Intermediate - Quiz 3

1. For questions 1, 2 and 3, choose the correct option to complete the text below:

3. Hi Suzan,

   I'm having a wonderful time in Los Angeles. The weather is ___  and drier ___ in England and Americans are friendlier than ___. 

• hottest - as - our

• hotter - than - us

• hoter - than - we

• more hot - than - us

The food is better here; it's not the same ___ the food in England at all! From all the countries I've been to, I think English food is the ___ disgusting. It's awful. Yesterday I had the ___ hamburger I’ve ever eaten!

• that - more - good

• as - most - best

• than - most - goodest

• as - less - best

The hotel is beautiful. I think it’s not as ___ the hotel we stayed in New York, but it's ___ comfortable. They say that Los Angeles is one of the most expensive cities ___ the world, but actually, I'm not spending ___ money as I thought. I’ll phone you when I get back.

Love,
Megan.

• nice as - much more - in - as much

• nicer as - lot more - of - as many

• nicer than - most - from - more

Look at the charts comparing three laptop computers.

The screen of the T400 is ___ the A-50's, but it's ___ than the XJ7's.

• as large as

  smaller than

• more large than

  smaller than

• smaller than

  larger than

• larger than

  smaller than

The XJ7 is ___ and ___ computer on the market.

• the most expensive

  the newest

• most expensive

  newest

• the most expensive

  the most new

• the more expensive

  the newer

Customers love to post online reviews of products these days. These reviews are now just ___ traditional advertising. Maybe even more important. TV advertising is ___ it was before, of course. On the other hand, newspaper ads are much ___ they used to be.

• more important than

  as more useful as

  far effective than

• the most important

  as useful than

  less effective as

• as important as

  not as useful as

  less effective than

My new job is very challenging. It's far ___ than my old one, but I love it. My previous job was ___ job I've ever had and even though the pay was good, my boss was ___. I'll miss my coworkers, but I'm sure my new team will be ___ they were.

• the more demanding

  the most dull

  the badest

  as supportive than

• more demanding

  the dullest

  the worst

  as supportive as

• more demanding

  the most dull

  the worst

  more supportive as

Match the following corporate titles with their definition:

• CIO

• Oversees all business day-to-day operations at a company as a senior manager.

• CLO

• The main person responsible for managing a company.

• COO

• Helps the company minimize its legal risks or any major legal and regulatory issues the company might confront.

• CEO

• Responsible for technologies that run the company's internal operations and business procedures.

• CTO

• Focuses on developing technological products/services, external innovation and product design to meet customer needs,

What do you do?

• I do a lot of things. I work, take my kids to school, go to the gym and take care of my house.

• I'm an advertiser. I work in the marketing department. I'm responsable for collecting information about consumers and increasing sales.

• I'm an accountant. I work at the finance department. I'm in charge for research and analyze accounting data.

• I work for the customer service department. I deal for helping clients when they have questions or complaints about our products.

My name’s Daniel Goldman and I’m the​ (a)   of Xcel Systems. I’m ​ (b)   the day-to-day running of the business including ​ (c)   projects, organizing people’s work, ​ (d)   suppliers, and important ​ (e)   .

• managing director
• responsible for
• managing
• dealing with
• customers