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　　PART FOUR

　　Questions 21-35

　　·Read the text below about job prospects at the Provincial Bank.

　　·Choose the correct word A, B, C, or, D on the opposite page to fill each gap.

　　·For each question 21-35, mark one letter (A, B, C, or D) on your Answer Sheet.

　　Employment Opportunities for Graduates with the Provincial Bank

　　The Provincial Bank is one of the biggest (example) ____________ institutions in the U.K. With its 1,900 branches and 58,000 employees, it has (21) ____________ a household name. Almost 4,000 of these employees (22) ____________ managerial or executive positions. The bank has an outstanding (23) ____________ of profitability, which has been achieved by introducing innovations at the same time as maintaining leadership of the (24) ____________.

　　The bank’s comprehensive training programme concentrates on (25) ____________ the most important skills that graduates need in order to (26) ____________ early management responsibility. Trainees take responsibility for their own continuous self-development through visiting other branches and departments, and by (27)____________ courses in management skills. They also receive training in order to increase their knowledge of the bank’s (28) ___________. The bank supports (29)____________ of staff who wish to take professional examinations, and its Graduate Training Scheme is (30)_____________ to the nationally recognized Diploma in Management.

　　Obviously the quality of its mangers is of (31)____________ importance to the bank’s performance. It welcomes good graduates in any subject area, (32)____________ they can demonstrate the ability to influence events, and have the potential to (33)____________ both as leaders and as part of a team. Most graduate trainees join the Retail Banking division initially. Those starting on this programme will soon have the (34)____________ to work in other parts of the bank and can (35)____________ a varied and flexible working life.

　　Example:

　　A budgetary B fiscal C financial D economic

　　0 A B C D

　　Example

　　21 A opened B entered C turned D become

　　22 A hold B do C keep D own

　　23 A career B catalogue C record D experience

　　24 A area B trade C record D market

　　25 A making B reaching C developing D heightening

　　26 A present B treat C deal D handle

　　27 A observing B attending C involving D staying

　　28 A services B goods C creations D abilities

　　29 A colleague B members C people D persons

　　30 A qualified B combined C fastened D linked

　　31 A main B vital C necessary D superior

　　32 A therefore B thus C provided D only

　　33 A succeed B realize C gain D overcome

　　34 A choice B chance C likelihood D probability

　　35 A forecast B believe C suppose D expect