Company world

Fill in the gaps with the words from the box.

administrate commerce corporate involve launch merge phase prosper take over white-collar

1. How many people are.................. in marketing the new product?

2. The latest model of our electric car will be............... on 1 January 20—.

3. When a firm begins to do badly on the stock market, plans are often made to change its …………structure.

4. The management of contemporary corporations requires people who know how to ………..

5. Despite the problems in our sector our company expects to continue to ………… in the next twelve months.

6. Hong Kong has always been a centre of.................

7. Giant companies which have been successful in the past have normally ………. with their closest rivals.

8. In the course of the history of our company we have gone through several ……….. of development.

9. After a brief slump in annual growth they were............... by a major competitor.

10. In order to deal with all the additional paper-work we need to expand the ………… staff by several hundred.

3. Fill the gaps in these sentences with a suitable verb from the box.

go have make open post receive search send start stop use visit work try

1. Our company.................... computers in its offices now for a long time.

2. We're very busy today. The phone................ hardly..................... ringing since I arrived in the office this morning.

3..................... you..................... Madrid before? Yes, I.................. there last year on business.

4. In 1986 our enterprise.................. a factory in South America.

5. I.................... working here when I left school.

6. 'Is your secretary still looking for the file?' ‘Yes, she............. for it for the

past twenty minutes.’

7. I'm sorry to keep you waiting. I................ a phone call to Paris.

8. While you................... lunch, Mr Casagrande phoned.

9. We.................... the letter to our parent company a week ago, but we

.................... a reply yet.

10. His firm.................... him to their New York office and he................

there ever since.

11. She ……………. to get through to head office all morning.

4. Choose the best word to fill each gap from the alternatives given below. Put a circle around the letter, A, B or C, of the word you choose.

'The economy of eastern Europe has changed a lot. Twenty years ago, the main industries were completely nationalized and many companies were owned by the …..(1). They did not work well. They were inefficient and …..(2). Now governments are trying to …..(3) them, but it is not easy to find …..(4). People don't want to put money into the old companies. However, some people are happy to …..(5) their money on new businesses and there are signs that a new enterprise …..(6) is growing.'

1 A nation B state C country

2 A automatic B diplomatic C bureaucratic

3 A privatize B nationalize C enterprise

4 A corporations B firms C investors

5 A save B risk C sell

6 A culture B commerce C concern

5. Complete the passage below using the appropriate words or phrases from the box.

revenue annual report profits losses

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