Skólaskýrsla 2004 - Verzlunarskóli Ãslands
Skólaskýrsla 2004 - Verzlunarskóli Ãslands
Skólaskýrsla 2004 - Verzlunarskóli Ãslands
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c is completely unsatisfactory<br />
c is considered top secret<br />
c is very embarrassing<br />
23 “The verdict is innovative because of its precision” said lawyer Cesare Rimini.<br />
c exactness<br />
c fairness<br />
c importance<br />
c originality<br />
c precedence<br />
24 Viewers turning in for more than four hours a day said they were relaxed and tensionfree<br />
in front of the box but felt stressed as soon as they switched it off. The instinctive allure is,<br />
of course, that anything visual catches the eye.<br />
c attraction<br />
c choice<br />
c danger<br />
c difficulty<br />
c problem<br />
25 The problems facing women in sports in Iran are not only about wearing the obligatory<br />
headscarf and long coat.<br />
c allenveloping<br />
c beautiful<br />
c compulsory<br />
c stretchy<br />
c uncomfortable<br />
26 The taxi drivers feared getting caught in the gridlock that developed within minutes.<br />
c dangerous situation<br />
c darkness<br />
c grime<br />
c plight<br />
c traffic jam<br />
Read the following passage and choose the correct word from A, B and C to fill each<br />
gap:<br />
2731<br />
Management Styles<br />
Recent research at business schools in the USA has shown that traditional management styles are<br />
rapidly changing. In the traditional model, senior managers use their (1) _________ to ensure that<br />
decisions are carried out by (2) ________ at lower levels of the company (3) _______. However,<br />
in today’s rapidly evolving business environment, it has become clear that (4) _________ is<br />
something that all managers will have to live with and adapt to. In today’s modern organisation<br />
(5) ________ is no longer restricted to senior managers, and employees are not expected to blindly<br />
(6) __________ orders from above. Because of the increasing complexity of business, managers<br />
have had to (7) __________ tasks to people at lower levels and to (8) ________ them to take the<br />
necessary decisions. It has become a system where what you do, in other words your (9) ______ is<br />
what determines not only the respect that other people in the organisation have for you but also<br />
how you are (10) __________ for the work that you accomplish. As one manager puts it, ‘Today<br />
you have to be very careful about what you say to someone who works for you because tomorrow<br />
that same person could be your boss!’<br />
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