HS 2021 Unit 7. Jobs and Professions Summary Test

I. Listening. Listen to the text and do the following tasks:

a) Put the sentences into the correct order (write their numbers in the order according to the text):

1. It means life never gets boring.   [1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6]

2. Their career path was quite straightforward.   [1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6]

3. I like moving from one job to another.   [1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6]

4. It is normal for people to change careers.   [1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6]

5. I don’t know my next career.   [1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6]

6. Choosing a career is one of the biggest decisions we make in life.   [1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6]

b) Say if the following sentences are true or false:

1. People usually choose to have only one career.       [True, False]

2. People used to stay in one career for life.       [True, False]

3. It is normal for people to have not more than three careers.       [True, False]

4. The author likes moving from one career to another.       [True, False]

5. His life sometimes gets boring.       [True, False]

6. It is possible that the author’s next career doesn’t exist now.       [True, False]

II. Read the texts below. For questions (1-12) choose the correct answer (A, B, C or D).

   I have worked for this company   [A, B, C, D](1) ten years, but I haven’t always worked in the same department. I have worked in sales, marketing and accounts, so I have gained a lot of experience. In   [A, B, C, D] (2) fact, I have   [A, B, C, D](3) been promoted to Assistant Manager. I now report directly to Mr Grey, the Managing Director.    Our new head office is in London. We   [A, B, C, D] (4) here for one year. Before that, we were   [A, B, C, D](5) in a small town. We   [A, B, C, D] (6) have a new fleet of cars. We   [A, B, C, D] (7) these Renaults for five months.    Our main   [A, B, C, D] (8) are the Ritz and Murdoch business groups. They have been our clients for a long time.   [A, B, C, D] (9) the years, we have worked   [A, B, C, D] (10) to satisfy our clients, although we haven’t always succeeded!    We have made many changes in the company in order   [A, B, C, D] (11) competitive. Some people have had difficulties adjusting to the new procedures because they haven’t had enough training. Business had been a little slow recently due to the recession, but we   [A, B, C, D] (12) to achieve our objectives last year. Hopefully, we will again this year.  

III. Write the words according to their definitions. Mind the usage of the particle to and articles:

1. A person who collects different news and makes different TV or newspaper reports.             

2. a person who works with pipes (труби) and system of water supply.          

3. a person who works on TV,  and presents and interviews the guests.       

4. a person who works at the office and does mental rather than physical work.                      

5. to become very rich by your own work and effort.                  

6. a person who translates speech orally from one language to another.               

7. a doctor trained to perform medical operations.          

8. someone who studies and works with the mind of people as well as their emotions and relationships.               

9. a person who designs buildings and makes sure they are constructed correctly.             

10. to leave the job or stop doing something.        

11. a doctor who works with animals.               

12. a person who gives advice to people about the law.          

IV. Open the brackets and write the verbs in the correct tense form:

1. The children (to look after) by the babysitters every day.

The children                  by the babysitters every day.

2. The baker (to hire) by the top manager last year.

The baker           by the top manager last year.

3. The employer’s offer (to refuse) by the head of the department recently.

The employer’s offer                  by the head of the department recently.

4. The florist (to cut) flowers for half an hour when the manager (to decide) to see the result.

The florist                  flowers for half an hour when the manager         to see the result.

5. Helen’s brows (to shape) by a brow master when her cousin (to come).

Helen’s brows                   by a brow master when her cousin      .

6. The fitness instructor (to fire) by the head of the gym next year.

The fitness instructor               by the head of the gym next year.

7. The pie (to make) by the confectioner now.

The pie               by the confectioner now.

8. The chef (to work) at this restaurant for 7 months by the end of the year.

The chef                        at this restaurant for 7 months by the end of the year.

9. The pharmacist (to promote) by the boss by next year.

The pharmacist                         by the boss by next year.

10. The suit (to prepare) by the tailor before the customer (to pay) for it.

The suit                   by the tailor before the customer      for it.

You are going to read an article in which a film critic talks about his work.
For questions 1-8, choose the answer (А-D) which you think fits best according to the text.

Film Critic

Mark Adams looks back over the last ten years of his work as a film critic for a newspaper called The Front Page.

Writing articles about films for The Front Page was my first proper job. Before then I had done bits of reviewing - novels for other newspapers, films for a magazine and anything I was asked to do for the radio. That was how 1 met Tom Seaton, the first arts editor of The Front Page, who had also written for radio and television. He hired me, but Tom was not primarily a journalist, or he would certainly have been more careful in choosing his staff.

At first, his idea was that a team of critics should take care of the art forms that didn't require specialised knowledge: books, TV, theatre, film and radio. There would be a weekly lunch at which we would make our choices from the artistic material that Tom had decided we should cover, though there would also be guests to make the atmosphere sociable.

It all felt like a bit of a dream at that time: a new newspaper, and I was one of the team. It seemed so unlikely that a paper could be introduced into a crowded market. It seemed just as likely that a millionaire wanted to help me personally, and was pretending to employ me. Such was my lack of self-confidence. In fact, the first time I saw someone reading the newspaper on the London Underground, then turning to a page on which one of my reviews appeared, I didn't know where to look.

Tom's original scheme for a team of critics for the arts never took off. It was a good idea, but we didn't get together as planned and so everything was done by phone. It turned out, too, that the general public out there preferred to associate a reviewer with a single subject area, and so I chose film. Without Tom's initial push, though, we would hardly have come up with the present arrangement, by which I write an extended weekly piece, usually on one film.

The luxury of this way of working suits me well. I wouldn't have been interested in the more standard film critic's role, which involves considering every film that comes out. That's a routine that would make me stale in no time at all. I would soon be sinking into my seat on a Monday morning with the sigh, 'What insulting rubbish must I sit through now?' - a style of sigh that can often be heard in screening rooms around the world.

The space I am given allows me to broaden my argument - or forces me, in an uninteresting week, to make something out of nothing. But what is my role in the public arena? I assume that people choose what films to go to on the basis of the stars, the publicity or the director. There is also such a thing as loyalty to 'type' or its opposite. It can only rarely happen that someone who hates westerns buys a ticket for one after reading a review, or a love story addict avoids a romantic film because of what the papers say.

So if a film review isn't really a consumer guide, what is it? I certainly don't feel I have a responsibility to be 'right' about a movie. Nor do I think there should be a certain number of 'great' and 'bad' films each year. All I have to do is put forward an argument. I'm not a judge, and nor would I want to be.

1. What do we learn about Tom Seaton in the first paragraph?   [a, b, c, d]

2. The weekly lunches were planned in order to   [a, b, c, d]

3. When Mark first started working for The Front Раgе, he   [a, b, c, d]

4. What does Mark mean when he says that Tom's scheme 'never took off' (paragraph 4)?   [a, b, c, d]

5. In the end, the organisation of the team was influenced by   [a, b, c, d]

6. Why does Mark refer to his way of working as a 'luxury' (paragraph 5)?   [a, b, c, d]

7. In Mark's opinion, his articles   [a, b, c, d]

8. Which of the following best describes what Mark says about his work?   [a, b, c, d]

Listen to the spelling of the colours and do the exercises.

1. Write a number (1-10) to put these colours in the order you hear them.

  yellow   brown

  blue   purple

  red   green

  white   pink

   orange   black

2. Write the colour you hear.

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