I. Fill in each blank with one suitable word to complete this passage. LOOKING FOR A JOB I finished university six month (1) _______, I’ve got a degree in business administration. I enjoyed the course very much (2) _______ I realize I should have studied a lot harder! A few of my friends have (3) _______ got full-time jobs but most, me, are still waiting (4) _______ something suitable to turn up. Meanwhile, I make sure that I keep myself busy. I look through the job advertisements (5) _______ the newspapers every day and I also ask all the people I know to tell me if they hear of any vacancies (6) _______ they work . What I am looking for is something challenging and I would certainly be happy to move to another city or even work abroad for a while. The (7) _______ is not so important at this stage , provided I earn enough to live on , because I don’t want to continue (8) _______ to depend on my parents , although they are (9) _______ generous to me . At the moment, I’m working in a nearby restaurant two evenings (10) _______ week, washing up and generally helping out, which brings a little money . The other people working there are very friendly, and many of them are in the same (11) _______ as me, so we have lots of to talk (12) _______. II. Rewrite the sentences in such a way that they mean almost the same as those printed before them. 1.Martin may not be very well but he still manages to enjoy life. Martin’s ....................................................................................................................................... 2.Thanks to his aunt’s legacy of £10.000 he was able to buy the house he wanted. Had his ........................................................................................................................................ 3.Mary was the only student absent from class. Apart ............................................................................................................................................ 4.Jane hasn’t made much progress at school. Jane has only ............................................................................................................................... 5.My parents find fault with everything I do. No matter ..................................................................................................................................... 6.It’s the cheapest watch but it’s the nicest. Not only ....................................................................................................................................... 7.The police didn’t at all suspect that the judge was the murder. Little ............................................................................................................................................ 8.“ What you have cooked is the best in the world!”, John said to his girlfriend. John congratulated ...................................................................................................................... 9.Now that his mother was being there, they said nothing about it. On ................................................................................................................................................ 10.The last storm destroyed Lan’s house. It‘s high time ............................................................................................................................... II. Use the suggest words and phrases to write complete sentences of a passage. 1.Jack London/ famous/ American writer. 2.He/ bear/ January 13th/1876/ San Francisco/ California. 3.family/ poor/ he/ have/ leave/ school/ make money. 4.He/ work/ hard/ different jobs. 5.Later/ he/ return/ school/ he/ not/ stay/ long. 6.1897/he/ go/ Alaska/ find/ gold. 7.There/ he/ find/ ideas/ books / stories. 8.He/ come/ home/ start/ write. 9.writings/ successful/ he/ become/ rich/ famous/ twenties. 10.poor health/ he/ die/1916/ age/ 40.