LEISURE TIME There are some people who really do live for their work and (0) …A…. totally fulfilled lives with this as their only or main focus. Are you one of them? If not, are you (21) ….. …enough attention to your need for time away from work?
There are two big problems here. One is finding a job that does not involve excessive hours, a job where you are still (22) seriously even if you don't frequently work late. The other is deciding how you want to spend your leisure time. If circumstances are conspiring to squeeze that last bit of precious (23) time out of your week, then (24) ……. on to some time, even one hour a week, as sacred. Build it into your diary and never let anyone (25) ……. you out of it. Even if it means doing an extra hour earlier in the week, it's worth it.
Another (26) is to try to change the status quo. It is often middle management who want to see us at our desks 24 hours a day, (27)……… of output, whereas more objective senior managers may (28) ………that going home on time is a more productive long-term strategy. Perhaps it's time for us to (29) …….. a stand. Even if, in the short term, we cannot work fewer hours and so cannot find the leisure time we need, then at least we can bear it in (30) ……. as an aim for the future.
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Part Five Questions 31-40
Read the article below about people who buy clothes as an investment.
For each question (31-40), write one word.
There is an example at the beginning, (0). THE RAG TRADE There is one kind of clothes shopper (0) …WHOSE… selections never leave the bag they come in. They know exactly what they want and they go in and get it, often buying in bulk, and often with little regard for (31) this latest fashion even fits them. These are the fashion investors, and they are out to make money. Once, the only way to profit from fashion as a collectable item was to buy rare, vintage or antique garments (32)………….mint condition - an expensive business and still (33) which offers relatively risky returns. The modern way has collectors buying more mainstream fashion items that are in the shops now, in (34) ………… knowledge that they will appreciate consider- ably over just a (35) …………years. The returns on fashion investments are not always massive, although estimates of a four hundred per cent return are (36) uncommon. Certainly they are considerably better than the return offered by a high interest savings account and, (37) ……… those who are experts, better than the stock market. The knowledge necessary for fashion investing means investors invariably work in the fashion industry. They often know (38) …………is going to catch on before the fashion press does and they know where and through whom products can be bought. They can spot what is disposable high fashion now but will (39) ………….on to become a classic of its time in years to come, worth far more than they laid (40)……….for it originally. WRITING Question 1
The chart below shows the distribution of positive and negative responses given in a market survey about service provision at a leisure centre.
Using the information from the chart, write a short report about the results of the market survey, describing customer reactions to the services provided.
Write 120-140 words.
LISTENING Part One Questions 1-12
You will hear the opening of the Factories of the Year awards ceremony.
As you listen, for questions 1-12, complete the notes, using up to three words or a number.
After you have listened once, replay the recording.