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?Read the article below about credit in business.
?Choose the best word to fill each gap, from A, B, C or D.
?For each question 19-33, mark one letter(A, B, C or D)on your Answer Sheet.
Catching out the Dishonest Candidate
Most personnel managers agree that job interviews are one of the least objective recruitment methods. But the advantages of testing are not going to change the attraction of the interview to employers. The appeal of the interview has everything to do with the (19) factor. Most people believe they are a (20) judge of character and trust their instinctive feelings. We might use some kind of test to aid the (21) process, but we usually pick a candidate who interviews will, has good (22) and an impressive work record.
But (23) the candidate lies or is less than completely honest 'This can be a serious problem for employers', (24) Alan Conrad, Chief Executive at Optimus Recruitment. 'The most difficult liars to find out those who (25) half-truths rather than complete lies.' Research (26) that up to 75 per cent of curriculum vitaes are deliberately inaccurate. The most common practice is (27)
Interviewers should therefore concentrate on areas of (28) such as gaps between periods of employment and job (29) that seem strange. 'Focusing on these areas will force candidates to tell the truth or become increasingly (30) This is usually when people signal their (31) by their body language. Sweat on the upper lip, false smiles and nervous hand movements all (32) discomfort.'
Conrad does not suggest an aggressive police-style. interview technique, but insists that (33) inspection of a curriculum vitae is absolutely essential. Only by asking the right questions can you confirm the suitability of the candidate or put pressure on those who are being less than completely honest.
(19)

A. emotion
B. feeling
C. human
D. person

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A.descriptionsB.advertisementsC.interpretationsD.routines

A. descriptions
B. advertisements
C. interpretations
D. routines

A.revealsB.admitsC.exaggeratesD.explains

A. reveals
B. admits
C. exaggerates
D. explains

Computers are now being pushed into schools. We know that multimedia will make 【21】______ easy and fun. Children will happily learn from 【22】______ characters while taught by expertly 【23】______ software. Who needs teachers when you've got 【24】______ education? These expensive toys are difficult to use in the classrooms and 【25】______ extensive teacher training. Sure, kids love video games-- 【26】______ think of your own experience: can you 【27】______ even one educational filmstrip of many years ago? I'll 【28】______ you remember the two or three great teachers who made a 【29】______ in your life.
Then there's cyberbusiness. We're promised 【30】______ catalog shopping--just point and click for great deals. We'll order airline tickets 【31】______ the network, book restaurants and negotiate sales 【32】______ . Stores will become obsolete. So how come my local mail does more 【33】______ in an afternoon than the entire Internet 【34】______ in a month? Even if there were a trustworthy way to 【35】______ money over the Internet, the network is 【36】______ a most essential ingredient of trade and commerce: salespeople.
What's absent from this electronic wonderland? People contact. Computers and networks 【37】______ us from one another. A network chat line is a limp 【38】______ for meeting friends over coffee. No interactive multimedia display
【39】______ to the excitement of a 【40】______ concert. This virtual reality where frustration is legion and where--in the holy names of Education and Progress--important aspects of human interactions are relentlessly devalued.
【21】

A. schoolwork
B. exercise
C. teamwork
D. research

What are parking meters used to?

A. To limit the numbers of cars parked in the streets.
B. To prevent cars parked in the street from being stolen.
C. To make it convenient for drivers to pay the fee.
D. To limit the time of cars left in the streets.

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