SEMBCORP A2- FINAL PAPER TEST

I. LISTENING (TWICE)

Task 1: Listen to the questions or statements and choose the best responses.



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Task 2: Choose the correct answer to complete each sentence or dialogue.



Conversation 1:

A: I can see you worked really hard on this.
B: Yes, but I’m not sure it’s what you wanted.
A: Well, not exactly. But (1) . It just needs a few changes here and there.
B: Not so bad, then. (2) ?

Conversation 2:

Olivia: Hello, Jim. (3)  
Jim: No, but the traffic was bad. Sorry I’m a bit late.
Olivia: No problem. Thank you for coming. So let’s go to my office. It’s this way.
Jim: After you.

Olivia: So, here’s my office. Please take a seat. (4) ? A coffee or tea maybe?
Jim: Yes, please. A coffee would be nice.
Olivia: OK. And do you need anything else?
Jim: Do you have a wi-fi connection here?
Olivia: No, we don’t. Just use this cable. You’ll need the password. Here you are.
Jim: Great, thanks. (5) .
Olivia: No hurry. Let me know if you need anything else.
Jim: I will. Thanks.

Conversation 3: 

E: While we’re on the subject of learning the business,(6) ?
A: Good idea. Of course, there is the problem of cost. What can we do about that?
E: Couldn’t we just spend more on student internships and less on graduate recruitment?
A: You know, that might not be such a bad idea. Now, Michael, you’re looking at how we market ourselves to graduates. (7) ?
M: Yes, well, the first thing is: we need to go mobile with our advertising. Most students prefer to use their mobiles to look for work. So, (8) as soon as we have job opportunities.
E: What a good idea! And doing that means we could also make job offers a lot faster — direct to the applicant’s phone. Did you know that at the moment, a quarter of the people we offer work to have already taken another job by the time we contact them?
A: Really? But that’s terrible …

II. USE OF LANGUAGE

Task 1: Choose the best answers for the following questions.

1. The product is made ______metal.

2. When the accident happened, he  ______ the wind turbines.

3. How ______ restarting the system?

4. Most customers want products that are as simple ______ possible.

5. I clicked on the toolbar ______ save the file.

6. Sorry, I didn’t ______ that. Could you say it again?

7. The manual is too long. Customers prefer a more ______ design with fewer steps.

8. I’ve been working as a product ______ for an electronics company since 2015.

9. _____ you tried the new Italian restaurant yet?

10. Anna: Sorry, I’m not sure what you mean.
      Harry: _________________

11. New engineer: Can you tell me the next step in the procedure?
    Instructor: ________

12. Manager: There’s a lot of background noise. I can’t here you.
      Minh: ____________

Task 2: Arrange the sentences to make a complete dialogue


1- David: Sure, Minh. What’s the problem?

2- Minh: Yes, I restarted it, but it still doesn’t work. What should I do?

3- David: You can call the IT team. They can check the system from the server side.

4- Minh: OK, that’s a good idea. What should I do first?

5- David: I see. Did you check the network connection first?

6- Minh: Thanks, David. I will try your advice now.

7- David: You can try restarting the monitoring software. That often helps.

8- Minh: Hi David, can I talk to you? I have a small problem with the wind energy project.

9- David: No problem, Minh. Tell me if you need more help.

10- Minh: The turbine data is not uploading to the system. I don’t know why.

11- David: Yes. First, close the program. Then open it again and log in with your ID.

12- Minh: Alright. If it still doesn’t work, any other suggestions?

Your answer: _8_ - - - - - -

                                - - - -  - _9_

 

 

Task 3: You work in the Customer Support Team at Sembcorp. A customer has sent your company a complaint about a late delivery.

Read the email below and write a reply.


To: Customerservices@sembcorp.org

From: richardtan@gmail.com

Subject: Late delivery of my order

Dear Sembcorp Team,

I am writing because my order has not arrived. I ordered a water control panel on February 3rd, and it should have arrived on February 15th. It still hasn’t arrived, so I am not very happy about this.

Can you tell me what the problem is? When will my order arrive?
I would also like an update as soon as possible.

Thank you,
Richard Tan

Write an email (60- 80 words) to reply to Richard. In your email:
- Say sorry for the problem.
- Explain the reason for the delay (make a simple reason).
- Say what you will do to help (for example: check the order, send an update, offer a replacement).
- Ask if he needs anything else.