitment . she is talking to a group of prospective clients.

    . ● As you listen, for questions 1-12. complete the notes, using up to three words or a number.

    ●.After you have listened once, replay the recording.

    Praxis Academic Recruitment Fairs

    Specific geographical areas served:

    （1）___________________________________________________________

    （2） __________________________________________________________

    Package includes:

    Exhibition（3） ___________________________________________________

    Delivery of all （4） ___________________________

    Local（5） ___________________________

    "Filtering system":

    Works through （6） ___________________________

    Advertisements placed in （7） ___________________________

    And on （8） ___________________________

    "context-sensitive" feature:

    Convenient （9） ___________________________

    Services of （10） ___________________________

    More details from publicity leaflet about:

    （11） ___________________________

    Special services

    （12） ___________________________

    Part two

    Question 13-22

    ●You will hear five different people speaking about changes in personnel in their place of work

    ●For each extract there are two tasks, For Task One , choose the reason for change in personnel from the list A-H .For Task Two, choose the action that has been taken as a result, from the list A –H

    ●After you have listened once, reply the recording

    Task one—Reason

    ●For questions 13-17 ,match the extracts with the reasons, listed A –H

    ●For each extract, choose the reason each speaker mentions.

    ●write one letter A-H next to the number of the extract

    13____________

    14___________

    15___________

    16___________

    17___________

    A sick leave

    B dismissal

    C promotion

    D secondment

    E resignation

    F study leave

    H redundancy