Unit 4 Reading and Use of English, page 28 Part 6 Cross-text multiple matching 1B B Essentially it was my decision to tolerate the circumstances. C In retrospect, I see how this ridicutous situation was self-inflicted — a result of my need for perfection. 2A AL would like 10 write a piece about the wisdom gained following my disillusionment with my work, Dut that would be fititious. B This gave me the opportunity to take stock and see ‘how I could combine my passion for music with a new C1 ook a sabbatical and finally had the mental space 10 reassess my priorities and myself whereas I once regarded my obsessive qualities as a professional advantage, since then, T have made a conscious effort 10 suppress thers. D Indeed, realizing my own limitations was a sharp learning curve; it helped me redress the balance 1 needed in life and identify new priorities. 3c A Lexpecied my employers fo be sympathetic but Iwas, in essence, given ant ultimatum: get back 10 work or Imove on, and it was this attitude that has lft a bitter taste, CAL the same time, Iresent theft that my superiors ‘were well aware of my level of fatigue aud anxiety and did nothing to alleviate it. You know then that you are ‘a mere cog ithe machine. 4D ‘A Anecdotal evidence suggests mine was hardly a unique case, Bi was physically and emotionally draining but that's the naiure ofthe executive ifestse That desperate phenomenon of bing ‘used up' by ‘years of corporate servitude is something T knew was prevalent but never contemplated happening to me. D I feel that industry in general has come a long, way in terms of employee welfare; there was a time when you 20% the sonse that execuaives were being driven to the point of collapse, but corporate ethos appears to have changed since then. Verb + noun collocations wz Litaste potential 3notice 4 grudge 5 credit 6effort Zqualms 8 way‘Compound nouns 1 performance, management 2 carcer 3 pay learning Vocabulary, page 30 A Body idioms Tnose, head 2 foot, ey head 5 face, knoes 2 leh 2f 33, BTime Ifor 2out 3uside 4up Sof 6in Tat Sto Yon Lol Language focus, page 31 A Gerunds and infinitives 1 refusal to work overtime surprised me. 2 isnt worth (vou/your) reading that book. 3 you like me to carry your bag for you? 4 made. biafereat/every effort to give up junk food. 3 appreciate you/your coming at such short notice. 6 coulda’ help laughing when he said that Thad better leave now if you dont want to miss/or ‘youtll miss the bus. 8 have difficulty remembering names. eve 3brains,head 4 feet, 4id See ‘9 were made to clean up the mess. 10 to hinvhis being treated so badly. B Punctuation 1 Since employees 2 night, profits 3 doubled. nights 5 director, went 6 explained that 7 Often 8 Mistry, 9 accounts department 1Owomen. MH dont 12 others 13 Its 14 years, said 15 However, 16 now, he confessed. Reading and Use of English, page 32 Part 1 Multiple-choice cloze 1D 24 3C 4B 5A 6B 7D 8B Part 2 Open cloze 1to 2 althoughthough/whileiwhilstwhereas 3 of dat Sonce 6is Ton 8 not Part 3 Word formation T representatives. 2 determination 3 eaership attendance 3 applicants 6 preferredipreferable Teompetive 8 receipt Writing, page 34 Part 2 Reports 2 “The correct order and possible headings are: FIntroduction. 2 General background 1 The effect, ofthe car 5 Theelfect of television 3 Future developments,3 Language used to compare the past and the present: Street games .. are no longer such a common sight. cycling... is becoming less attractive ‘youngsters now spend more time in the home ‘The main difference between now and twenty years ayo . the increased wealth and greater amount of fre time available Where previously whole families .. , now children Courting couples rarely go ballroom dar they once did: instead Language used to make future predictions: Teenagers and peopl spend .. ‘They might even begin to wish Different ways of referring to young people: ‘young people, our youth, teenagers and people their twenties, children, courting couples Different ways of referring to free time: free time, spare time, leisure time their twenties may well 4 ‘but two other developments have restricted the nature and quality of leisure time activities ‘Sadly, youngsters now spend more time in the home they stay in 0 watch television, or perhaps worse, lltend wild pop concerts or parties, where they dance in unconurolled ways 5 a The growth in the popularity ofthe car particularly with the construction of motorways