Market Leader

ANSWER KEY

Entry test

Listening (6 marks)

1 b / 2 b / 3 b / 4 c / 5 a / 6 c

Skills (12 marks)

7 b / 8 d / 9 c / 10 e / 11 a / 12 d / 13 b / 14 e

15 c / 16 g / 17 h / 18 f

Vocabulary (12 marks)

19 interviewed more than 2,500 customs customers at our London shop.

20 you help organisation organise the conference next week?

21 We give every new employee six months of on-the-job train training.

22 We product produce most of our components in the Asia Pacific region.

23 We’ve invited the team from EBS to meeting meet with us in Madrid next week.

24 a / 25 c / 26 g / 27 f / 28 h / 29 e / 30 d

Reading (10 marks)

31 c / 32 a / 33 d / 34 e / 35 b

36 False / 37 False / 38 True / 39 True / 40 False

Language (10 marks)

41 e / 42 b / 43 c / 44 a / 45 d

46 I’ve been working here since 2007.

47 We’re developing a new training programme.

48 I’m going to visit the Stuttgart office.

49 Three people were made redundant.

50 I always take the 6:30 train.

Writing (20 marks in total; 10 marks each)

See page 44 for Examiner’s guidelines.

A

Dear (name)

I’m writing because we need to meet to discuss the Spain

project. Would you like to come to my office for a meeting?

Friday, 28 July at two o’clock would be good for me. Is that

good for you?

I look forward to seeing you.

B

Dear Sir/Madam

Re: Application for market researcher job

I am writing to apply for the job of market researcher, as advertised in Jobsnews on 5 January. I have a bachelor’s degree in business studies and I have worked in an advertising agency for two years. I speak Spanish as my first language and I am proficient in French and English.

I would like to have the job of market researcher because it is the most important job in any business. If we make products and services but we don’t understand who will buy them, our work is useless. I enjoy meeting people and I am a good listener, too. This is the perfect...