PRACTICE TEST ONE PART VI

141. Our hotel division (A)
will be sending (B)
representatives up down (C)
the coast to look for (D)
possible acquisitions.


Acquisition (n) the act of
getting sth, especially
knowledge, a skill, etc.


142. To receive (A)
information for invest (B) in
our company, just (C) call our
toll-free (D) number.


Investment (in sth) the act of
investing money in sth:
Ex: to encourage foreign
investment


143. If you should (A)
happen experience (B)
technical difficulties, our
repair division will be (C)
happy to help (D) you.

To happen to do or be sth by
chance:
[v to inf] She happened to be
out when we called.


144. All products are
checked out (A) by (B) our
Quality Control Department
before shipped (C) to (D) our
customers.


145. That airline, the
largest (A) in our country,
hasn’t experienced (B)
major safety (C) problems
since (D) twenty-seven
years.


146. It is the strict policy of
(A) this company that no
employee should (B) have to
put up for (C) any (D) form
of sexual harassment.


Sexual harassment (n)

comments about sex, physical
contact, etc. usually
happening at work, that a
person finds annoying and
offensive


147. After a (A) careful
deliberation, we have decided
that there will be (B) no need
to carry out further (C)
investigations into (D) the
matter.


Deliberation (n) [U, C, usually
pl.] the process of carefully
considering or discussing sth:
Ex: After ten hours of
deliberation, the jury
returned a verdict of ‘not
guilty’.


148. Before going (A) in (B)
that country, make sure to
check (C) out if you will need
(D) to obtain a business visa.

149. Despite of (A) recent
setbacks (B), we firmly (C)
believe the company to be (D)
a good investment.


Setback (n) a difficulty or
problem that delays or
prevents sth, or makes a
situation worse:
Ex: The team suffered a
major setback when their best
player was injured.


150. We will be interviewed
(A) all job applicants (B) as
soon as (C) their papers have
been (D) processed.


151. We have learned (A) that
there is (B) a good number of
discrepancies in (C) the
figures your accountants have
supplied us (D).


152. Before beginning (A) the
transformation of (B) our

computer system, we need
your advise (C) to make (D)
sure we make the best
decisions possible.


153. Some delegates to (A) the
World Bank conference were
attacked (B) by (C) bottles
and rocks before police could
break up (D) the
demonstrators.


154. Because (A) the company
has been doing (B) so well, the
CEO has decided (C) to place
less (D) advertisements in
newspapers and magazines.


155. The new (A) appointed
(B) Secretary of Labor will be
meeting (C) with the heads of
the nation’s (D) top
manufacturing companies
next month.


156. We will be forced (A) to

give our business to another
accounting firm unless (B) you
will offer (C) us more (D)
reasonable fees.


157. The legal department has
just (A) uncovered (B) new
informations (C) that you will
find most interesting (D).


158. All of our staff member
(A) receive credit for (B)
attending (C) workshops
during the year to maintain
(D) their professional
certificates.