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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Class__________

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