Writing 1 hour 10 minutes

　　Part one

　　Question 1

　　●An international survey has recently been conducted, asking whether companies plan to alter their spending on information technology next year. The pie charts below compare planned expenditure on IT by European and South-East Asian companies in the coming year

　　●Using the information from the pie chart , write a short report describing the differences between Europe and South-East Asia.

　　●Write 120-140 words

　　Part two

　　Write an answer to one of the question 2-4 in this part. Write your answer in 200-250 words.

　　Question 2

　　●Your company opened a new branch a year ago and the Managing Director at Head Office has asked you to prepare a report on its progress.

　　●Write your report for the Managing Director. Including the following information:

　　●the reason for opening the branch

　　●its successes

　　●problems experienced

　　●plans for the coming year

　　Question 3

　　Your department recently moved to a new building, you are not satisfied with the way the removal company dealt with the move of your furniture and equipment and have decided to write a letter of complaint to the removal company a bout it.

　　Write the letter to the removal company, including the following information:

　　Details of the move and what was moved

　　What was unsatisfactory

　　What you had expected from the company

　　What you expect to happen now

　　Question 4

　　the international organization you work for is considering the possibility of producing a promotional brochure to publicise the company abroad . The Managing Director has asked you to write a contribution for this brochure.

　　Write your proposal for the Managing Director, including the following information

　　Possible contents of the brochure

　　Ways to make it attractive

　　Benefits the brochure could have for the company

　　Listening

　　approximately 40 minutes (including 10 minutes’ transfer time)

　　Part one:

　　Question 1-12

　　●You will hear a representative of a company which organizes trade fairs for academic recruitment . she is talking to a group of prospective clients.

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

　　●.After you have listened once, replay the recording.

　　Praxis Academic Recruitment Fairs

　　Specific geographical areas served:

　　(1)___________________________________________________________

　　(2) __________________________________________________________

　　Package includes:

　　Exhibition(3) ___________________________________________________

　　Delivery of all (4) ___________________________

　　Lo

　　cal(5) ___________________________

　　“Filtering system”:

　　Works through (6) ___________________________

　　Advertisements placed in (7) ___________________________

　　And on (8) ___________________________

　　“context-sensitive” feature:

　　Convenient (9) ___________________________

　　Services of (10) ___________________________

　　More details from publicity leaflet about:

　　(11) ___________________________

　　Special services

　　(12) ___________________________

　　Part two

　　Question 13-22

　　●You will hear five different people speaking about changes in personnel in their place of work

　　●For each extract there are two tasks, For Task One , choose the reason for change in personnel from the list A-H .For Task Two, choose the action that has been taken as a result, from the list A –H

　　●After you have listened once, reply the recording

　　Task one—Reason

　　●For questions 13-17 ,match the extracts with the reasons, listed A –H

　　●For each extract, choose the reason each speaker mentions.

　　●write one letter A-H next to the number of the extract

　　13____________

　　14___________

　　15___________

　　16___________

　　17___________

　　A sick leave

　　B dismissal

　　C promotion

　　D secondment

　　E resignation

　　F study leave

　　H redundancy

　　Task Two-Action

　　●For question 18-22, match the extracts with the problem areas in the new workplace , listed A – H.

　　●For each extract, choose the action mentions.

　　●Write one letter A –H next to the number of the extract.

　　18__________

　　19__________

　　20__________

　　21__________

　　22__________

　　A employment on a temporary contract

　　B contracting work to another company

　　C doing a lot of overtime

　　D changing holiday plans

　　E increasing the work done at another site

　　F postponing work

　　G giving staff extra training

　　H headhunting a successor

　　Part Three

　　Question 23-30

　　●You will hear part of a radio interview with Paul Jefferson, who set up his own import business.

　　●For each question 23-30, mark one letter (A ,B or C) for the correct answer.

　　●After you have listened once, replay the recording.

　　23 Paul’s immediate financial aim is to be able to

　　A get out of debt

　　B satisfy his expensive tastes

　　C cover his regular outgoings

　　24 Sarah Hall’s role in Paul’s business is to

　　A provide him with a regular income

　　B pay for the goods that he imports

　　C cover his marketing costs

　　25 Paul finds it difficult to sell at a profit because

　　A his customers drive down his prices

　　B his suppliers overcharge

　　C his competitors can undercut him

　　26 The supermarket told Paul that they

　　A would stock a selection of his products

　　B thought his products wouldn’t sell

　　C might buy his products in the future.

　　27 What was the reason for Paul’s problem with the restaurant chain?

　　A they cancelled their order

　　B They went out of business

　　C they refused to pay the agreed price

　　28 Paul was told that the department store wanted to

　　A increase the number of suppliers

　　B replace one of their suppliers

　　C start stocking products like his.

　　29 Paul’s strategy now is to focus on

　　A selling a limited range of products

　　B finding new lines to import

　　C targeting a few large customers

　　30 Paul’s immediate priority is to

　　A employ a sales person

　　B increase his sales

　　C start selling abroad