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GAPPED SENTENCES Choose the word or phrase which best completes each sentence: 1.Office employees are to knock before entering the rooms. a. requited b. required c. requisite d. repulsed BULATS – Reading & Language Knowledge Part 1, Section 2
© 2016 albert-learning.com 2.Visitors are reminded name tags every time. a. to wear b. wear c. be worn d. is wearing 3. Mr. Ross called to cancel his a. notebook b. appointment c. calendar d. job
© 2016 albert-learning.com 4. A boss new things from his or her staff. a. can sometimes learn b. learning sometimes can c. sometimes learn can d. sometimes can learning The budget analysis is due Monday. a. at b. from c. until d. on
© 2016 albert-learning.com 6..The new law will encourage growth in the stock market _____ a. next year b. possible c. in fact d. sometimes
© 2016 albert-learning.com EXTENDED READING Read the text and answer the questions: The majority of top managers work more productively outside standard working hours. This is as per a recent survey by Jefferson Watch Corporation of 100 chief executives of the top 500 companies in the country. The morning hours before other employees arrive were favored by 43 executives, while 18 preferred to work after the other employees had left. Among those who considered normal working hours to be their most productive, 75% favored mornings over afternoons. 115% of those surveyed said that they worked at home in the evenings and 65% worked over the weekends. BULATS Reading & Language Knowledge Part 1, Section 3
© 2016 albert-learning.com 1) Who participated in the survey? a. Jefferson's one hundred managers b. Presidents from each of five hundred companies c. One hundred executives of the top firms in the nation d. Forty-three leaders of the watch industry 2) What did the survey reveal? a. When executives do their best work b. How many hours most businesses are open c. What brands of watches top managers wear d. How close workers lived to their jobs 3) What percentage of those surveyed work on Saturdays or Sundays? a. 43 b. 65 c. 75 d. 85
© 2016 albert-learning.com OPEN GAP FILL Read the text below and think of the word which best fits each space. Write only one word for each space Pitcairn Island The Pitcairn Islands are …………. (located, sited, stationed, settled) in the South Pacific Ocean, about halfway……………(middle, between, centre, close) Peru and New Zealand. The larger island of Pitcairn was ……………(uncovered, discovered, created, invented)in 1767 by the British and settled in 1790 by the mutineers from the English ship 'Bounty' and their Tahitian companions. Pitcairn was the …………..(opening, premiere, beginning, first)Pacific island to become a British colony (in 1838) and today………..(remains, remnant, spare, residue)the last vestige of the British empire in the South Pacific. The population of about 50 are the…………. (ancestors, descendants, heir, successor)of the Bounty mutineers and their Tahitian wives. English is the official language, but many islanders communicate in Pitcairnese (a pidgin language comprising of elements of 18th century English and a Tahitian dialect). The……………….(dwellers, tenants, inhabitants, publof this tiny island exist on fishing, subsistence farming, handicrafts, and postage stamps. The fertile soil of the valleys produces a wide …………(different,variety, types, diversity)of fruits and vegetables, including citrus, sugarcane, watermelons, bananas, yams, and beans. BULATS Reading & Language Knowledge Part 1, Section 4
© 2016 albert-learning.com. Bartering is an………..(crucial, important, major, vital)part of the economy. The major sources of revenue are the sale of postage stamps to collectors and the sale of handicrafts to passing …………..(cars, plains, motorboats, ships). It has no port or……………(natural, pure, native, creation) harbour ; and supplies must be transported by rowed longboat from larger ships stationed………………….(offshore, inshore, shore, coast)