1. © 2016 albert-learning.com BULATS – ONLINE READING AND LISTENING TEST

2. © 2016 albert-learning.com GAPPED SENTENCES Choose the word or phrase which best completes each sentence: 1. When you need supplies,...........a request with the office manager. a. filling b. fell c. fallen d. file BULATS – Reading & Language Knowledge Part 1, Section 2

3. © 2016 albert-learning.com 2. The bell captain suggested that more porters..........hired. a. are b. have c. be d. do 3. The team leader got his team.......... last weekend. a. to work b. was working c. workable d worked

4. © 2016 albert-learning.com 4. Mr. Robert needs someone to.......... him with the conference display. a assume b assign c.assent d assist 5. The file is.......... the desk. a. on b. through c. into d. without 6. Each client’s name.......... with his or her cabin number. a. is list b. listing c. is listed d. is listing

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6. © 2016 albert-learning.com 1) Where is the text from? a. A message from a business to a current client b. An advertisement for a new business service c. An email from one business worker to another d. A newspaper article about a new business’s success 2) What does the service provide? a. Off-site staff to perform general office duties b. A site where several businesses can locate their offices c. Advice on how to make your business more professional d. Temporary staff for local businesses 3) Which of the following is not included in the Basic Office deal? a. A polite receptionist b. A mail-forwarding service c. A professional address d. A telephone-answering service

7. © 2016 albert-learning.com 1) Where is the text from? a. A message from a business to a current client b. An advertisement for a new business service c. An email from one business worker to another d. A newspaper article about a new business’s success 2) What does the service provide? a. Off-site staff to perform general office duties b. A site where several businesses can locate their offices c. Advice on how to make your business more professional d. Temporary staff for local businesses 3) Which of the following is not included in the Basic Office deal? a. A polite receptionist b. A mail-forwarding service c. A professional address d. A telephone-answering service

8. © 2016 albert-learning.com  OPEN GAP FILL Read the text below and think of the word which best fits each space. Write only one word for each space. English in Europe English has without a ………………..(question, doubt, problem, thought) become the second language of Europe and the world. European countries which have most …………….(successfully, victorious, successful, lucrative) assimilated English into daily life are England’s neighbours in Northern Europe : Ireland, the Netherlands, Sweden, Norway, and the……………. (rest, additional, remaining, extra) of Scandanavia. The situation is so ……………(plain, open, blatant, marked)that any visitor to the Netherlands will soon be (ignorant, aware, oblivious, acquainted) of the pressure of English on daily life: television, radio, and print (guide bring, shift, haul )it into every home and schoolyard. ………………(conversation, head to head, consultation, dialogu) of Children; advertisers use it to ………………(life, enthusiasm, energy, pep)up their message, journalists take refuge in it when their home-bred skills………. (succeed, fall, fail,fizzle) them. Increasingly one hears the ………… (feeling, posture, judgement, view)that Dutch will give way to English as the national tongue within two or three generations. BULATS Reading & Language Knowledge Part 1, Section 4