Задание по тексту

1. Read the whole article. Are these statements true or false?

a) Business people are travelling mora than ever before.

b) Management consultants travel less than other business people.

c) Most people think that using the Internet is as good as meeting face-to-face.

d) Body language is more important than what people actually say,

e) Business travel will decline in the long run as people use the Internet more and more.

2. Choose the best alternative to complete these statements.

a) Sophistication (line 4) is when people have a lot of

i) ignorance about something.

ii) knowledge, experience and understanding of something

iii) interest in something.

b) If X has an impact (line 7) on Y, it has

i) no influence on it.

ii) a connection with it.

iii) an effect on it.

c) A road warrior (line 11) is a kind of

i) soldier.

ii) transport employee.

iii) businessperson.

d) A time zone (line 13) is an area of 

i) an airport where you can see the times of flights.

ii) a building where there is a public clock.

iii) the world where it is the same time in all places.

e) Something that is global (line 13)
i) is round or spherical.

ii) happens or involves things all over the world.

iii) is full and complete.

3. Find words in the article that are the opposites of these expressions.

a) slow ans low-key

b) infrequent

c) irregularly and with great effort

d) illogical

e) rational

f) fresh, rested and ready to work

4. Choose the correct sence for the expressions in italics.

a) "The question is why all the technological gadgetry has failed make a dent in the amount of business travel?"

(line 35)

i) a hollow area in a surface

ii) a reduction

b) The answer seems to lie with a simple statistic. (line 37)

i) not tell the truth

ii) be found in

c) Facial expressions, body language, eye contact - these are all key conduits. (line 43)

i) channels of communication

ii) pipes

d) Without them you can't get past first base. (line 44)

i) get beyond the first stage in a negotiation or discussion - an expression taken from the baseball

ii) get beyound the base of something - an expression taken from building houses.

e) it's tough to bond over the Internet (line 45)

i) use a type of financial investment

ii) make close contact with someone

f) A lot of lobbying goes on before and after meetings. (line 59)

i) meeting in hotel lobbies

ii) attempts to influemce people and their decisions

5. Match each verb 1-5 to the noun a)-e) that it goes with in the article.

1. read                                     a) the atmosphere

2. pick up                                 b) relationships

3. walk into                               c) people

4. build                                      d) a meeting

5. burn out                                e) body language

6. Now match each verb 1-5 in Exercise 5 with another noun that it can typically go with.

a) trust

b) a worker

c) a feeling

d) a lamp-post

e) a book

7. What  is the key message of the article? Choose the best alternative.

a) Videoconferencing will eventually take over from face-to-face meetings.

b) Business meetings will always be necessary because people prefer to meet face-to-face.

c) Airlines face a difficult future as business travel declines.

Over to you 1

When someone says that more than 90 percent of human communication is non-verbal, what exactly do they mean? Do you agree? Wht / why not?

Over to you 2 

Is it a good to combine business travel with leisure? For example, would you stay in a place a meeting or a job interview to have a few days' holiday? Why / why not?