Exercise Five

Part One

Questions 1-12

You will hear part of a radio program on business topics. The presenter is talking about a company called Fast-Save.

As you listen, for questions 1-12, complete the notes using up to three words or a number.?

You will hear the recording twice.?

Fast-Save Limited.

The company history:

1. fast-save’s original name was ___________________.

2. After 1970, it took over some ______________________.

3. In 1932 it introduced many __________________________ products.

4. fast-save’s advertising slogan was ____________________.

Present situation:

5. Problems have arisen because competitors have _____________ fast-save.

6. This has led to a considerable fall in its _____________________.

7. However, it still has substantial ______________________________.

8. It continues to be able to employ the _____________________.

The compnay’s future:

9. It is taking steps to develop a ________________________.

10. It has decided that customers are not mainly interested in buying.

11. fast-save will be altering the _________________________ it keeps in its shops.

12. A key advantage for fast-save is that it has reliable _________________.

Part Two

Question 13-22

You will hear five different talking about courses they are going to do.

For each extract there are two tasks. For task one, choose the speaker’s reason for doing a course from the list A-H. for task two, choose the opinion that each person expresses about doing a course, from list I-P

Task One – Reason

For question 13-17, match the extracts with the reasons, listed A-H.

For each extract choose the reason for doing the course.