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1. Finish the following sentences with the names of jobs and professions: a librarian, a secretary, a veterinary, a chef, a miner, a newsagent, a clerk, an architect, an estate agent: 1.
A person
who deals with office correspondence
is a... 2.
A person
whose job is to treat
sick animals is a... 3.
A person
who checks in and out
books is a... 4.
A person
who gets coal from under
the ground is a... 5.
A person
whose job is to cook
in a restaurant is a... 6.
A person
who sells newspapers and magazines is a... 7.
A person
who works in a government office is a... 8.
A person
whose job is to help
people buy and sell houses
is a... 9.
A person
who designs buildings is an... 2. Put the
verbs into the correct form (past perfect continuous). 1. We __ (sleep) for 10 hours when she
woke us up. 2. They __ (wait) at the station for 60
minutes when the bus finally arrived. 3. We __ (look for) her ring for two
hours and then we found it in the bathroom. 4. I __ (not / walk) for a long time,
when it suddenly began to rain. 5. How long __ (learn / she) English
before she went to London? 6. Boris caught the flu because he __
(walk) in the rain too long. 7. She __ (drive) less than an hour
before she ran out of petrol. 8. They were very tired in the evening
because they __ (work) on the farm all day. 9. I __ (not/work) all day. So I wasn't
tired and went to friends later. 10. They __ (cycle) all day so their
legs were sore in the evening. 3. Read the following statements and decide which one applies to each
person. Write S for Shirley, D for Daniel, P for Pam or Z for Zack. Shirley When I got my first job, there weren't
many choices available for women. At the time, girls were expected to stay at
home and help raise the children and take care of the house. So the only job
that was available for me then was as a waitress at a local restaurant. My
parents knew the owner, so he agreed to let me work there a couple nights a week.
I started working there when I was 16. My parents thought I was too young,
but I was really excited to get out of the house and make my own money. It
was a good job, and I had a really nice boss. Plus, it was fun, because all
my friends from high school would come in the evenings and I was able to hang
out with people I knew while I worked. It was the perfect job! Daniel I spent a lot of
time in my dad's dental office as a child. Even when I was very young, I
understood how things worked there and I helped out whenever I could. So,
everyone knew that someday I would follow in my father's footsteps and take
over the family business. After I got
my degree in Dentistry, I started working in my dad's practice as his partner
until he retired a few years later. I
learnt a lot from my dad and from watching him in surgery. I learnt how to
love my job and be really good at it. I'm glad I didn't have to go to a bunch
of interviews. Now, my son helps out at the surgery and it seems he has
already decided on his future career. What can I say? Dentistry runs in our
blood. Pam My first job in the ‘real world’, was really hard to get. I don't know what the
problem was; I mean I had my Master's degree and all the necessary
qualifications and I was hard working. Still, no one wanted to hire me. Maybe
it's because I had so little real-world experience. I went to at least three
job interviews every week for more than six months. It was a lot of driving
around for nothing and it was very tiring. Not having a job for that long was
really stressful, because I kept eating away at my savings so I could pay
rent and bills. Eventually, I did manage to find a job with a good company.
My salary was a lot more than I expected, so I guess in the end, the wait
finally paid off! Zack I consider myself pretty lucky when it
comes to my life. I'm 22, I've just graduated from university, and I already
have a great job. I design websites. It's funny, actually. The day I got my
degree, I put my CV on Monster.com, and within a few hours, I had a few
companies interested in me. I decided on one and we had a brief phone
interview and that was that. I e-mailed them my portfolio,
they liked what they saw and hired me. They didn't even need to meet me! The
best part is I can work from home and they pay my salary right into my bank
account and I never even have to leave my house. The only problem is I still
live with my parents. So it's really time I did
something about that. I'm tired of my friends making fun of me for my mum
still cooking for me and doing my washing! But hey, with this great new job,
now I can afford to live on my own. 1. This person still depends on other
people. 2. This person did something that was not
very common at the time. 3. This person started working in high
school. 4. This person didn't have to have an
interview. 5. This person had to wait a long time to
get a job. 6. This person got a job through the
Internet. 7. This person's lack of experience might
have been the reason they couldn't get a job. 8. This person improved by working with
someone else. 4. Read
the text and answer the
questions. Choose a, b,
c. Stan Lee: Heromaker Tan Lee is an
American comic book creator. He has created
many famous comics over the
years, and is responsible for some of
the most popular superheroes that we know
today. Some of Lee's more
well-known comics are: Spider-Man, the Fantastic Four, the X-Men, Iron Man, the Hulk, Daredevil,
the Avengers and Captain America. Lee started working at Timely Comics,
which he turned into his
own company, Marvel Comics, and later Marvel
Entertainment. He was just 19 when
he became an assistant editor and started
writing texts for Captain America. When he was 20, Lee
joined the US military. There he spent most
of his time writing manuals, training films, slogans, and even drawing
cartoons. In the 1950s, Lee's main comic book
competitor, DC Comics, renewed the interest
in comics, which prompted Lee to create
more characters of his own.
Lee created heroes that were
not perfect and had human
characteristics like vanity and greed.
In this first wave of
new characters, Lee introduced the world to
the Fantastic Four, a group that often argued
with one another, the Incredible Hulk, a man whose temper
was uncontrollable, Iron Man, a businessman who was at times
greedy and selfish, and finally, Spider-Man, a young man who
wanted to help make the
world a better place, despite his own limitations.
The change from the idealistic
superhero to the more realistic
hero helped the average reader
identify with the characters more. Throughout his career, many
of his comics have been
developed into films, and he
also started his own company,
Stan Lee Entertainment. He has also appeared
as a character in many comic
books, made appearances in films and TV programmes and written an autobiography.
In 2007, Lee received perhaps the highest honour
a comic fan could: an action
figure was created in his
likeness and debuted at Comic-Con
International.
1. Stan Lee first
started working at a. Marvel Comics. b. Timely Comics. c. Marvel Entertainment. 2. When Lee was
in the military, he a. wrote. b. drew. c. wrote and drew. 3. Why did Lee
create many new characters? a. He was told
to. b. To make more
money. c. To keep up
with the competition. 4. What was unique
about Lee's comic heroes? a. They were all
different. b. They were more
like ordinary humans. c. They were not very
heroic. 5. What hasn't Lee
done during his career? a. acted b. directed c. written a book |
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