How to approach Reading Test Part Four•This part of the Reading Test tests your voca

How to approach Reading Test Part Four

•This part of the Reading Test tests your vocabulary.

•Read the whole text quickly to find out what it is about. As you read, try to predict the words that might fill the gaps.

•Next, look at the four possible answers for each gap and cross out any obviously incorrect words.

•Then read both before and after each gap to decide which word should go in it The word needs to fit both the meaning and the grammar.

•After completing all the gaps, read the whole text again to check your answers

•Read the article on the opposite page about an experiment to help managers improve their workJlife balance.

•Choose the best word to fill each gap from A, B, C or D below.

•For each question 19 - 33, mark one letter (A, B, C or D) on your Answer Sheet.

•There is an example at the beginning (0).

GETTING THE BALANCE RIGHT

Leaving work on time may not sound like much of a (0).... However, in an experiment by glass manufacturers Dartington Crystal, it (19) ... surprisingly difficult. Four managers, who all worked very long hours, took (20) ... in a simple experiment: they agreed to (21) ... to their set hours for a week, with no coming in early, leaving late or taking work home. The aim of the exercise was to (22) ... the balance between the managers' work and home lives. It was a way to get everyone thinking about their working hours and how to (23) ... them,

Robin Ritchie, the company's managing director, was very aware that his company was (24) ,.. on the experiment at its busiest time of the year. They were also just days away from a big product (25) .... So not surprisingly, perhaps, it soon became clear that it wasn't going to be easy: even on the first day, director of design Simon Moore took home a design problem to (26) .... as he couldn't relax until he had dealt with it.

As the week progressed, the four people involved found it hard to (27) ... with the pressure of leaving work undone. They felt they were (28) ... people down, and worried about the effect on the business. (29) ... crises made it more and more difficult to go home on time. Changing working habits wasn't easy. (30) .... they saw the experiment through to the end.

There was some (31) ... up to do the following week, but the company did not appear to have suffered. Significantly, too, the experiment made the managers reappraise their (32) ... to staying late and start prioritising tasks. All in all, they felt the experiment was of (33) ... benefit, and that it helped them to create a better balance in their lives.

(19)

A．displayed

B．showed

C．proved

D．demonstrated