Name/Class:
Entry Test
Entry Test
Speaking Test
You are going to have a five-minute oral test. You should prepare your answers to
the questions before starting the test. You will have five minutes to prepare.
1 Your examiner will ask you some general questions about yourself, your
occupation and your future plans.
2 You will then be asked some questions about two companies which are
described below. Use the information in the chart to give your answers.
Amazon Arcadia
Head Office: Seattle, USA London, UK
Activity: retails books, retails clothes
music, DVDs, videos, etc. through stores, mail
via the Internet order catalogues and
via the Internet
Turnover $2.76 billion Ł1.89 billion
last year:
Profit: minus minus
$1.41 billion Ł66.6 million
Number of 9,000 22,066
employees:
3 Imagine you would like to work in online selling. Which of the two companies
above would you prefer to work for? Give one or two reasons.
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