Employment Agency: Possible Jobs CAM15

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PART 1

Questions 1 – 10

Complete the notes below.

Write ONE WORD AND/OR A NUMBER for each answer.

Employment Agency: Possible Jobs

First Job

Administrative assistant in a company that produces 1…………….. (North London)

Responsibilities

  • data entry
  • go to 2……………. and take notes
  • general admin
  • management of 3……………..

Requirements

  • good computer skills including spreadsheets
  • good interpersonal skills
  • attention to 4……………..

Experience

  • need a minimum of 5…………… of experience of teleconferencing

Second Job

Warehouse assistant in South London

Responsibilities

  • stock management
  • managing 6…………….

Requirements

  • ability to work with numbers
  • good computer skills
  • very organised and 7……………
  • good communication skills
  • used to working in a 8…………….
  • able to cope with items that are 9……………..

Need experience of

  • driving in London
  • warehouse work
  • 10…………… service


PART 2

Questions 11 – 16

Choose the correct letter, A, B or C.

Street Play Scheme

11 When did the Street Play Scheme first take place?

  • A two years ago
  • B three years ago
  • C six years ago

12 How often is Beechwood Road closed to traffic now?

  • A once a week
  • B on Saturdays and Sundays
  • C once a month

13 Who is responsible for closing the road?

  • A a council official
  • B the police
  • C local wardens

14 Residents who want to use their cars

  • A have to park in another street.
  • B must drive very slowly
  • C need permission from a warden.

15 Alice says that Street Play Schemes are most needed in

  • A wealthy areas
  • B quiet suburban areas.
  • C areas with heavy traffic.

16 What has been the reaction of residents who are not parents?

  • A Many of them were unhappy at first.
  • B They like seeing children play in the street.
  • C They are surprised by the lack of noise.


Questions 17 and 18

Choose TWO letters, A-E.

Which TWO benefits for children does Alice think are the most important?

A increased physical activity

B increased sense of independence

C opportunity to learn new games

D opportunity to be part of a community

E opportunity to make new friends


Questions 19 and 20

Choose TWO letters, A-E.

Which TWO results of the King Street experiment surprised Alice?

A more shoppers

B improved safety

C less air pollution

D more relaxed atmosphere

E less noise pollution


PART 3

Questions 21 – 26

Complete the notes below.

Write ONE WORD ONLY for each answer.

What Hazel should analyse about items in newspapers:

  • what 21……………… the item is on
  • the 22……………… of the item, including the headline
  • any 23…………….. accompanying the item
  • the 24……………… of the item, e.g. what’s made prominent
  • the writer’s main 25………………
  • the 26……………… the writer may make about the reader


Questions 27-30

What does Hazel decide to do about each of the following types of articles?

Write the correct letter, A, B or C, next to Questions 27-30

A She will definitely look for a suitable article.

B She may look for a suitable article.

C She definitely won’t look for an article.

Types of articles

27 national news item ……………

28 editorial ……………

29 human interest ……………

30 arts ……………


PART 4

Questions 31 – 40

Complete the notes below.

Write ONE WORD ONLY for each answer.

Early history of keeping clean

Prehistoric times:

  • water was used to wash off 31……………..

Ancient Babylon

  • soap-like material found in 32…………… cylinders

Ancient Greece:

  • people cleaned themselves with sand and other substances
  • used a strigil – scraper made of 33………………
  • washed clothes in streams

Ancient Germany and Gaul:

  • used soap to colour their 34………………

Ancient Rome:

  • animal fat, ashes and clay mixed through action of rain, used for washing clothes
  • from about 312 BC, water carried to Roman 35……………… by aqueducts

Europe in Middle Ages:

  • decline in bathing contributed to occurrence of 36……………….
  • 37………………. began to be added to soap

Europe from 17th century:

  • 1600s: cleanliness and bathing started becoming usual
  • 1791: Leblanc invented a way of making soda ash from 38………………
  • early 1800s: Chevreul turned soapmaking into a 39………………
  • from 1800s, there was no longer a 40…………… on soap.

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