VII. Fill in each blank with a suitable word to complete the paragraph (2 points)
GOOD AT LANGUAGES
At school, Sarah Biggs says she was very bad at languages. Now she speaks English, Spanish and Italian and works (1)____________ a bilingual secretary in a travel company in England. (2)____________ several foreign languages at work is not easy, but for Sarah, and other multi-lingual secretaries like her, it is all standard practice.
Sarah comes from Spain, (3)____________ she attended school and college. But it was time spent abroad after college that encouraged her interest in languages.
In her job, Sarah has a great deal more responsibility than the title of secretary would suggest. She stresses the importance of (4)____________ fluent in Spanish because part of her job is dealing (5)____________ customers from Latin America. (6)____________ such clients come from abroad, she has to translate everything they say into English. She is given (7)____________ time for preparation at all, so this aspect of her job is one of the (8)____________ difficult.
It is important for Sarah to be up-to-date with changes (9)____________ her own language, so she reads Spanish newspapers and books looking for new additions to her vocabulary. Sarah says she (10)____________ not give up this job even if they offered her a better salary in another company.
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