2 Ella doesn’t have to … . 3 Ms Eames asks Ella to have an extra qualification in … . 4 Ella’s mother comes from … . 5 Ms Eames thinks that Austria is … . 6 While in the UK, Ella lives … . Language in use: Prepositions Read the text about new views of work. Some words are missing. Choose the correct word (A–M) for each gap (1–10). There are two extra words that you should not use. Write your answers in the boxes provided. The first one (0) has been done for you. A recently published report forecasts that within the next decade millions of employees – more than ever before – will be at home juggling their careers … 0 caring for children and older relatives. Dreams of a future when technological advances would free us … 1 the daily drudgery and allow more time … 2 leisure appear to be fading, with futurologists predicting less talk about “work-life balance” and more about “work-life integration”. The report concluded that … 3 AI would likely take … 4 100 million jobs globally by 2030, it would also generate 120 million new jobs in fields ranging from big data and machine learning to information security and digital marketing. A report … 5 the nature of employment in 2035 predicts an exodus from the traditional workplace caused partly by environmental pressure to reduce our society’s carbon footprint and partly by the demographic pressure … 6 an ageing population. In the near future, more employees will be looking … 7 older relatives, which will lead to a blurring of boundaries between family and career. In a list of scenarios drawn up by the Chartered Management Institute, companies were warned to prepare for a range of remote possibilities, including a world … 8 cyber attack, the use of holograms for communication between staff and major changes … 9 artificial intelligence. More probable scenarios included a polarisation of businesses, with large corporations securing global control and becoming more powerful than the governments of some big countries. But there would also be an increase of “virtual” companies, often small community-based enterprises … 10 usual business aims. A at F from K while 0 L 5 10 B after G of L with 1 6 C away H on M without 2 7 D by I to 3 8 E for J under 4 9 ➀ ➁ ➂ ➃ ➄ I can understand straightforward factual information about common everyday or job related topics, identifying both general messages and specific details. (B1) 4 ✔ 99 Nur zu Prüfzwecken – Eigentum des Verlags öbv
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