PART 1:  Multiple choice 

1. Employees in large multinationals............excellent career opportunities if they are willing to travel.

A. decide B. have C. offer D. take

2. Some people..................a career break to do something adventurous like sailing round the world or going trekking in India.

A. need B. develop C. dislike D. take

3. One way to.................. a career move is to join a small but rapidly growing company.

A. make B. commute C. solve D. predict

4. Certain companies..................career opportunities to the long-term unemployed or to people without formal qualifications.

A. cultivate B. focus C. offer D. distract

5. Ambitious people often.................. on a career plan while they are still at school or university.

A. decide B. establish C. upgrade D. overwork

6. Goran is 59, but he does not want to ................... In fact, he is taking on more work! 

A. take early retirement  B. keep up with C. reduce D. create

7. When you.................., you can arrange your own schedule, so this is very convenient when you have children.

A. contribute B. establish C. work flexi time   D. look for

8. Luke is quite ambitious and does not want to be a sales assistant all his life. In fact, he hopes to..................very soon.

A. decide B. get a promotion C. require       D. upgrade

9. Most university lecturers have to..................in their specialist area.

A. decide B. establish C. upgrade D. do research

10. In addition to your salary, you will ..................for achieving monthly targets.

A. earn a bonus B. get around C. hold D. depict

11. The amount of money a company receives from sales in a particular period is called its .................

A. pollution B. trash C. produce D. turnover

12. The money a company makes after taking away its costs is its ………….

A. gridlock B. crop C. profit D. income

13. A company which is more than 50% owned by a parent company is called a …………

A. method B. subsidiary C. mass transit D. global

14. The employees in a particular country or business are called the ………………..

A. workforce B. residents C. access D. priorities

15. The percentage of sales a company has in a particular market is its …………….

A. background B. outsourcing C. market share D. depict

16. The main building or location of a large organisation is its …………………….

A. drawback B. head office C. hold D. livelihood

17. The cost of a company's shares is its...................

A. workaholism B. ulcers C. leisure D. share price 

18. In Dunhuang, China, a desert oasis far from towns or cities, Buddhists dug a series of caves and decorated them with exquisite .................- wall paintings- and statues.

A. drawback B. frescoes C. hold back D. gap

19.A country that is.................., with no access to an ocean, has a disadvantage because it cannot easily transport its products to other parts of the world.

A. culture B. head office C. landlocked D. job hopping

20. One reason for the lack of ................. is the worldwide decrease in manufacturing jobs. Another reason is employers' need to hold down costs.

A. tradition B. merchants C. job security D. project