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    BEC Vantage Masterclass

    Unit 4 Test

    1 Match phrases 1–10 with phrases a–j to make complete sentences.


    0 It can take several years to crack a k a more than half of our sales.
    1 Sales improved in the final b confidence in dotcom
    2 Retail analysts say that consumer businesses.
    3 The European market generates c competitor is the Tesco chain.
    4 High street bookshops are in competition d competitive sector.
    5 In Britain, our principal e quarter of the year.
    6 Sales were poor so we withdrew f redundant when the store
    7 Many investors have lost closed.
    8 Poor sales last year meant we had to cut g with on-line stores.
    9 We made all our staff h several jobs.
    10 We work in an intensely i from the Japanese market.
    j spending has declined this year.
    k new market.

    2 Complete each gap 1–5 in the text with a preposition from this list. Use each
    preposition once only.

    by from in of to

    Multinational domestic cleaning products company Kidman Foster announced


    its third quarter results yesterday. Turnover rose 1 £660m
    2 £693m, which represents an increase 3 5 per cent. In
    the same period, their profits increased 4 25 per cent. This
    compares well with the third quarter last year when the company reported only
    a 15 per cent increase 5 profits.

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    BEC Vantage Masterclass

    3 Now complete a second extract from the article, which was published on
    14 November. Use a verb from this list, in the past simple or present perfect
    tense. Use each verb once.

    be expand go up launch perform say

    Commenting yesterday on the results, the Managing Director 0 said ‘The


    company 1 very well during the period from July to September, and
    our European markets, in particular, 2 rapidly. The latest figures show
    that our profits for the year so far 3 by 24%, which is a very
    satisfactory result. Much of our success this year 4 due to excellent
    sales of the new range of automatic dishwashing products which we
    5 at the start of the year.’

    Total /25

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    BEC Vantage Masterclass

    Unit 4 Test key

    1 1e 2j 3a 4g 5c 6i 7b 8h 9f 10 d
    (1 mark for each correct answer)

    2 1 from 2 to 3 of 4 by 5 in
    (1 mark for each correct answer)

    3 1 performed
    2 expanded
    3 have gone up
    4 has been
    5 launched
    (2 marks for each correct answer, 1 for the correct verb, and 1 for the correct
    form of the verb)

    (Total: 25 marks)

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