He beat his competitor and gained the appointment.

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— In most of the lines 34 - 45 there is one extra word. It is either grammatically incorrect or does not fit in with the meaning of the text. Some lines, however, are correct.

— If a line is correct, write CORRECT on your Answer Sheet.

— If there is an extra word in the line, write the extra word in CAPITAL LETTERS on your Answer Sheet.

— The exercise begins with two examples, (0) and (00).

Organising Events

First task of all, you need to be sure that an event is really the best way to get your

message across to customers. Maybe advertising or direct mail would be more

34 effective instead. While an event involves persuading key people to attend,

35 and can take out a great deal of time and money, so you should think very

36 carefully before choosing that method. If you go for an event, see how soon

37 others do it, and adapt from their ideas to suit your own circumstances. You'll

38 need to produce an event strategy and checklist, and then keep on to it. Make

39 sure your key players agree to look an outline strategy at the start. The smallest

40 things can let you go down, with potentially serious results. This means you

41 should have plans in place in which case speakers arrive late, contractors are

42 unreliable or equipment fails. Keep everyone involved informed of how plans

43 are progressing, to avoid a lack of information is leading to confusion and

44 uncertainty. Form. a team and delegate responsibilities. Afterwards, thank to

45 everybody. This is very important: after all, you could well need them again next time.

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？In most of the lines 34-45, there is one extra word. It is either grammatically incorrect or does not fit in with the meaning of the text. Some lines, however, are correct.

？If a line is correct, write CORRECT on your Answer Sheet.

？If there is an extra word in the line, write the extra word in CAPITAL LETTERS on your Answer Sheet.

The cost of not training

Training is not a cost. It's an investment. It really doesn't matter that what we pay for an investment. What is relevant is what we get in return. One of the easiest

34. ways is to put an organisation's future at risk would be to view training primarily as a

35. cost, and therefore provide with substandard training that operates only as a

36. temporary solution. Many companies attempt to quantify the results of training. For

37. example, a person paid ＄50,000 a year who wastes just one hour a day costs the

38. organisation between ＄6,250 per year. So if the organisation sends 25 people for

39. training and they all receive the same benefit, this would equal from ＄156,250

40. savings per year. A few years ago, training, apart from showing employees

41. what the basics of doing the job, was an optional extra for most organisations.

42. Today this is no longer the case. If we, continue doing what we do in the same way,

43. most of us and our organisations will become obsolete within the five years. This is

44. because of our competitors are helping their staff to become more effective through

45. training. They understand that if the real price of not training is the company falling behind as a result.

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