Read the following passage and decide which answer (A, B, C, or D) best fits each gap. Write your answer in the space provided.
What do you do well? What do you enjoy doing? Your answers to these two questions will help you identify your (1)______. An employer will consider you seriously for a (2)______ when you can show them that you know who you are, what you can offer and which you have studied. Sometimes it is difficult to know what your weaknesses are. Clearly not everyone is equally good (3)______ everything. You may need to improve yourself and so (4)______ courses in that field could turn a weakness into strength.
You will need to (5)______ some time on your self-assessment. Your honesty and the desire for self-improvement will lead to (6)______ in getting the right job. Explore the following seven areas to start to get to know yourself: your aptitude, your skills, your personality, the level of responsibility you feel comfortable with, your interests and your needs.
Ask (7)______ if you have any special talents and if you need to consider your physical health when choosing a job. Be as honest and realistic as you can, and ask for other people's (8)______ if necessary. Make a list of these things. It is usually a good idea to talk about your aptitudes with teachers, family and friends.
If you are considering a career that (9)______ a special talent, such as art, acrobatics, mathematics or music, discuss your aptitudes with (10)______ expert in that area and discover how they fit the needs of the occupation.
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Australia is a big country, but nearly all Australians live near the sea. On hot summer days, you can see thousands of people at the beach. Many beaches have waves (1)______ are very high.
These large waves are known as surf and the people who ride them are called surfers. Surfing is a skill, and it needs learning. Don’t (2)______ to be able to surf properly the (3)______ time you try. However, by practising a few times you will learn (4)______ to do it.
Surfing is not a new sport. Perhaps its origins need explaining. It started hundreds (5)______ years ago in Hawaii. Men swam (6)______ to sea to catch fish and found they could come back to land very quickly by riding the waves. These first surfers did not (7)______ a board. They were “body surfers”. Many people (8)______ do this type of surfing today.
After a while people started to use boards and rode the waves by lying, kneeling or standing (9)______ them. These first surfboards were made of wood and the water made them rot after a while. Today, surfboards are made of plastic or fibreglass (10)______.
