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You are going to read an article about a woman who works for 3 department store. Six sentences have been removed from the article. Choose from the sentences A-G the one which fits each gap (1-6). There ig one extra sentence which you do net need to use. My/job: fashion buyer Lindsey Friedman, 27 isa prodtict development manager ata major department store in the capital. She in charge of buying men’s branded casualwear. What do actualy 60? Wl, | work wh shthng supp wo seoo: and bus ‘the perfect range of elothes for our target customer.| 4 | __|Much ofthe job involves building relationships with our suppliers, negotiating prices and making ‘sure that deliveries of new stock arrive on time. | also work with department. ‘managers and a marketing team within te store te buld my vision "To ost sats thing lore avout the jo has been buling my department into 4 credibie fashion destination, as people often think of a department store as just a place to buy their cushions. 2] olive spent months planning ‘anew collection, seein ft launched is $0 exciting I’ amaving when we tke a ‘gamble and include an unconventional look and it quickly takes of and sells really well Cn the otherhand, is my ob to stay of topo the rends and create newness 3 if | wantto ty out anew brand | have to drop a alsin one, even ifwelve avays hhad a long working relationship. [3 The other side of the coin is that we're ploying catch-up in fashion terms, and Sometimes We get rected too. Tere are coo! brands of cating hates ike to sel hat don want oN too mary acm, they wrt us sink tha, ntrBla People sometimes ask me what skills you nee Lrpply that any type of fashion degree is a goo. textiles and ciothing menagement. [a enthusiastic and motivated. You aso have cgenised, and you need te have a creative vis ebesstul buyer, and art — mine was in rosy, yu Need to be realy ie, analytical and very well pat te perfect collection eA ‘The ave | would give to someone starting Git tanng otamme [| —_|Fornstacs sn caf tom bela buys or buyer inusta few years and Keep reading fostion 1tyOU te buying, tink Hf gute well defined. At a lite over the average magazines. Learn as much as you can about the carefully about the target customer you are In genera, the salaries ae competitive an the the lower end, a buyer's administrative assistant atral wage, but en exelnced buyer mig ‘move into the supply side or work your way un depertmentstore.[@] | Most of them, opinion 1 12) A. Many department stores run them, and if you can eta place on one it will mave you up the ladder very quickly. B_ But whether or not you'e a graduate in something lice that the main thing is to get retail experience by working on the shop floor, © This has led to an overall drop in sales, a trend that ist likely to be reversed for quite wri. This means I need to find the right balance ‘between choosing some unusual, on-trend fashion pieces, as well as other clothes, such as classic white F-shins, which | know will sel realy well E That can be unpleasant, but you have to take the emotion out oft nd remember that it's business. F Df course, not everyone can or wants to be promoted in that way, and lots of people cream of opening boutiques, but it's very risky G Consequently, we'va had to shout about the fact that we do stylish items of clothing, not just household goods like those. jon of adverbs of manner and Orase 112 11 Find the adverbs quickly, well, unfortunately, obviously, carefully and sadly in the text. Notice their position in the sentence. Correct the mistakes with adverb position in these sentences written by exam. candidates, There is only one mistake in each sentence, but in some cases more than one answer is possible. 1. Most local people do net speak well English, 2. lama member of that club because | like very much doing sports. 3. Thad read carefully the store's catalogue. 4 I swore that | would never do that again and they thankfully believed me. 5. The sightseeing tour gave us the ‘opportunity te get to know better the city 6 You can send very quickly an emai to the seller 7. don't like cars, so Ihave naturally a bicycle 8 Alter a week, | learned that | hadn't unfortunately passed the examination, READING AND USE OF ENGLISH unrr 10 EZ

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