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Business English Practice l Topic: General Business terms/expressions 10
Choose the correct response to complete each of the following sentences:
1. Bill's company has broken its four-quarter streak of declining _____________________.
a) reviews b) revenue c) cash
2. Revenue from license sales _____________________ 5% during the second quarter of 2007.
a) fell b) down c) fell through
3. Because of good business decisions, our company is growing faster than _____________________.
a) assumed b) expecting c) expected
4. We expect ____________________ growth during the next couple of quarters.
a) modest b) shy c) mid-range
5. The CEO announced that the company was taking a new __________________.
a) way b) highway c) direction
6. The 90's stock market __________________ created scores of (= many) dot-com millionaires.
a) boom b) boon c) book
7. A __________________ company is one that isn't going to last very long. It's here one day, and
gone the next.
a) night b) fly-by-night c) flighty
8. The company spokesperson __________________ to answer any questions.
a) decided b) declined c) decried
9. We're a little worried. One of our major __________________ is growing at a rapid rate.
a) competition b) competitors c) compete
10. Bill was trying to come up with a scheme to steal money from the company, but his boss
__________________ to this scheme and fired him.
a) caught b) caught up c) caught on
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Business English Practice l Topic: General Business terms/expressions 10
ANSWERS:
1) b 2) a 3) c 4) a 5) c 6) a 7) b 8) b 9) b 10) c