1. After four years there will be

A. a total of 600 people employed by Dalehouse restaurants

B. a Dalehouse restaurant in over 120 UK towns and cities

C. 20 more Dalehouse restaurants than there are at present

2. What does Mr. Dale say about the company’s employees?

A. Most of them have worked for Dalehouse since it started

B. Most of them have enjoyed being in a growing company.

C. Most of them have seen the company develop quickly.

3. What will be different about the new Dalehouse restaurants?

A. Some will be away from town centres.

B. Some will be in buildings not planned as restaurants.

C. Some will be open every day of the week.

4. What does Mr. Dale have to say about financing the company’s plans?

A. Dalehouse has already arranged loans to help with the finances.

B. Dalehouse will need help from the banks.

C. Dalehouse has enough money to finance its plans without help.

5. What does Mr. Dale say about problems caused by expansion?

A. There have only been minor problems.

B. There will be fewer problems in the future.

C. There have been very few problems.

2. Устная и письменная деловая коммуникация.

1) Заполните пропуски подходящими по смыслу словами (A, B, C или D).

The scientific approach to recruitment.

When it comes to selecting candidates through interview, more often than not the decision is made within the first five minutes of a meeting. Yet employers like to __________ (1) themselves that they are being exceptionally thorough in their selection processes. In today’s competitive market place, the __________ (2) of staff in many organizations is fundamental to the company’s success and, as a result , recruiters use all means at their disposal to __________ (3) the best in the field. 　　One method in particular that has __________ (4) in popularity is testing , either psychometric testing, which attempts to define psychological characteristics , or ability/aptitude testing. The idea is that testing __________ (5) an organization with an extra way of establishing a candidate’s suitability for a role. It __________ (6) companies to add value by identifying key elements of a position and then testing candidates to ascertain their ability against those identified elements. 　 　The employment of psychometric or ability testing as one __________ (7) of the recruitment process may have some merit, but in reality there is no real __________ (8), scientific or otherwise, of the potential future performance of any individual. The answer to this problem is experience in interview techniques and strong definition of the elements of each position to be __________ (9). As the whole recruitment process is based on few real certainties, the instinctive decisions that many employers make, based on a CV and the first five minutes of a meeting, are probably no less valid than any other tool employed in the __________ (10) of recruitment.

1 A suggest B convince C advise D believe

2 A worth B credit C quality D distinction

3 A secure B realise C attain D achieve

4 A lifted B enlarged C expanded D risen

5 A provides B offers C contributes D gives

6 A lets B enables C agrees D admits

7 A portion B member C share D component

8 A extent B size C amount D measure

9 A occupied B met C filled D appointed

10 A business B topic C point D affair