1)____________She gets here,show her into my office
A)When
B)Since
C)Until
D)While
2)Do not open the door_______the train comes to complete stop.
A)As soon as
B)Before
C)Since
D)During
3)Our department manager doesn’t know about the problem but even if he______,I _______he_________anything because he has a weak character.
A)Knew/wouldn’t think/did
B)Knows/don’t think/will do
C)Knew/don’t think/would do
D)Knew/wouldn’t think/would do
4)In meetings, he always interrupts people when they are talking. The only opinion_______he is interested in is_______.
A)Which/himself
B)Who/himself
C)That/his own
D)Whose/his own
5)Please hand in your visitor’s badge_______you leave.
A)Until
B)When
C)Since
D)During
6)Could you take care of this problem__________I’m away?
A)While
B)Before
C)Since
D)During
7)This lap-top_________to be used any where: at the airport, on the plane or in your hotel room.
A)Is designed
B)Designs
C)Has designed
D)Designed
8)Our visitors from Korea________at 9a.m on Thursday.
A)Come
B)are coming
C)will have come
D)came
9)while you_______for us, you can offer our guests some coffee and make them feel welcome.
A)Wait
B)Are waiting
C)Will be waiting
D)Will wait
10)Don’t do anything__________we’ve spoken to the people in New york.
A)During
B)Until
C)Since
D)As soon as
11)If we are________the schedule, we can always postpone the factory tour.
A)Under
B)Below
C)After
D)Behind
12)Please let me know_________you hear something.
A)As soon as
B)Since
C)Until
D)During
13)I’m getting the train to Hamburg tomorrow afternoon – I’ll phone you _______I arrive at my hotel.
A)Until
B)While
C)Since
D)When
14)Thanks for your email. I apologise________not contacting you before.
A)For
B)By
C)Because
D)Of
15)We are still waiting for a reply_______our latest proposal to Lex Corporation.
A)To
B)Of
C)At
D)On
16)We are hoping________solve the proplem soon.
A)To solve
B)For solving
C)That we solve
D)We are solving
17)We believe that all the documents________to you a week__________
A)Sent/past
B)Are sending/later
C)Are sent/since
D)Were sent/ago
18)_________you please confirm that you have received the invoice?
A)Should
B)May
C)Could
D)Do
19)I’ll let you know as soon as________the new brochure.
A)I will receive
B)I’ve received
C)I had received
D)I received
20)We can’t invest in that country________their economy is stable.
A)When
B) as soon as
C) until
D) if
21)I’d like to discuss the sales report with you_________you have a minute.
A)Before
B)Until
C)When
D)During
22)Let’s buy now________prices increase.
A)Before
B)Until
C)When
D)While
23)We will never do business with them again______they apologise for their terrible mistakes.
A)If
B)When
C)Until
D)As soon as
24)We can close the meeting when we________the contract.
A)Discussed
B)Have discussed
C)Will be discussing
D)Will discuss
25)_________of all women in our country are in health, education and public administration services.
A)Two–three
B)Two by three
C)Two–thirds
D)Two third
26)We can set up in that country_______the conditions are right.
A)Until
B)After
C)When
D)As if
27)__________your customers are unhappy, they’ll tell at least 20 other people.
A)While
B)As soon as
C)Before
D)When
28)___________inflation is under control, planning will be difficult.
A)Until
B)While
C)When
D)As soon as
29)We’ll have more time_________we finish the project.
A)While
B)Before
C)Once
D)Until
30)I usually try to answer all important enquiries_________I go to lunch.
A)As soon as
B)While
C)Before
D)Once
31)________we have full employment, our economy will not improve.
A)Once
B)When
C)As soon as
D)Until
32)_________I’m with this conpany, I want opportunities for training.
A)As soon as
B)During
C)Once
D)While
How do you read the figures in bold italics?
33)Total rice production increased by 3.89% last year.
A)Three eighty nine
B)Three eight nine
C)Three hundred eighty nine
D)Three point eighty nine
34)The overrall unemployment figure in now 1,258,000
A)One million and two hundred fifty eight thousand
B)One poin two hundreds and fifty eight
C)One million two hundred and fifty eight
D)One million two hundreds and fifty eight thousands
36)3/4 of all the women employed were in health, education and public administration.
A)three fourth
B)three quarters
C)three quarter
D)three per four
37)the inflation rate rose by 0.5 percent last year.
A)Zero dot five
B)Oh five
C)Nought poin five
D)Oh and five
38)Our turnover last year was $15,000,000.
A)Fifteen millions dollars
B)Fifteen millions dollar
C)Fifteen millions of dollars
D)Fifteen million dollars