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people who worked there were good fun to be with, so it was quite (5) amusing too. The
(6) highlight of the weekend was always Saturday night when we worked overtime.
A But I don ’t expect you made a lot of money?
B No, there wasn’t much after they ’d (7) deducted tax and pension contributions. But
it was enough to keep me going.
6 Replace the underlined words with the correct form of the words in the box. You may
need to make other changes.
1 When I was at college I kept all my personal things in an old cupboard.
2 A lot of people who leave university before getting a degree end up in good jobs.
3 I think she’ll get a good degree, but I wouldn’t risk my money on the exact result.
4 The money I spent at college was more than what I earned in my part-time job.
5 The chances of my being offered a job after that interview must be quite remote.
6 Our business has done very well since we changed our advertising.
7 I think telling the truth and not cheating is always the best policy.
Key: (1) belongings (2) dropouts (3) gamble (4) exceeded (5) odds
(6) has thrived (7) honesty
7 Answer the questions about the words and expressions.
1 If something is not all it ’s cracked up to be , is it (a) valid and interesting, or
(b) just a little bit disappointing ?
2 If someone keeps banging on about something, are you likely to be (a) interested in,
or (b) bored by what they say ?
3 If there is a lot of hassle in your life, are you likely to feel (a) stressed , or
(b) relaxed?
4 If something happens
out of the blue
, is it (a) unexpected , or (b) part of your plan?
5 If you say you ended up in a particular job, do you suggest that (a) you have fulfilled
your ambition, or (b) it happened almost by chance ?
6 Are the regulars in a pub (a) the customers who come very often , or (b) the food the
pub offers most often?
7 If something is
dead easy
, is it (a) very easy , or (b) not easy at all?
8 If you treat someone to something , do you (a) buy something nice for them , or (b)
behave badly to them?
9 If you cheer a place up , do you (a) make the place look brighter , or (b) make the
people in the place happier?
Reading and interpreting
8 Look at the sentences from the passage and identify the style features.
1 Twelve years at school and three years at university, teachers banging on about
opportunities in the big wide world beyond our sheltered life as students, and what
do I find?
This shows the informality of an incomplete sentence in the first part, the use of an
informal expression (banging on) and a rhetorical question to the reader (What do I
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