Unit 8: The world of work

All the _______had excellent academic credentials.

• candidates

• goverments

• followers

• designers

Teachers complain that more of their time is taken up with _______than with teaching.

• protection

• administration

• architect  

• article

He formerly worked as a machinist_______ in Boeing's Everett assembly plant.

• appreciate

• appraise

• apprentice

• approach

You need to_______ the numbers properly in a column.

• align

• check

• draw

• hungry

She finally achieved her_______ of visiting the USA.

• target

• objective

• desires

• ambition

When I rang Tessa sometime last week, she said that she was busy_______ day.

• that

• the

• then

• this

Office staff need __ desks and chairs to feel comfortable in their office space.

• good-designing

• good-designed

• well-designing

• well-designed

There are usually a lot of job seekers

applying for one position. Only a few of them are ___ for an interview.

• shortlisted

• listed

• screened

• tested

When preparing a CV, university ____ can consider attaching a separate report about official work experience during the course.

• graduates

• leavers

• candidates

• applicants

According to everyone in the __, she's a very good boss.

• apartment

• compartment

• employment

• department