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Speaking 4 Forquestions 1-8, choose the correct extract (A-D).
Which writer says that he or she:
1 Worl< in pairs. Decide what the three most important
1 responds wett in difficutt situations?
personatity traits are for worl<ing in a [arge, office-based
2 does not find his/her current job demanding enough?
company.
3 has tived in several different countries?
2 Compare your ideas with another pair. Can you agree on a 4 has the technicaI skills necessary?
joint'top three'? 5 co-operates wett with other workers?
6 initiatly worked in education?
7 is keen to raise his/her level of Engtish?
Reading
8 has a good knowledge ofthe business as a whote?
3 Look quickly at the four extracts written by four different
people and decide: Listening
a what type of text they are all from. I..
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b what the topic of each paragraph is.
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A to ba a pi{-siarier who can shov'r irriliati'r
I eonsidor ryee\f
rnhrn appropriata. i am alto a laarn pizfr vriih wcsl\on1
cnmmunira.tion tkilir and a 5lt\5v of humour. Ae m1
ro{rrsnror !,ri11 indi.at?, i am ,,rell-organisad in m1 approarh
to worK and havo thr abili.tl 1a manaqo \arge and comp\ox
projoc'i* uiih tho miilimum of futt. t hava a pragma.lir
approach to problam-solvinE and beliovr that almo*1 no"thing
ir impo**iblo, givrn tha right aiiilude and abiliiies.

llavinq vnrked aI; a a:mVarably-eized la4ie;tice com?anJ ir,
Riga for rncr"e Lhan three years.l firmly beiieve LhaL i have tlte _**%€qr4q
?a;ir,ion al ln-ver?oet.. j aryt
necescatry Droqramft.,ino, ekille for Lhis
famiiiar vlith ail af t"he p,r'oqrarnmtncl lanquaqee fia5T,Nide1y-rot)d,
kt';hie field, tncludin4 XHTN.JL, CS1Z|Z and )avaAcrio-u. i have -ri:.ri,..
alao acqulred a qood underel;anding of how l,heioqisLics ana
5 6d t.t 3 Listen to a job interview. Which of the extracts in
distribufiott. lndueLry iuncl;lona. A,e well as beinq a fluenf, F-nq)iah-
exercise 3 did Edgars write?
aae aker,I am also fluertt tn LaLvlart (.my moLher l;onclue) and
F eera... >nsl nave d .c.at,nc) lnc*lcdqe at irete n
6 ffi r . r : Listen again. Answer the questions.
1 What is the main purpose of Edgars's visit to the UK?
Although m1 currrenlinb offi.rrd a dograo of challangr ai tho 2 What jol<e does the interviewer mal<e when they're
*.iari, I havo nnw raachrd a *taqv vthrrY I ne.ad to broadon ni1 tatking about visits to Edgars's hometand?
pro{o*rionai hori:-one in ordpr "io dovoiop mI irili$ iurihar. 3 Why does the interviewer continue the interview when
that i* wh1 | an Yoen lo rnovs to a \argor companl {n the fire alarm first sounds?
addition, \ an'i zwarv that a high lavol cf flrrrncl in Onglith Why does the interviewer offer Edgars the iob and press
ib a grlai ztmt profesoionalll, 'nrhich i* w\ i intond 'io lpend him for a response, rather than waiting for a letter to be
a rninir'lrLifl oi 1',.r0 1oar"t in an 9ngli*h-$PraKin$ countrl "to sent?
prr{rct m1 \anguagr *kille What assistance does the interviewer offer Edgars in
relation to accommodation?
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Writing
fromVilnius University in my home country of Lithuania.t
compleLed, a poet-qraduate diploma in web design at,the
7 lmagine you are Edgars. Write an account of your
Universit y of Manchester. This led to a teachinf posL aL the iob
interview as part of an emailto a friend. Write about:
same insLiLuLion. After four years in academia,I decided
o your feetings before the interview.
on a change of direcLion and applied for various jobs in Lhe
commercial oector, I relocaLed Lo Madrid to woik for a large . what happened during the interview.
r what happened at the end of the interview.
adverlising aOency ae lheir head of vteb development,, a
poeition I found boLh challenginq and enjoyable.
. how you feel about it now, looking back.
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