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Not so long ago almost any student who successfully completed a university degree or diploma course could find a good career quite easily. Companies toured the academic institutions, competing with each other to recruit graduates. However, those days are gone, even in Hong Kong, and nowadays graduates often face strong competition in the search for jobs. Most careers organizations highlight three stages for graduates to follow in the process of securing a suitable career: recognizing abilities, matching these to available vacancies and presenting them well to prospective employers. Job seekers have to make a careful assessment of their own abilities. One area of assessment should be of their academic qualifications, which would include special skills within their subject area. Graduates should also consider their own personal values and attitudes, or the relative importance to themselves of such matters as money, security, leadership and caring for others. An honest assessment of personal interests and abilities such as creative or scientific skills, or skills acquired from work experience, should also be given careful thought. The second stage is to study the opportunities available for employment and to think about how the general employment situation is likely to develop in the future. To do this, graduates can study job vacancies and information in newspapers or they can visit a careers office, write to possible employers for information or contact friends or relatives who may already be involved in a particular profession. After studying all the various options, they should be in a position to make informed comparisons between various careers. Good personal presentation is essential in the search for a good career. Job application forms and letters should, of course, be filled in carefully and correctly, without grammar or spelling errors. Where additional information is asked for, job seekers should describe their abilities and work experience in more depth, with examples if possible. They should try to balance their own abilities with the employer's needs, explain why they are interested in a career with the particular company and try to show that they already know something about the company and its activities. When graduates are asked to attend for interview, they should prepare properly by finding out all they can about the prospective employer. Dressing suitably and arriving for the interview on time are also obviously important. Interviewees should try to give positive and helpful answers and should not be afraid to ask questions about anything they are unsure about. This is much better than pretending to understand a question and giving an unsuitable answer. There will always be good career opportunities for people with ability, skills and determination; the secret to securing a good job is to be one of them.

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I. COMPREHENSION : (15 points) BASE ALL YOUR ANSWERS ON THE TEXT

A. THE TEXT IS ABOUT: (1pts)

........................................................... 1. Working in Hong Kong. 2. Requirements to get a job. 3. Job problems.

1. ARE THESE SENTENCES TRUE OR FALSE? JUSTIFY (4pts)

1. Until recently it was quite easy for graduates to get good jobs in Hong Kong.

[………]………………………………………………………………………………...

2. Job seekers should pretend that they know everything, and not asking questions.

[………]………………………………………………………………………………...

3. Businesses used to visit the universities in Hong Kong to recruit graduates.

[………]………………………………………………………………………………...

4. Graduates should ask friends or relatives to secure them a good job.

[………]………………………………………………………………………………... 2. ANSWER THESE QUESTIONS. (4pts)

1. How many stages there are for graduates?

……………………………………………………………………………………………..

2. What’s the advice given in the first sentence of paragraph )3( ?

…………………………………………………………………………………………….. 3. WHAT DO THESE WORDS REFER TO: (2pts)

1. 'Them' in paragraph 2 refers to: …………………………………

2. 'Their' in paragraph 3, refers to: ………………………………...

3. 'They' in paragraph 6 refers to: ………………………………….

4. 'Them' in paragraph 7 refers to: ………………………………… 4. FIND IN THE TEXT WORDS OR EXPRESSIONS THAT MEANS ALMOST

THE SAME AS: (4pts) 1. Emphasize. (paragraph 2):…………………………………….

2. Future. (paragraph 2):…………………………………………

3. Comparative. (paragraph 3):………………………………….

4. In greater detail. (paragraph 5):……………………………….

II. LANGUAGE: (15 points) A. REPLACE THE UNDERLINED WORDS WITH THE APPROPRIATE

PHRASAL VERBS. (2pts)

look up – look into – look out

1. The inspector is investigating ……………………. the murder of last week.

2. Would you please find the meaning of ……………………this word in the dictionary?

pick up – get up – come up with

3. Atiqa acquired …………………. English in her work with an English family.

4. I can’t find …………………… a solution for my problem. B. FILL THE BLANKS WITH THE APPROPRIATE CONNECTOR.(4pts)

despite – unless – besides – as a result – instead of – until – whereas

1. Ahmed is a hardworking student ……………… Ali is a lazy one.

2. ……………. Being handicapped, Janet managed to do all her work.

3. …………………. Playing videogames, you go and review your Math lessons.

4. She didn’t study hard enough; …………………, she failed the final exam. C. REWRITE THE SENTENCES AS SUGGESTED. (4pts)

1. Our team lost the game.

The game ……………………………………………………………………………................…..........................

2. "I like to buy a car, but I don’t have money," Leila said.

Leila said…………………………………………………………………………................................................. D. GIVE THE CORRECT FORM OF THE WORDS IN BRACKETS. (2pts)

1. I had spent most of my (child) ……………………… with my uncle.

2. Black people in USA have fought long for their (integrate) ………………………. into

society.

E. CHOOSE THE RIGHT ANSWER FROM THE LIST: (3PTS)

1. How ..................... money do you need? (many – much – any)

2. He is a bad person, ........................... he has a lot of friends. (so – yet – and)

3. My sister ...................... from Italy an hour ago. (arrived – is arriving – arrives)

III. WRITING: (10 points)

“Educated persons have greater opportunities to find jobs more than people who are

not”

Write an article to your school magazine in which you explain your point of view in

no more than 200 words. ..........................................................................................................................................................................................

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