State Exam grammar 3 & 1

My new home was a long way from the center of London but it was becoming essential to find a job, so 32 ______ I spent a whole morning getting to town and applying to London Transport for a job on the tube.

• finally

• at the end

• lastly

• in conclusion

It turned out that they were looking for guards, not drivers. This 33 ______ me. I couldn’t drive a car but I could probably guard a train and perhaps continue to write poems between stations. “Yes, I would be a tube guard,” I thought. I could see myself being cheerful, useful, a good man in a crisis.

• comforted

• matched

• fitted

• suited

The next day I sat down, with almost a hundred other 34 ______, for the intelligence test. I must have done all right because after half an hour’s wait I was sent into another room for a psychological test.

• friends

• members

• candidates

• nominees

The examiner sat at a desk. You were signaled forward to occupy the seat opposite him when the previous occupant had been 35 ______. Sometimes the person was rejected quickly and sometimes after quite a while. Obviously the longer interviews were the most successful ones. Mine was the only one that lasted a minute and a half

• declined

• dismissed

• accepted

• abandoned

I can remember the questions now: “Why did you leave your last job, “Why did you leave your job before that? “And the one before?” I can’t 36 ______ my answers, except they were short at first and grew shorter as we continued.

• recall

• memorize

• forget

• remind

His closing statement 37______ a lack of sensitivity, which helped to explain why as a psychologist he had risen no higher than the underground railway. “You have failed this test and we are unable to offer you a position.”

• discovered

• revealed

• disguised

• opened

Failing to get that job was my low point. Or so I thought, believing that the work was easy. Actually, such a job 38 ______ exactly this sort of elementary responsibility a dreamer like me is unlikely to have. But, I was still far short of self-understanding as well as short of cash.

• expects

• offers

• demands

• asks

Draw your today's mood

19. I was seventeen, when I (a)   (GIVE) a job in a local fast food restaurant.

20. Training was for three days. During the (a)   (ONE) two days I watched videos about my job. During the last day of orientation, I had to be at the restaurant to see how things got done.