Job sharing shifts short-term contract

1. John’s company demands that he is in the office between 10.00 and

15.00 but he can start earlier than that and finish later than that as long as

he works 40 hours per week. He is working …. 2. This is the worst week of

the month for Mary because this week she’s working nights. Next week

is the best, because then she’ll be at home when her daughter comes in

from school. She’s working …. 3. Pat works for a large insurance firm but

he only goes to their office one day a week. For the other four he works at

home and keeps in touch by e-mail, fax and phone. He’s …. 4. Peter is

a journalist He writes for a variety of papers. This week it’s the Financial

Times, last week it was the Wall Street Journal. He decides how much

work he does and when he works and completes his own accounts for

tax purposes. He’s working …. 5. Heidi is working at a food process-

ing plant in Germany. She’s worked there for two months, and her job

finishes at the end of this month. She hopes the company will renew her

contract for another three months. She’s working on a …. 6. Mary and

Jane are both receptionists for a PR firm. Mary works there on Monday

and Tuesday, Jane then takes over for the rest of the week. They are …

16. Decide which word suits best each space. Choosing a job

One of the most difficult decisions is choosing what to do for a (1) ….

For example, do you want to follow a definite (2) … and (3) … a low (4) …

at the beginning, but have good (5) … in a company that trains its (6) …?

Or are you more interested in taking any kind of work, because you need

a/an (7) …? You may have to (8)... the feet that a good (9) … can be dif-

ficult to find. In that case, why not take a (10) … one? You will gain some

useful (11) … Remember that even if you have the right (12) … you may

have to (13)... lots of application forms before you are asked to (14) …

an interview. But don’t worry if you don’t know what you want to (15) …

exactly. You’ll enjoy finding out!

1. A) salary

2. A) company

3. A) earn

4. A) money

5. A) hopes

6. A) employers

7. A) money

B) living

B) training

B) gain

B) profit

B) prospects

B) crew

B) cash

C) employee

C) business

C) win

C) cheque

C) futures

C) staff

C) account

D) work

D) career

D) take

D) salary

D) promotions

D) persons

D) income

8. A) face up to

B) go over

C) come up with D) call off

9. A) work

B) labour

C) job

D) seat

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10. A) temporary

11. A) experiences

12. A) qualifications

13. A) fall through

14. A) be

15. A) work

B) overtime

B) experienced

B) exams

B) get on

B) attend

B) job

C) profitable

C) experience

C) letters

C) turn down

C) make

C) do

D) short

D) experiencing

D) degrees

D) fill in

D) advertise

D) employ

17.* Render the following in English (50–100 words)

A. В США безработица осталась на отметке 5%

Уровень безработицы в США в текущем году не изменился по

сравнению с предыдущим и составил 5%, согласно информации

Министерства труда США.

По сравнению с прошлым годом безработица уменьшилась на

0,5 процентных пункта. Официальное количество безработных в

стране по сравнению с предыдущим годом не изменилось и со-

ставляет 7,5 млн. человек.

Число американцев, занятых в сфере услуг, увеличилось в этом

году на 203 тыс. человек, в производстве – на 4 тыс. В отчете также

отмечается, что безработица среди афроамериканцев по итогам

года упала с 10.3% до 9.5%, среди латиноамериканцев этот пока-

затель снизился с 5.8% до 5.5%. Безработица среди мужчин оста-

лась на отметке 4.3%, среди женщин – выросла с 4.6% до 4.7%.