Now read this essay and complete the gaps with one of the words or expressions from Tasks A and B. You may need to change the form of some of the words

are more likely to find a job that is more worthwhile, and by doing so, hope to achieve happiness in their work.

First of all, it doesn’t matter if you are an 2_______________ worker cleaning the floor, a 3________________ 4________________ worker on a production line in one of the 5__________________, or a 6____________ worker in a bank, shop or one of the other 7_________________ if you lack 8_______________, with the knowledge that you might lose your job at any time, you will never feel happy. Everybody would like a 9_______________ in which he or she is guaranteed work. Nowadays, however, companies have a high turnover of staff, 10_________________ new staff and 11_________________ others on a weekly basis. Such companies are not popular with their workers.

The same can be said of a job in which you are put under a lot of 12______________ and worry, a job which is so 13__________ that it takes over your life, a job where you work 14___________________ and so never get to see your family or friends, or a physical job in which you do the same thing every day and end up with the industrial disease that is always in the papers nowadays 15________________________.

With all these negative factors, it would be difficult to believe that there are any elements that make a job worthwhile. Money is, of course, the prime motivation, and everybody wants a good 16_____________. But of course that is not all. The chance of 17________________, of being given a better position in a company, is a motivating factor. Likewise, 18_______________ such as a free lunch or a company car, an 19__________________ scheme to make you work hard such as a regular 20_________________ above the rate of inflation, 21____________in case you fall ill and a company 22___________________

scheme so that you have some money when you retire all combine to make a job worthwhile.