1-3 07 For questions 1-8, read the text below and decide which answer (A,B,C or D) best fits each gap. There is an example at the beginning (0). Example: 0 Adata Binformation Cperception discussion ofA 8 Cc >. Is Work Bad for you? Popular (0) nf tha working (1)... ar NOW S0 over-regulated the only people likely to be ijured at work are bosses, strangled by (2) tape. But beware a hidden epidemic raging in British workplace. In this post-industrial age, when most jobs are in light industry, information technology and the service sector, we expect ‘working life to be relatively comfortable and atthe very (3) «safe, We don't expect to be riaimed, nid off {or life oto work ourselves into the ground o again In the UK there are sil 1.6 milion workplace injuries every year as well as 2.2 milion cases of ill health caused by work. Some of these injuries wouldn't have been out of place in Charles Dickens’ England. Last year 350 people died asa result of bulling site accidents, a large increase on previous years Bur some of the worst dangers are the hidden ones. 400,000 cases of asthma are caused by working conditions, © to high levels of dst or trafic pollution, and asbestor stil ills over 4,000 people a year There are no (6). v.. at present requiring owners to record the (7). of asbestos, meaning that builders and fire- fighters have no way of anticipating the problem. However, 1 non-profit organisation has taken up the issue with a new database (8) in conjunction with the Trades Union Congress 1A habits B plights © sites D conditions 2 A red B green © black D white 3A few B least © most D furthest 4 A Think B Remark C Dwell D Comment 5 A. detection B expression expansion: D exposure: 6 A methods B prosecutions © regulations. © principles 7 A attendance B presence company D residence 8 A launched B embarked terminated D propelled Part 2 For questions 9-16, read the text below and think of the word which best fits each gap. Use only one word in each gap. There is an example at the beginning (0) Write your answers in CAPITAL LETTERS. Example: 0 OF Thousands of nurses out of work Nearly three-quarters (0) . rnewly-qualified nurses cannot find a permanent job in the Health Service, a study has found. Thousands are struggling to get a full-time post as the financial crsis in the NHS has led to job cuts and recruit- iment freezes, A survey fram The Royal Collage of Nursing questioned (9) ‘over 500 newily-qualitie nurses and 2,200 students. OF (10). ‘who had just graduated, ic found that 71 per cent were stil searching for a Band Five nursing job - the level at which nurses begin their career. And the majority - 86 per cent - were not confident of finding a permanent position, with more than nine out of ten blaming recruitment freezes and job cuts es their difficulties More than eight out of ten said they would consider retraining or looking for work in another profession ifthe problem continued, (12) jnnninsunnninnnan it €08ts more than £50,000 t6 train each nurse, campaigners have called the situa tion a ‘disgraceful (13) fof taxpayers’ money’. The RCN's secretary, Dr: Beverly Malone, said: “Wha ‘message are we sending out to the nurses of the future if we spend tens of thousands of pounds training them, only to see| them without jobs (14) at the beginning of their careers? The periad straight after qualification fs the single most important time in a nurse's career. (18) . we welcome them into the profes- sion, we risk losing chem forever. Nurses are encouraged to tran by this government, (16) - ministers have let che NHS deteriorate to such a point that they (nurses) are unable to find jobs.”