SHORT TEST 8 B Unit 8
1 Complete the sentences with the words from the box. There are more words than you need.
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0 What’s his salary ? Not much, only £6000 a year.
1 Only $400 a month? It’s the worst paid ________________ in the country!
2 I know that the boss is going to ________________ him because he was late three times this week.
3 Now I see where you made a mistake. You wrote ‘johnsmith’ and the address starts with ‘john_smith’. The ________________ between the name and the surname is important.
4 It’s my second year in the company. I think I will get a/an _______________ soon. Who knows, maybe they’ll make me a manager.
5 Oh, the ________________ is just like in every office, from nine to five.
6 Fill in this ________________________ and wait for our invitation to a personal interview.
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2 Who is it? The lines show you how many letters you need to use.
0 works in hospital: d o c t o r
1 This person works in a library: b .
2 This person is interested in science: i .
3 This person decides what punishment a criminal should get: g .
4 This person stops fire: r .
5 This person designs or builds machines: e .
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3 Complete the sentences with the correct prepositions.
0 Are you interested in the job of a hotel receptionist?
1 How many people applied ________________ the job as a supermarket cashier?
2 My brother isn’t very keen ________________ working in teams.
3 What will happen if my lawyer doesn’t turn ________________?
4 He’s not bad ________________ dancing but his spoken English isn’t fluent.
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4 Put the verbs in brackets into the correct form.
0 I might decide to become (become) an actor.
1 She avoids ________________ (work) at weekends.
2 I don’t mind ________________ (be) the centre of attention.
3 You should ________________ (take) a few days off.
4 He offered ________________ (help) the fruit pickers in summer.
5 He needs ________________ (have) a clean driving licence for the job.
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