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Business English -Test

1)I thought this time things were going to be better. Losing the contract was ___ to swallow.           a.bottom line             b. blue collar             c. a bitter pill 
d. back to the drawing board.         e. blow-by-blow
2)We've lost the contract thanks to your incompetence. You really ___ , didn't you?  a. back to the drawing board.           b. bottlenecks         c. bottom line 
d. blue collar             e. blew it
3)I'd be better off stopping my legal job and doing jobs for cash. The ___ is the only way to make money these days.  a.blow-by-blow         b. back to the drawing board.         c. bottlenecks            d. black economy      e. bottom line
4) The product didn't work in the States. As they say there, it really ___ .
a. back to the drawing board.         b. bottlenecks           c. bombed   
d. blow-by-blow        e. bottom line
5)However, the same product sold really well in England. As they say there,
it ___ .            a.back to the drawing board.          b. bottlenecks           c. bottom line  d. blue collar                       e. went like a bomb
6)He used to work on the factory floor. Yes, he really started out as a ___ worker.      a.blue collar              b. back to the drawing board.        
c. bottlenecks            d. bottom line  e. blow-by-blow
7)There are many reasons why this should be a success. However, the ___ is that it has been a big flop.    a.bottom line            b. back to the drawing board.         c. bottlenecks            d. blow-by-blow        e. a bitter pill
8)Production has been unable to keep pace with demand. We are doing our best to eliminate the ___ .   a. blow-by-blow        b. back to the drawing board.          c. blew it        d. a bitter pill              e. bottlenecks
9) We'll have to start again on this one. It's time to go ___ .a.blow-by-blow  b. blew it             c. black economy        d. bombed     e. back to the drawing board.
10) Don't leave out any details. I want a full ___ account of what happened in the meeting.              a. blow-by-blow          b. blew it        c. black economy    
d. bombed     e. went like a bomb
11) At the start of the meeting everybody was very quiet and reserved but he told a few jokes to ___            a. across the board                          b. break the ice      
c. broke the news     d. back to the drawing board          e. take on board
12) He's not very quick on the uptake. it takes him quite a while to ___ new ideas.                  a. on to a good thing     b. take on board                 c. bullish       
d. breathing down                e. brief
13) We're going to have to reduce budgets in every single department. There will be ___ cuts.         a. back to the drawing board              b. brief            c. on to a good thing                        d. brainstorm             e. across the board
14)My boss never gives me any freedom. She's always ___ my neck.
a. broke the news     b. brief             c. breathing down              d. back to the drawing board        e. bullish
15)We need a name for our new brand. The best thing is to get a few people together and try to ___ a name. a. brief             b. on to a good thing                  c. broke the news         d. bullish        e. brainstorm
16)I'm very happy with our sales prospects for the next year. I'm feeling really ___ .     a. bullish       b. back to the drawing board              c. broke the news    
d. on to a good thing            e. brief
17)We would have liked to have looked at that but that wasn't part of the ___ you set us.  a. brief                 b. on to a good thing           c. back to the drawing board         d. breathing down                e. broke the news
18)I've heard all about it. Sally ___ to me.      a. brainstorm  b. on to a good thing          c. back to the drawing board          d. breathing down e. broke the news
19)I'm well aware that this is potentially a good new product and that we are probably ___ with it.                a)on to a good thing          b. back to the drawing board          c. brainstorm             d. breathing down  e. across the board
20) I guess this market study shows that nobody wants to buy our product. It's ___ for us.      a. back to the drawing board             b. brainstorm  c. breathing down   d. across the board              e. take on board
21) I reckon we owe you about the same as you owe us. Why don't we just ___ ?        a. call his bluff               b. called it a day       c. calls the shots   d. chicken  
e. call it quits
22) We've been working on this for fourteen hours now. Isn't it time we ___ ?
a. called it a day   b. call it quits   c. calls the shots   d. chicken e. call his bluff
23)Let's face it, he decides. He's the boss so he's the one that ___ .
a. called it a day   b. calls the shots   c. call it quits   d. chicken   e. call his bluff
24) He says he will go elsewhere if we don't lower our price but I don't think he will. I think we should ___ . a. call his bluff             b. call it quits             c. called it a day      d. calls the shots      e. chicken
25)I'm sure that there is a lot of corruption in that country. If we order an internal audit we may be opening ___ .           a. carry the can         b. chicken     
c. can't win      d. chicken and egg             e. a can of worms
26) Someone is going to have to take responsibility for this disaster. Who is going to ___                  a. can't win                    b. carry the can                   c. chicken   d. a can of worms        e. chicken and egg
27)Whatever we do, we are going to come out badly. It's a ___ situation.
a. a can of worms                 b. carry the can         c. chicken      d. can't win          e. chicken and egg
28) She always like to think things through very carefully. She likes to ___ .
a. chicken and egg              b. chicken       c. chew things over         
d. call his bluff   e. call it quits
29) We need a loan to start the company and we need a company to get the loan. It's a ___ situation.            a. calls the shots      b. chew things over            
c. chicken        d. call his bluff           e. chicken and egg
30)We wanted to expand into Asia but we were a bit frightened. We were soon sorry for being so ___ .             a. chicken and egg   b. chicken               c. calls the shots      d. chew things over              e. call it quits 
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