1. Dear Sir, having read your advertisement, I should like to ......... this letter as my application for the post of marketing manager.

deliver

submit

return

send

2. As you will see from my ......... C.V., I am currently working as a waiter.

endorsed

included

attached

appeared

3. You may think that this is a ......... job for someone who is applying for a marketing post.

peculiar

stranger

usual

typical

4. Perhaps I should explain the ......... reason for working in a restaurant as a waiter in preparation for a marketing job.

underground

undercover

understanding

underlying

5. As I see it, a restaurant is a market and it is the job of a waiter to ......... the clients into choosing products from the menu.

push

pervade

tempt

instruct

6. I am sure I could very easily ......... all the requirements of the job.

complete

fulfil

commit

finish

7. For example some of my clients cannot decide whether to have ......... fruit or tiramisu.

picked

wet

fresh

plucked

8. On such an occasion like that I market well and always make them ......... the one we have most of.

decide

believe

select

effect

9. I am sure I could ......... my skills as a waiter to the tasks that are needed for your advertised post.

transfer

translate

transpose

transverse

10. Finally I look forward to ......... from you and as you will understand I don't want to 'wait' very long. Yours faithfully, I.A.M. Hopeful.

hear

hearing

heard

hears

11. Dear all, just to let you know that we reached our ......... after a dramatic start.

goal

aim

end

destination

12. I could say that we are having a wonderful time but that would be ......... from the truth.

distant

far

long

further

13. Everything started to go wrong the moment we arrived at the airport because of the industrial ......... taken by the baggage handlers.

activity

acts

acting

action

14. These baggage handlers had decided they didn't want to ......... our cases on to the plane.

lead

load

lode

led

15. The result of this was that we were held ......... for six hours in the departure lounge waiting for the end of the dispute.

up

on

by

about

16. By the time the plane took off as you can ........., we were all tired, hungry and miserable.

believe

anticipate

imagine

think

17. When we eventually arrived at the hotel, we had to ......... our luggage at reception.

sort out

sort of

sort in

sort by

18. The big problem was that our luggage wasn't there — it had simply ..........

disintegrated

distorted

dislodged

disappeared

19. Our first day was spent in the local shops ......... all the things that we believed we had brought with us.

finding

looking

purchasing

searching

20. On the last day of our holiday the manager of the hotel greeted us ......... from ear to ear to inform us that our luggage had arrived at reception! See you soon Meggy and Tom.

screaming

beaming

streaming

strechting