General English Test 13

1. ________ it has not been a bad year as our costs are well down on last year’s.

2. The idea caught on very quickly and people were queuing up to buy the goods so that year the company’s investment ________ substantial profits.

3. I think that your financial optimism is not really justified and you should adopt a more ________ attitude.

4. The figures that have just been published by the company’s accountants will give management some kind of ________ on how sales are going.

5. It’s a gamble at the moment whether the company will make profit in its second year but that nevertheless is the ________ aim.

6. Managers complained bitterly at the Annual General Meeting that ________ of production had dropped to an all time low.

7. You have to accept that this kind of expenditure is quite ________ in an enterprise of this kind.

8. Each year the Chancellor of the Exchequer stands up in the House of Commons and gives a ________ of what is seen as the economic outlook for the country.

9. Whenever a member of staff makes a claim for travel expenses, they have to provide a ________ account of their journeys.

10. If you want to increase sales of a particular product, you must be sure that you are ________ the right customers.