*. Complete the sentences with the words from the box.

    slang    correct    imitate    operate    simplify

    translate    settlement    expansion    proficiency    mother tongue

1. Is English your ………………………? 

2. Their ………………………in English is rather low. 

3. My father doesn't understand the ………………………we use. 

4. Can you help me ………………………these words into English? 

5. I always wonder about the ………………………of the universe. 

6. She learned to ………………………my English accent very quickly. 

7. They need to ………………………the manual before it is published. 

8. My teacher used to ………………………my mistakes when I spoke English. 

9. The first ………………………in North America began in the 17th century. 

10. Many English words can ………………………as a noun, a verb and an adjective. 

Choose one correct answer in each drop-down list.

JOBS

Hotel Employment Opportunities: Skywalker Corporation

We are (1) Finding, searching, recruiting, hiring for motivated, energetic people to (2) Begin, continue, do, finish managing our newly-opened facilities. Skywalker Corporation has become a world leader (3) On, at, in, for the hotel and hospitality field by its rapid growth and expansion. The (4) Successful, prospective, competitive, welcoming managers will be in (5) Control, management, charge, work of the hiring and firing of new employees, the procurement of the furniture and any extra equipment, while (6) using/having/doing/taking care of the daily operations.

Potential employees must have at least seven years of managing (7) experience, degree, qualification, level in the hospitality industry. We prefer that our (8) staff, employees, workers, candidates have a business or hotel management degree, but it is not a necessity if the applicant has significant time working with finances. The (9) possibility, ability, responsibility, quality to speak English and one more language is a significant advantage as most of our hotels are located in non-English speaking countries.

Please send your (10) resume, applying, reference, recruitment and a cover letter to Robert Madden at rmadden@skywemply.com.

Read the following passage and mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the correct word or phrase that best fits each of the numbered blanks.

Once upon a time, people left school or university, joined a company and stayed with it until they retired. The concept of a job for life is now long (31)_______, and nowadays many employees find it hard to stay loyal to their companies for even a relatively short period of time. According to a recent survey, this is particularly (32 )_______ in London, where more than half of those asked said that they constantly keep one eye on other job opportunities, (33)______ they are fairly happy in their existing job. A high number of London workers say that they are always on the (34)_______, although they are content and motivated in their current position. Job seekers find that the internet (35)_______ them with a quick and easy way to find out what's available, and 53 percent said that they had applied for a job or registered with an employment agency in the past 12 months.

Question 35:

A. provides

B. serves

C. delivers

D. fulfills

Read the following passage and mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the correct word or phrase that best fits each of the numbered blanks.

Once upon a time, people left school or university, joined a company and stayed with it until they retired. The concept of a job for life is now long (31)_______, and nowadays many employees find it hard to stay loyal to their companies for even a relatively short period of time. According to a recent survey, this is particularly (32 )_______ in London, where more than half of those asked said that they constantly keep one eye on other job opportunities, (33)______ they are fairly happy in their existing job. A high number of London workers say that they are always on the (34)_______, although they are content and motivated in their current position. Job seekers find that the internet (35)_______ them with a quick and easy way to find out what's available, and 53 percent said that they had applied for a job or registered with an employment agency in the past 12 months.

Question 33:

A. even if

B. as well

C. just as

D. so that

Read the following passage and mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the correct word or phrase that best fits each of the numbered blanks.

Once upon a time, people left school or university, joined a company and stayed with it until they retired. The concept of a job for life is now long (31)_______, and nowadays many employees find it hard to stay loyal to their companies for even a relatively short period of time. According to a recent survey, this is particularly (32 )_______ in London, where more than half of those asked said that they constantly keep one eye on other job opportunities, (33)______ they are fairly happy in their existing job. A high number of London workers say that they are always on the (34)_______, although they are content and motivated in their current position. Job seekers find that the internet (35)_______ them with a quick and easy way to find out what's available, and 53 percent said that they had applied for a job or registered with an employment agency in the past 12 months.

Question 34:

A. look out

B. pursuit

C. search

D. watch

Read the following passage and mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the correct word or phrase that best fits each of the numbered blanks.

Once upon a time, people left school or university, joined a company and stayed with it until they retired. The concept of a job for life is now long (31)_______, and nowadays many employees find it hard to stay loyal to their companies for even a relatively short period of time. According to a recent survey, this is particularly (32 )_______ in London, where more than half of those asked said that they constantly keep one eye on other job opportunities, (33)______ they are fairly happy in their existing job. A high number of London workers say that they are always on the (34)_______, although they are content and motivated in their current position. Job seekers find that the internet (35)_______ them with a quick and easy way to find out what's available, and 53 percent said that they had applied for a job or registered with an employment agency in the past 12 months.

Question 32:

A. true

B. right

C. actual

D. real

Read the following passage and mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the correct word or phrase that best fits each of the numbered blanks.

Once upon a time, people left school or university, joined a company and stayed with it until they retired. The concept of a job for life is now long (31)_______, and nowadays many employees find it hard to stay loyal to their companies for even a relatively short period of time. According to a recent survey, this is particularly (32 )_______ in London, where more than half of those asked said that they constantly keep one eye on other job opportunities, (33)______ they are fairly happy in their existing job. A high number of London workers say that they are always on the (34)_______, although they are content and motivated in their current position. Job seekers find that the internet (35)_______ them with a quick and easy way to find out what's available, and 53 percent said that they had applied for a job or registered with an employment agency in the past 12 months.

Question 31:

A. done

B. gone

C. finished

D. over

Mark the letter A, B, C or D on your answer sheet to indicate the word(s) SIMILAR in meaning to the underlined word(s) in each of the following questions.

English language proficiency requirements for undergraduate courses are considerably demanding

A. fitness 

B. competence 

C. understanding 

D. applicability