H, страница 14 - гдз по английскому языку 11 класс (starlight) контрольные задания Баранова, Дули

H You are going to read an article about a job interview. Read the text and choose the correct parts of sentences A–G to complete gaps 1–6. There is one part of a sentence you do not need to use.

My First Job Interview

In my experience, a job interview can take many different forms, from a quick chat over the telephone to a five-day grilling by a panel of experts. To a large extent, the nature of the interview depends on the type of job involved; you are unlikely to be interviewed by telephone if you are applying for the post of managing director in a large international company!I remember my first interview as if it were yesterday. I was still at school 1 . A few of us, those students who were interested in electronics, agreed to meet them as we thought we would hear a talk about the industry. To be honest, I don't think that even our teacher had a clear idea of what was going to happen, 2 .

We were totally unprepared for the reality. Instead of a talk that got us away from dull lessons for a couple of hours, we were spoken to one by one. We were, in fact, being interviewed as potential trainee engineers for the company. When this became apparent, many of my friends decided not to continue, 3 . After all, I was still undecided about what I was going to do when I left school so I felt I had nothing to lose.

For the next hour I answered questions on my background, interests and future plans. The two gentlemen who interviewed me seemed quite pleased with my responses and then asked me to read a circuit diagram. I was a bit worried by this, 4 . I happily explained the function of the main components and traced the signal path for them and that was it. I was told that the interview was over and that I would be hearing from them shortly.

I immediately put the whole business out of my mind. I didn't mention it to my parents, thinking that would be the last we would hear from the company. After all, I was supposed to be preparing for a university education, not training to be an engineer for an electronics firm. Surely they would find more suitable candidates in other schools?

The company had other ideas. About three weeks later, I returned home to find my mother in a very agitated state. She demanded to know what I thought I was doing applying for a job as an electronics engineer 5 . Apparently, I had no sense of responsibility or respect for her wishes. Eventually she calmed down enough to show me the letter she had received. I must admit that I was rather flattered by the contents. It seemed that, in the company's opinion, I had all the right qualities to become one of their leading service engineers and I was invited to start training at once. I immediately sat down and wrote back to decline their kind offer, 6 . Peace in the family home was restored.

So that was my first job interview. It came totally out of the blue and I was completely unprepared for it, but I obviously did rather well. For all my subsequent interviews, I followed the conventional advice: I made sure that I arrived in plenty of time for the interview and that I was smartly dressed. Unfortunately, I never felt quite as relaxed as I had done during that first interview. Sometimes, I wonder whether perhaps, just perhaps, I should have accepted their offer.

A but then I recognised it as part of a television receiver

B explaining that I had set my sights on a different sort of career

C but I decided to carry on

D thinking that this could be the start of an exciting career

E when she fully expected me to go on to be a top lawyer or doctor

F so I don't blame him for the farce that developed

G when representatives of an electronics company paid us a visit

Вам предстоит прочитать статью о собеседовании. Прочитайте текст и выберите правильные части предложений A–G, чтобы заполнить пропуски 1–6. Есть одна часть предложения, которую вам не нужно использовать.

Ответ:

1: G: when representatives of an electronics company paid us a visit

1: G: когда к нам в гости приехали представители электронной компании

2: F: so I don't blame him for the farce that developed

2: F: поэтому я не виню его за развернувшийся фарс

3: C: but I decided to carry on

3: C: но я решил продолжить

4: A: but then I recognised it as part of a television receiver

4: A: но затем я узнал в этом часть телевизионного приемника

5: E: when she fully expected me to go on to be a top lawyer or doctor

5: E: когда она полностью ожидала, что я стану ведущим юристом или врачом

6: B: explaining that I had set my sights on a different sort of career

6: B: объясняя, что я нацелился на другой вид карьеры

Unused sentence: D: thinking that this could be the start of an exciting career

Неиспользованное предложение: D: думая, что это может быть началом увлекательной карьеры