Choose the correct answer from a, b or c. 1 all sales staff get a at christmas and it doesn’t matter how much they sell. a) loyal b) bonus c) pay 2 people are self-employed. a) a lot of b) a bit of c) substantial 3 the organisational in our company is like a pyramid. a) status b) subordinate c) hierarchy 4 if the phone rings, we’ll it. a) avoid b) admit c) ignore 5 i like meetings where everyone is relaxed. a) unformal b) informal c) disformal 6 our market has fallen by 3% this year. a) place b) share c) leader 7 i’ll meet you monday 1st. a) on b) at c) in 8 you need to cut your spending. we’re on a really budget. a) finance b) tight c) borrow 9 local companies need a attitude to doing business abroad. a) stable b) positive c) strong 10 i got my first job with the company on their graduate trainee a) placement b) location c) scheme 11 you’ll need to an interview after you apply. a) invite b) attend c) wait 12 after university i had to pay off my a) debts b) accounts c) discounts 13 many online banks are trying to protect customers from and theft. a) premiums b) claims c) fraud 14 i’ve asked three times for my money back but they still refuse to give me a a) return b) satisfaction c) refund 15 the just-in-time consultants say we need to reduce the in our warehouses. a) stocks b) resources c) shares

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1) humid c) wet 2) icy a) frosty 3) spaceship b) starship 4) violent b) strong 5) storm b) hurricane ii. choose the word which best completes the sentence. 1. by exploring space we may find another … we can live on. b) planet 2. natural disasters … cities and towns, they injure and kill people and animals. c) destroy 3. but people hope they will travel through … in huge spaceships far from the earth. a) space 4. scientists can now predict most weather … and warn people of possible danger in advance. c) disasters 5. … is a sudden shaking of the ground. a) earthquake 6. there are about 1,000 … in our galaxy. c) stars или planets (не знаю) 7. sometimes the british have weather from each … all in one day. b) season 8. we don't know when men began to dream … travelling in space. b) about 9. why are you shaking … laughter? - it's better to laugh than cry. b) with 10. i haven't seen them … last halloween. a) since iii. 1. thank goodness that our weather isn't so changeble 2. when we got to spain, it was very hot and sunny 3. neil armstrong was the first explorer on the moon. 4. we have already discussed the most important sientific problems on our planet. 5. a very violent wind is typical of a tornado. iv. 1. i … him before we met at the concert. c) hadn't seen 2. when mother came home, the children … the soup. b) were eating 3. the telegram … some minutes after he had left. a) came 4. while we … the road i saw victor. b) were crossing 5. when … your sister … to london? a) did … go

Japan - a country made ​​up of islands. the closest to asia - kyushu before him 200 kilometers. in ancient times, there can only be reached by boat. since it's the people began settling the islands of mongoloid origin. people settled in small groups, mostly along the coast and along the rivers. lived in very simple dwellings; even the rulers lived in thatched houses, where the pillars and beams fastened with ropes of vines. the main food was rice, from which were able to produce and vodka - sake. japanese knew spinning and weaving, mulberry cultivated for razvedeniyasamy big island of japan - honshu. since the beginning of our era, he gradually settled by natives of korea, and then china. they love the mild climate of the plains, the abundance of flowers and trees, soil fertility. they brought with them new skills, tools, crops, decorations, writing. gradually more and less ancient settlers on the island were mixed into a single nation.