people cannot give meaning to th e ir w o rk and feel alienated from th e ir main roles. This
can be seen by (13)____masses of people who are sitting at (14)____ w orkstation every
day fo r seven or eight hours doing a job which is only one sm a ll part of a process.' Bringing
back this kind of meaning into w ork could be (15)____d iffic u lt task, one which may not
even be possible.
However, (16)___ most cited reason for taking 'sick days' is (17)____ family commitments,
such as childcare or illness within (18)___ family. This is an issue which can be addressed
with such things as (19)___ flexible working hours and home working. Perhaps, if employers
can be a bit more forward thinking in these areas, they w ill, in the long run, be (20)___ ones
to benefit the most.
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Exam tip: A rticles can give you a clue to answers in sentence com pletion/sum m ary
i com pletion questions.
3
Complete the sentences using words from the text in exercise 2.
1
B illions of pounds are lost through unjustified sick' days, a n d ______________ fo r this
need to be looked at.
2 As much as a ___________ of w orkers see these sick days as acceptable.
3
W ork fatigue is w h e n _w ith th e ir w ork.
4 Changing people’s perspectives of th e ir jobs m ight be
a __
5
Problems w ith in ___________ are the most common reason for this kind of leave-taking.
4
Find and correct the mistakes in the following Part 1 Writing sample. There are eight
mistakes in the use of articles.
Millionaires in the USA, by main profession
10% 2%5%
□ Sports
15%
Television and Film
■ Politics
4%
W Business
Hi Music
□ Other
64%
The pie chart shows the main careers of m illionaires in the United States in percentages. We
can see that a m ajority of m illionaires are businesspeople, while other jobs such as in the
entertainm ent or the politics only represent sm all proportion of the total. However, it could
be said that m illionaires are mostly people in the business and entertainm ent industries.
In the USA, people who w ork in a business account fo r ju st under two th ird s of m illionaires.
Next largest group of m illion a ires on the chart is people who w o rk in film and television.
They account fo r 15% of the total. This group is closely followed by people who w ork in
music. This sector accounts fo r the tenth of a ll m illio n a ire s in the USA.
The sm a lle r groups a ll make up few er than ten per cent of m illion a ires when combined.
These people are sportspeople, politicians and people in oth e r careers. The sm allest group
is an ‘o th e r’ group w ith two per cent.
