13.13 JOBS & EMPLOYMENT

Rita’s boss gave her an excellent…………...when she left her last job.

• recommendation

• gathering

• credential

• reference

The…………...decided to call a strike over pay and the factory was closed for 48 hours.

• charity

• club

• union

• institution

In this district there is a growing …………... between those with jobs and those without.

• separation

• divide

• fissure    

• difference 

Losing my job was a great shock; but I think I’m…………...it.

• getting over

• seeing to

• standing for  

• putting up with

Bill works as a business…………...for a large multinational corporation.

• boss

• leader

• supervisor

• executive 

I’ve just been offered a new job! Things are…………...      

• turning up

• making up

• looking up

• clearing up

Stephen felt…………...about changing his job. 

• afraid

• apprehensive

• indecisive

• timid

His job is very well paid; he…………...more than £100,000 a year!

• gains

• wins 

• does

• earns

You have to have nerves of…………...to be an air traffic controller.

• steel 

• iron

• metal  

• granite

He didn’t have a job for months, but…………...the end he found work as a waiter.

• at

• in

• to

• on