Read the following article and decide which of the sentences given below fit in the numbered gaps in the text. There is one extra sentence that does not fit in.

Date: 2015-10-07; view: 434.

Rewrite the following sentences using noun phrases instead of the words given in italics.

1. The firm employed a boy of 16 who dropped out of secondary school.

2. Small firms placed a lot of advertisements which showed that help was wanted for short terms.

3.Alison got a job of a cleaner at a café for which she got $8 anhour.

4. The boys who were 12 years old set off on a hike in the mountains which lasted for 6 hours.

5. The local authorities made it a point to create job opportunities for graduates of high schools who belonged to the middle class.

6.It was the time of recession which was as long as a decade.

7. They launched a project for employment which was funded by the government.

8. The research profiles the perspectivesfor employment of the younger generation.

9. The article keeps a low profile on the rate of unemployment among graduates of top universities.

10.The parents are concerned about the style of life of their children.

11. In New York Jack stayed in a room in a hotel which cost $400 a night.

12. We missed our connection at Kennedy Airport. Due to bad weather conditions there was a delay which lasted for three hours.

Reading and Speaking 2

A. The scheme offers retraining and promises part-time work thereafter.

B. For many businesses, flexible working is a necessity.

C. Just now they are focusing on benefits (especially flexible working) that offer employees more than just pay.

D. But plenty of other firms remain unconvinced and many lack the capacity to cater to such ideas even if they wanted to.

E.There are lots of people who choose to sleep close to their mobile phones.

F.Unemployment among college graduates in America is just over 2%.

G.They are happy to binge-work for a while, but in return they want extended sabbaticals in which to chill out.

H.Just after the boom ended in 2000, labour-market conditions were very different.