READ THE TEXTS AND DECIDE WHICH ANSWER BETTER FITS EACH GAP ACCORDING TO THE CONTEXT FRIENDS BENEFIT FIRMS
We have all heard tales about difficult people at work , usually managers , but the office i salso where many people make friends , and friends ( 0 )………….. us to feel that a bit more enthusiastic about the job we do . Research has found that more than half of British workers ( 1 )……………. their bestfriends in the officeand more than a third say that they go on holiday with ( 2 )…………………….. workers .
The changing nature of work with more flexibility an more multi-tasking means that people ( 3 )………………… stability from their workmates . Friendship bring ( 4 )………………… in a changing world . A collaborative working enviroment ( 5 )……………. the way for making job-sharing and expansion of roles more of an ( 6 )…………….. for employers an employees .
So fun workplaces where friendships flourish ( 7 )…………… workers who can ( 8 )……………… changing job roles . This is not ( 9 )………………… surprising since numerous experiments carried ( 10 )…………… by workplace psycologists over the years have clearly demonstrated that work is a social affair .
0 A enliven B influence C inspire D stimulate E find 1 A meet B encounter C find D know E choose 2 A peer B colleague C companion D fellow E mate 3 A desire B search C seek D wish E look 4 A basis B support C assistance D backing E choice 5 A leads B finds C shows D paves E looks for 6 A option B opportunity C opening D occasion E interest 7 A appeal B lure C engage D take E attract 8 A hold B touch C deal D respond E handle 9 A extremily B thoroughly C utterly D finally E entirely 10 forward B through C back D on E out Keys
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C |
2 ) |
A |
3 ) |
D |
4 ) |
C |
5 ) |
B |
6 ) |
D |
7 ) |
A |
8 ) |
E |
9 ) |
E |
10 ) E |
11 ) E |