Choose the word or phrase that best completes the blank in each sentence. Chọn từ hoặc cụm từ đúng nhất cho mỗi câu.
1-
It's a gamble at the moment whether the company will make profit in its second year but that nevertheless is the ....... aim.
A -
wanted
B -
wished
C -
desired
D -
needed
2-
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.
A -
forecast
B -
foretell
C -
foresee
D -
forego
3-
I think that your financial optimism is not really justified and you should adopt a more ....... attitude.
A -
really
B -
realize
C -
reality
D -
realistic
4-
If you want to increase sales of a particular product, you must be sure that you are ....... the right customers.
A -
aiming
B -
directing
C -
targeting
D -
guiding
5-
The idea caught on very quickly and people were queuing up to buy the goods so that year the company's investment ....... substantial profits.
A -
confirmed
B -
yielded
C -
harvested
D -
maintained
6-
....... it has not been a bad year as our costs are well down on last year's.
A -
Overall
B -
Largely
C -
Mainly
D -
Quite
7-
Managers complained bitterly at the Annual General Meeting that ....... of production had dropped to an all time low.
A -
signs
B -
indications
C -
types
D -
levels
8-
You have to accept that this kind of expenditure is quite ....... in an enterprise of this kind.
A -
general
B -
typical
C -
formal
D -
correct
9-
The figures that have just been published by the company's accountants will give management some kind of ....... on how sales are going.
A -
prospective
B -
perception
C -
perusal
D -
perspective
10-
Whenever a member of staff makes a claim for travel expenses, they have to provide a ....... account of their journeys.