Лекция: Choose the right variant
In the 70s and 80s, most managers ……….to continue working until retirement at sixty or sixty-five.
a) will expect;
b) expected;
c) expect
2. You know that you ……….to the office tomorrow morning, but you can not be certain that your job will exist a year from now.
a) go;
b) went;
c) are going.
3. Since the beginning of the 1990s, many managers in their forties and fifties ………….their jobs.
a) lost;
b) have lost;
c) loose.
4. And for those who are over fifty years old, it is not certain that they ……..full-time employment again.
a) will find;
b) find;
c) found.
5. Also, the recession of the late 1980s and early 1990s ……many redundancies.
a) cause;
b) caused;
c) has caused.
6. But it is also true that nowadays fixed term contracts …….more popular, and many companies prefer younger managers.
a) become;
b) becomes;
c) becomed.
7. The result is that large numbers of unemployed managers ………..for work now.
a) looks;
b) look;
c) are still looking.
8. The negotiations …already ……… Why are you always late?
a) have…. begin;
b) began;
c) have…… begun.
9. I……… business letters every morning.
a) reading;
b) read;
c) reads.
10. They…… contract now.
a) are sign;
b) are signing;
c) signs.
11. He ……….magazines and newspapers in the morning.
a) read;
b) is read;
c) reads
12. She……. application form now.
a) writes;
b) write;
c) is writing.
13. Why ….you …… my pen while I was out? You broke it.
a) have…taken;
b) have take;
c) have took.
14. He …….a lot of important decisions every day.
a) make;
b) makes;
c) maked.
15. They ……….tennis in the gym now.
a) are playing;
b) play;
c) plays.
16. Last year manager……. to continue working until retirement.
a) expect;
b) expected;
c) will expect.
17. They ………… football in the gym now.
a) are not playing;
b) do not play;
c) did not play;
18. Our company ………a new manager next week.
a) hire;
b) will hire;
c) hires.
19. The negotiations already……… Why are you always late?
a) have began;
b) begun;
c) have begun.
20. He wants to find a new secretary so I yesterday… an employment company.
a) call;
b) is calling;
called.