WorksheetsFirst Certificate
Total questions: 25
Worksheet time: 1hrs 1mins
If we did not have a memory, we would not be...of our relationships with other people and would have no ...that we had had any past at all
aware/idea
familiar/belief
informed/view
aware/suggestion
idea/acquainted
And without memory we would have no knowledge on which to ... our present and future.
base
depend
do
make
Memory ... of three processes: registration, retention and recall. Registration happens when we consciously notice something.
contains
involves
includes
consists
Retention is the next ..., when we keep something we have noticed in our minds for a certain period of time.
action
division
set
stage
Finally, recall occurs when we actively think about some of these things that are ... in our minds.
seated
stocked
stored
sited
Every day we are subjected to a vast ... of information.
level
amount
extent
number
If we remembered every ... thing we had ever seen or heard, life would be impossible.
exact
single
one
isolated
Today I am visiting a sweets factory, a building squeezed between a railway line and a canal. (a) I watch, trucks filled with sugar arrive at the factory where this owned company has been making sweets for some 80 years
Being in a factory ... this one is exactly ... children dream of
(a)
I am staring at a huge vats of sticky liquid ... eventually ends up as mouth-watering sweets.
(a)
Every now ... then I see a factory worker in a white coat put a sweet into her mouth.
(a)
Ailsa Kelly, granddaughter of the company owner, remembers visiting the factory as ... child with her grandfather.
(a)
And indeed, she has, continuously, ... 1999.
(a)
The sense of family is ... of the reasons employees are remarkably loyal to the company.
(a)
People being interviewed expect the interviewers to be (a) , matching an applicant againts a job ... (OBJECT/DESCRIBE)
However, what often happens in reality is that the interviewers make ... that are little more than reactions to the ... of the applicant. (DECIDE/PERSON)
(a)
Even skilled interviewers may, without realising it, ... favour people who make them feel at ... . (CONSCIOUS/EASY)
(a)
With this in mind, if you go for an interview you should try to make a good impression from the start by presenting the interviewers with the very best version of yourself, emphasising the ... of skills you have. (VARY)
(a)
You must appear very positive and as ... as possible. (ENTHUSIASM)
(a)
" Do you know the cost of the trips?" asked Pamela (MUCH)
Pamela asked if I knew ... were.
(a)
During the quiz, I could not think of the correct answer to the winning question. (COME)
During the quiz, I was not ... the correct answer to the winning question.
(a)
I promised that I would think carefully about the job offer. (GIVE)
I promised ... the job offer.
(a)
The group continued to walk despite rain starting to fall (EVEN)
The group carried ... started to rain.
(a)
Almost all the tickets for next Saturday's concert have been sold. (HARDLY)
There are ... for next Saturday's concert.
(a)
Do you think it is likely that Peter will get the job he has applied for? (CHANCE)
Do you think that Peter has ... the job he has applied for?
(a)
