Task 5 Directions: The following is a
application letter. After reading it, you should give brief answers to the 5
questions (No. 56 through No. 60) that follow. The answers should be no more
than 3 words. They should be written after the corresponding numbers on the
Answer Sheet.
20th June, 1999
Gentlemen: I wish to apply for the position advertised in
today Herald(《先驱报》). I feel that I am competent to meet the requirements which
you have specified. I am twenty-seven years of age. After
graduating from high school I took a two years’ business course in the White
Commercial School, one of the best commercial schools in Toledo, studying both
bookkeeping and typewriting. Since graduating from business school, I have
worked for three years in a lawyer’s office, where I am at present
employed. I now wish to enter an office where the work requires
greater judgment than here, and where there is more opportunity for
advancement. I have permission to Mr. John E. White, Principal
of the White Commercial School, and Mr James R. McDowell, Principal of the
Redbush High School, for statements as to my character and ability.
Yours faithfully, Why does the applicant want to change his job
Because he wants an office where the work needs __________.