NEW JOBS

A new clothing company is hoping to create as ….(73)…. as 500 jobs in its factory and nationwide chain of stores. The company, New Trend was set ….(74)…. by Peter Dalton, a 36-year-old businessman ….(75)…. Liverpool.

The company, ….(76)…. is due to start production early next year, will provide employment ….(77)…. 300 people in its factory on the edge of Liverpool. In 12 months’ time, ….(78)…. will be a further 200 jobs, as the company begins opening shops in towns in ….(79)…. parts of Britain.

Peter Dalton is also ….(80)…. to open a shop in New York. He hopes that ….(81)…. this shop proves successful, the chain ….(82)…. expand across the whole of North America.

‘This project has ….(83)…. me over four years to finalise,’ says Peter Dalton, ‘and ….(84)…. that it’s finally getting started, I’m really excited.’

73.

A. much

B. many

C. lot

74.

A. to

B. in

C. up

75.

A. from

B. at

C. of

76.

A. who

B. which

C. what

77.

A. by

B. on

C. for

78.

A. it

B. they

C. there

79.

A. any

B. all

C. every

80.

A. plans

B. planning

C. planner

81.

A. if

B. unless

C. whether

82.

A. could

B. ought

C. needs

83.

A. took

B. taken

C. taking

84.

A. so

B. when

C. now

Time Management

Until recently, books on how to manage your time at work were seen as a bit of a joke in the business world. Many were enjoyable to read ….(85)…. weren’t taken seriously. ….(86)…. told their readers to dress well, be positive, decide ….(87)…. they were going and then use ….(88)…. valuable minutes to make sure they got there. One very successful book, first published twenty years ….(89)…. and still available in bookshops, is The One-Minute Manager. It tells the story of a keen young man who wants to learn ….(90)…. about how to be a top-performing executive. The authors believe that most people ….(91)…. the day putting ….(92)…. problems, or when they do try to solve ….(93)…., don’t do enough. According ….(94)…. the authors, having achievable targets should be a manager’s aim. Managers everywhere should read ….(95)…. book carefully, in order to benefit from ….(96)…. sensible advice.

85.

A. but

B. or

C. even

86.

A. It

B. They

C. We

87.

A. where

B. who

C. why

88.

A. some

B. all

C. every

89.

A. before

B. ago

C. since

90.

A. lot

B. much

C. more

91.

A. spend

B. spending

C. spent

92.

A. about

B. over

C. off

93.

A. them

B. these

C. those

94.

A. for

B. from

C. to

95.

A. the

B. one