13.4 JOBS & EMPLOYMENT

The drivers have rejected proposals to end the strike and the other workers have come out in…………....

• sympathy

• return

• consent

• collaboration

Fred says that his present job does not provide him with enough…………...for his organising ability. 

• space

• range

• capacity

• scope

The company director…………...the workers for the low output.

• blamed

• complained

• accused 

• disapproved

The water workers’ claim for a 10 per cent pay rise has been under…………...by the government.

• regard

• inquiry

• consideration   

• application

The workers voted in favour of a(n)…………...strike.

• interminable 

• endless

• ceaseless 

• indefinite

She’s more interested in job…………...than in making a lot of money.

• enjoyment  

• contentment  

• satisfaction

• pleasure

It’s a shame they didn’t pick you, but it doesn’t…………...out the possibility that you might get a job in a different department.

• cancel

• rule

• strike 

• draw

The manager…………...the men to return to work immediately.

• insisted

• suggested

• demanded  

• ordered

The…………...of employment are set out in the contract.

• conditions

• specifications

• requirements      

• arrangements

She was…………...disappointed wheri she learned that she had not got the job.

• gravely

• bitterly

• highly

• fully