Question

Jobs for lazy people
If you look through the job pages of any newspaper, you would find the same
adjectives appearing in advert after advert: motivated, ambitious, hard-working, energetic,
dynamic... These are the qualities that you need for all jobs, 1)
perhaps not quite all. A few jobs exist 2)
is less hard-working- even lazy!
might be suitable for somebody 3)
Some furniture companies employ people 4)
armchairs. 5)
example, the La-z-Boy Company, 6)
has several full-time furniture testers. All they have to 7).
periods of time and then say 8)__
workplaces 9)
it is OK to fall asleep on the job!
If you are looking for peace and quiet, as well as a job 10)
involves doing
nothing for long periods, then perhaps you should consider becoming a house sitter. These
people are paid just to occupy somebody's home while they are away on holiday or on
business. Of course, you have to deal with any problems that arise, but if you are lucky,
there won't be any.
Vocabulary
Decide which answer (A, B, C or D) best fits each space.
1) A. salary
2) A. company
3) A. earn
4) A. money
5) A. hopes
Choosing a job
One of the most difficult decisions in life is choosing what to do for a (1). B
you want to follow a definite (2)
and (3)
a low (4)
Or are you more interested in taking any
(5)
in a company
because you need a/an (7)_
?
the fact that a good (9)
You may have to (8)
not take a (10)
one? At least, you will gain some useful (11)_
Remember that even if you have the right (12)
application forms before you are asked to (14)_
you want to (15) exactly. You'll enjoy finding out!
6) A. employers
7) A. money
8) A. face up to
9) A. work
10) A. temporary
11) A. experiences
12) A. qualifications
13) A. fall through
14) A. be
15) A. work.
rains its (6).
B. living
B. training
B. gain
B. profit
B. prospects
B. crew
B. cash
B. go over
B. labour
B. overtime
B. experienced
B. exams
job is to test their new sofas and
makes reclining chairs,
is sit in the chairs for long.
comfortable they are. It's one one of the
B. get on
B. attend.
B. job
they? Well,
C. employee
C. business
C. win
C. cheque
C. futures
C. staff
C. account
C. come up with
C. job
C. profitable
C. experience
C. letters
C. turn down
C. make
C. do
how
who
whose
which
where
aren't
do
which
which
for
For example, do
at the beginning, but have good
work
, you may have to (13)
lots of
an interview. But don't worry if you don't know what
can be difficult to find. In that case, why
D. work
D. career
D. take
D. salary
D. promotions
D. persons
D. income
D. call off
D. seat
D. short
D. experiencing
D. degrees
D. fill in
D. advertise
D. employ

Answer 1

Ответ:1) B. living

2) D. career

3) A. earn

4) D. profit

5) C. futures

6) A. employers

7) B. money

8) C. come up with

9) A. work

10) D. temporary

11) A. experiences

12) D. qualifications

13) D. fill in

14) A. be

15) D. work