V. Read the text below. Use the word given in capitals at the end of some of the lines to form a word that fits in the gap in the same line. There is an example at the beginning (0).Example: 0. successful
COMPUTER SKILLS IN THE OFFICE
To be (0) .............. (success) in the business market, it is vital for a company to keep up with all the latest technological (41) ................. (develop).
Nowadays it is (42) .............. (wide) accepted that running a company without computers, in particular, is virtually (43) .............. (possible) This is why businesses are so keen to hire the best people available for their technology departments.
Apart from the needs of the technology department, it is important that almost all employees have some degree of (44) ............... (familiar) with personal or desktop computers, even if this involves no more than the (45) .............. (complete) of a basic computer course. Like all new things, however, most people will only become (46) ..............(comfort) with using computers after practical experience.
Thanks to computers, today's businesses are run and managed with far less (47) .............. (difficult) than companies could hope to achieve in the past. For example, computers enable the (48) .................. (organise) of huge amounts of information and greatly speed up the (49) .............. (prepare) of documents and reports.
In short, although the average businessperson has no need to be a technology expert, they are unlikely to get very far without at least a basic (50) .............. (know) of computers.
VI. Choose the correct option for each numbered blank to finish the passage.
Did you ever have someone's name on the tip of your tongue and yet you were unable to recall it? When this happens again, do not (51) _______ to recall it. Do something (52) _____ for a couple of minutes, and the name may come into your head. The name is there since you have met (53) ______ person and learned his name. It only has to be dug out. The initial effort to recall (54) ______ the mind for operation, but it is the subconscious activities that go to work to dig up a (55) ______ memory. Forcing yourself to recall (56) ______ never helps because it doesn't (57) _______ your memory; it only tightens it. Students find the preparatory method helpful (58) __________ examinations. They read over the questions {59) ______ trying to answer any of them. Then they answer first the ones (60) ______ which they are mostconfident. Meanwhile, deeper mental activities in the subconscious mind are taking (61) ________ ; work is being done on the (62) ______ difficult question. By the time the easier questions are answered, answers (63) _____ the more difficult ones will usually begin to (64) ______ into consciousness. It is often (65) ______ a question of waiting for recall to comz to the memory.
51. A. try B. want c. hesitate D. wait
52. A. simple B. apart c. else D. similar
53. A. some B. certain c. a D. this
54. A. leads B. begins c. helps D. prepares
55. A. light B. fresh c. dim D. dark
56. A. merely B. almost c. barely D. hardly
57. A. loosen B. weaken c. decrease D. reduce
58. A. into B. in c. about D. by
59. a . after B. besides c. before D. against
60. A. Of B. with c. for D. in
61. A. place B. shape c. charge D. action
62. A. too B. less c. not D. more
63. A. to B. of c. about D. for
64. A. appear B. grow c. extend D. come
65. A. nearly B. likely c. just D. even
D. use the word give in capitals at the end of each line to form a word fits in the gap in the sam line
Qualcomp have just brought out their (1) REVOLUTIONARY new handheld computer the Powertop. it's(2) IMPOSSIBLE not to love it, with its smooth shiny (3) APPEARANCE and its bright screen. it might not be the best (4) INTRODUCTION to handheld computing because it's quite advanced but you'll find and(5) EXPLANATION of all the features in the detailed manual. the Powertop has been (6) SCIENTIFICALLY designed to fit a lot of computing power in your palm. the (7) INVENTION of a unique wireless Internet connection means there's a worrld of (8) DISCOVERY just waiting for you. we give the powertop out of ten