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- 1. Multiple Choice
My new home was a long way from the center of London but it was becoming essential to find a job, so 32 ______ I spent a whole morning getting to town and applying to London Transport for a job on the tube.
finally
at the end
lastly
in conclusion
- 2. Multiple Choice
It turned out that they were looking for guards, not drivers. This 33 ______ me. I couldn’t drive a car but I could probably guard a train and perhaps continue to write poems between stations. “Yes, I would be a tube guard,” I thought. I could see myself being cheerful, useful, a good man in a crisis.
comforted
matched
fitted
suited
- 3. Multiple Choice
The next day I sat down, with almost a hundred other 34 ______, for the intelligence test. I must have done all right because after half an hour’s wait I was sent into another room for a psychological test.
friends
members
candidates
nominees
- 4. Multiple Choice
The examiner sat at a desk. You were signaled forward to occupy the seat opposite him when the previous occupant had been 35 ______. Sometimes the person was rejected quickly and sometimes after quite a while. Obviously the longer interviews were the most successful ones. Mine was the only one that lasted a minute and a half
declined
dismissed
accepted
abandoned
- 5. Multiple Choice
I can remember the questions now: “Why did you leave your last job, “Why did you leave your job before that? “And the one before?” I can’t 36 ______ my answers, except they were short at first and grew shorter as we continued.
recall
memorize
forget
remind
- 6. Multiple Choice
His closing statement 37______ a lack of sensitivity, which helped to explain why as a psychologist he had risen no higher than the underground railway. “You have failed this test and we are unable to offer you a position.”
discovered
revealed
disguised
opened
- 7. Multiple Choice
Failing to get that job was my low point. Or so I thought, believing that the work was easy. Actually, such a job 38 ______ exactly this sort of elementary responsibility a dreamer like me is unlikely to have. But, I was still far short of self-understanding as well as short of cash.
expects
offers
demands
asks
- 8. Draw
Draw your today's mood
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- 9. Fill in the Blank
19. I was seventeen, when I __________________ (GIVE) a job in a local fast food restaurant.
- 10. Fill in the Blank
20. Training was for three days. During the __________________ (ONE) two days I watched videos about my job. During the last day of orientation, I had to be at the restaurant to see how things got done.
- 11. Fill in the Blank
21. I began work on Saturday, which was the __________________ (BUSY) day of the week
- 12. Fill in the Blank
22. My present job __________________ (NOT/CONNECT) with cooking. I work for a computer company. I like it, but I miss communicating with people.
- 13. Fill in the Blank
23. When Emma started working in a big bank, she was always afraid someone might rob her. On the __________________ (THREE) day, a man who looked suspicious entered the bank.
- 14. Fill in the Blank
24. He walked straight to Emma who was sitting behind bulletproof glass. Then he placed a note under her window. Being very scared, Emma __________________ (FALL) on the floor under the counter and hit the alarm button.
- 15. Fill in the Blank
25. The guards came and the man __________________ (ARREST). Then Emma read the note. It said, “Would you have lunch with me?”
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