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Listening exercise to do: Driverless cars (6 Minute English, BBC Learning English)
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Episode 170104 / 04 January 2017 >>> Expressions presented: mock-up, social isolation & daredevils.USE OF ENGLISH (B2). Fill in the gaps with only one appropriate word. For more exercises search in my site.
The job sounded interesting: with a
fashion house (1) _________ the city centre. The telephone conversations I (2)
__________ had with them were relaxed and friendly, and the letter from the
boss had also been friendly (3) __________ . He had invited me to visit the
office and join some of them for lunch. The appointment was (4) _________
twelve o’clock.
I naturally thought long and hard
about (5) ____________ to wear. In the fashion business, of course, you were expected
to be smart. The question was (6) ___________ to be businesslike, or
fashionable. There was something (7) ___________ to think about, too. I had to
get there (8) _____________ train and bus. The journey was over two hours, and
that affects the clothes you choose.
In the end, I decided (9)
____________ wear my most expensive clothes. These were a pair of boots, a pair
of fashion jeans which had cost me a week’s salary, a hand-made sweater and a
coat. I was not (10) __________ satisfied with my appearance, but at (11)
____________ everything was new and expensive.
In fact, I realized (12)
____________ my arrival that I had chosen exactly the wrong clothes. The men in
the office (13) _____________ wearing dark suits and ties. The women were in
business suits.
The boss was just (14) ___________
friendly as his letter had been. We looked (15) _____________ the offices,
chatted about the business, and finally went out for lunch. They had chosen a
smart restaurant nearby, where the boss was (16) _________ well known. The
restaurant manager greeted him (17) ____________ name. Then he caught sight of
me. He shook his head apologetically, and smiled. Sorry, he said, the house
rules were quite (18) ______________. No one in jeans would be admitted.
I (19) _____________ the way out,
and we started looking for somewhere (20) ___________ to eat.
SOLUTIONS TO THIS EXERCISE IN THE NEXT POST
Solutions to the exercises in the previous post:
WORD FORMATION: 1. similarity , 2. communication , 3. apparently , 4. astonishment , 5. intelligence , 6. development , 7.corrections , 8. refusal 9. angrily
VOCABULARY: 1. A 2. C 3. D 4. B 5. A 6. B 7. C 8. B 9. C 10. A 11. C 12. D
