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Unit Test 12 Answer all the questions. There is one mark per question.

LANGUAGE 1 Put the verbs in brackets in the correct form. Generally (1) __________ (think) of as a place to store things you don’t want to see, warehouses (2) __________ (not have) a glamorous image. However, in today’s competitive manufacturing and business environment, (3) __________ (run) the warehouse efficiently is vital to a company’s success. (4) __________ (create) a critical link between a manufacturing plant and the external world, the warehouse (5) __________ (affect) the performance of the entire manufacturing and logistics system. (6) __________ (finally install) a new system two months ago, our new warehouse (7) __________ (locate) near the airport, is now proving excellent, already (8) __________ (lower) costs by 20% and (9) __________ (improve) efficiency by 15%. In fact it (10) __________ (achieve) such excellent results, we are planning to install the same system in the other warehouses. 2 Complete the paragraph with a word or phrase from the box. necessary/obliged/should have used/had/didn’t have

Unfortunately we were (11) __________ to make several modifications to the materials used in our new product as a result of customer feedback. We (12) __________ to do this as quickly as possible to protect our reputation. We (13) __________ a different material from the start, but we were hoping to cut costs by using older technology. We found it (14) __________ to source the material from a new supplier, but luckily we (15) __________ to make any serious design changes, which was good. 3 Write the second sentence so that it is similar in meaning to the first sentence. Use the word given without changing it. Use NO MORE THAN FIVE words. 16 The seawater is pumped to the top of the greenhouse and then it trickles down the front of the evaporator. BEEN __________________________________ to the top of the greenhouse, the seawater then trickles down the front of evaporator.

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It was necessary to redesign the engine. NEED The engine __________________________________.

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The rules must be followed and they didn’t do that. SUPPOSED __________________________________ the rules.

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You opened the valve and that was a mistake. SHOULD You __________________________________ the valve.

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Some very quick decisions had to be made. OBLIGED We __________________________________ some very quick decisions.

VOCABULARY 4 Choose words from each box to complete the sentences. Some words may be used more than once. Sometimes you will need to use more than one word from each box. come/hang/get/go/turn up/on/of/with/ahead/out/about/hold of

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Can you __________ a minute? I need to find the file.

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We hope the projects __________ as successfully as we think they will.

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I’m trying to __________ that evaluation done last month. Do you know where it is?

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We had a meeting but no one could __________ a workable solution to the problem.

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How did you __________delegating the tasks? Did you choose the best person for the job, or did you have to just use the ones that were available?

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We want to __________ the changes as soon as possible as we need the extra capacity.

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Several issues, which we hadn’t anticipated, __________ at the meeting.

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Could you tell me how you feel you __________ your colleagues? Do you work well together?

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We need to __________ the supplier immediately and see if he can deliver this afternoon.

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They couldn’t __________ the project because of funding cuts. PHOTOCOPIABLE © 2011 Pearson Longman ELT

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