VOCABULARY QUIZ No. 1                                                9/19/03

 

 

 

I.

           


            depressed

            employees

            employers

            flexible

            isolated

            telecommute

 

 

            Some employees feel that their supervisors at work are not flexible.  They want to work at home and telecommute.  However, their employers would not allow them to do it.    This situation can make a person feel depressed. 

 

 

II. 




            adapt

            commodities

            communicate

            compete

            criticize

            global

 

            In the new economy, global marketing is necessary.  The world is becoming smaller because people can communicate by telephone, fax, computers, and other fast means of communication.  Commodities are shipped by air more than by land or sea these days.  Many companies have to adapt their systems to compete in the new world market. 

 

 

III.   Choose the appropriate verb; then fill in the blanks with its appropriate form. 

 

           


            advertise

            campaign

            convince

            crumble

            manage

            succeed

 

  1. Companies must advertise around the world to be successful today.
  2. If people do not have good manners, society will crumble.
  3. The propaganda from the government about the need for war in Iraq was very convincing.
  4. In managing my time, I have to be very organized.
  5. Former Pres. Clinton talked to Governor Davis about campaigning against the recall.