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在下列句子的空格处填上一个恰当的英语单词。
1. Do you ___ your job?你喜欢自己的工作吗？
2. It was the first ___ job I ever had.这是我第一份拿工资的工作。
3. He’s been ___ the job for six years.他干这份工作有六年了。
4. I’m looking ___ a new job.我在找一份新工作。
5. Your pension can be ___ if you change jobs.换工作的话，会影响到你的退休金。
6. ___ kids can be a difficult job.抚养孩子可是件难事。
7. It’s my job to make ___ the work is finished on time.我的任务是确保工作按时完成。
8. The job of the jury is to assess the ___ of the witness.陪审团的职责是判断证人是否可信。
9. I was given the job of making sure that everyone ___ enough to drink.给我的任务是确保每个人都有足够喝的。
10. All too often councils ___ down on the job of keeping the streets clean.市政服务机构屡屡未能尽到保持街道清洁的职责。
11. My parents were always ___ little jobs for me to do.父母老是找些小事情给我做。
12. Filleting fish can be quite a ___ job.剔鱼骨可是件麻烦事。
13. Tiling the bathroom is going to be a ___ job.给浴室贴瓷砖将是个大工程。
14. Sam does ___ jobs for friends and neighbors.萨姆为朋友和邻居打零工。
15. The job of choosing the right computer for you is ___ easy by this magazine.有了这本杂志，给你挑选一台合适的电脑就变得容易了。
16. We need to get on with the job of finding someone to ___ him.我们要继续找人来替代他。
17. Whoever did the plastering did a ___ job.抹泥灰的那个人干得真不错。
18. She ___ doing the cleaning, but she always makes a good job of it.她不喜欢做清洁工作，但一直做得很出色。
19. Most clerical training is done on the ___.大部分文书培训都是在职进行的。
20. We’ve got some of our ___ people on the job.我们有一些优秀的人才在做这项工作。
21. When she ___ college, she got a job as an editor in a publishing company.她大学毕业后在一家出版社做编辑。
22. She found it very difficult trying to ___ up two children while doing a full-time job.她觉得一边抚养两个孩子一边干全职工作很难。
23. He has a ___-time job working in a garage.他在一家汽车修理厂兼职。
24. After 10 years as a ___ journalist, she finally got a steady job working for The Sydney Morning Herald.当了十年的自由撰稿人后，她最后在《悉尼先驱早报》找到了份稳定工作。
25. Clive’s got a ___ job working in a pub over the summer.夏天克莱夫在一家小酒馆当临时工。
26. She’s applied for a job ___ an insurance company.她已经向一家保险公司申请工作了。
27. The new supermarket will ___ 50 new jobs in the area.这家新超市将在本地区创造五十个就业机会。
28. Are you going to give up your job when you ___ your baby?你有了孩子后会放弃工作吗？
29. The government is encouraging companies to provide new jobs for the unemployment with job creation ___.政府出台就业创造计划鼓励各公司为失业者提供新的工作。
30. If the company is to increase its ___, there will have to be job cuts.公司想增加利润的话，即必须裁员。
31. The ___ of the factory will result in heavy job losses.关闭工厂会导致严重的失业。
32. He’s never managed to ___ down a regular job in his life.他一生总是没法保住一份固定的工作。
33. I used to have a nine-to-five job in an office, but now I ___ my own business.以前我在一家营业所从九点干到五点，而现在我开了自己的营业所。
34. He lost his job as ___ guard after falling asleep on the job.他上班时睡觉，于是丢了保安的工作。
35. Her new employers have ___ her on-the-job training.他的新老板为她提供了在职培训。
36. How long have you been ___ of a job?你失业多久了？
37. She decided to leave a ___ job in advertising to do charity work.她决定辞去在广告业的高级职位而从事慈善事业。
38. After a disastrous first month in office, many people are beginning to wonder if the new president is ___ to the job.灾难般的第一个月过去后，许多人开始怀疑新总统能否胜任。
39. The council has denied ___ of the jobs for the boys, but it’s well known that its supporters have been given important contracts.委员会否认对裙带关系的指控，但众所周知，其支持获得了重要的合同。
40. It’s more than my job’s ___ to lend you the key.我如果把钥匙借给你，就要冒丢掉工作的危险。
41. Many people are more interested in job satisfaction than in ___ large amounts of money.许多人对工作满意比赚很多钱更感兴趣。
42. There is a lack of job ___ in professions such as acting and journalism in which people are only employed for short periods of time.演员和记者的工作缺乏保障，他们只是被短期雇佣。
43. He’s been ___ for the past six months.他已经失业六个月了。
44. The council has been ___ training schemes for the jobless.议会一直为失业者实行培训计划。
45. The jobless ___ reached four million this week.本周的失业总数已达400万。
46. Joblessness can ___ poverty, depression and frustration.失业会造成贫穷，抑郁和失意。
47. ‘How long will the work ___ you?’ ‘I should get the job done by lunchtime.’“这活儿你要干多久？”“我该在午饭前干完。”
48. A food processor ___ the job of preparing food a lot easier.一个食品加工机使做饭容易了许多。
49. He spent the afternoon doing jobs ___ the house, such as putting up shelves and repairing the broken pipe in the kitchen.他一下午都在干屋里的活，譬如装架子，修厨房里的漏管道。
50. The living room ___ needs a paint job, but we just haven’t got the time to do it at the moment.起居室急需油漆，可我们现在没时间干。
51. Will you be able to carry all the ___ back home on your bike or will it have to be a car job?你能把买来的东西都用自行车搬回去吗，或者你要用汽车？
52. I don’t have a box large enough to ___ all your books in, but this bag should do the job.我没有一个大箱子能把你所有的书都放进去，但这个袋子应该能行。
53. I didn’t think Chris would be any good at fund ___ for the society, but she seems to be doing a good job.我原以为克里斯干不好为社团筹集资金的事，可她似乎干得很出色。
54. The dry cleaner’s did a good job of removing that oil ___ from my shirt.干洗店把我衬衫上的油渍去除得很干净。
55. She did a splendid job of ___ the house for the party.她为了晚会把房子装饰得非常漂亮。
56. I’m not going to ___ him repair my car again because he made a really bad job of it last time.我不准备再让他修我的车，因为上次他修得糟透了。
57. Don’t worry about what you have to do next week – just concentrate on the job ___ hand.别为下星期你必须做的事担心 – 先集中精力对付手头的工作。
58. We need ___ who has experience in marketing and teaching, and I think Alex is just the woman for the job.我们需要一个在营销和教学方面有经验的人，而我认为亚历克斯是干这件工作最合适的人。
59. She believed her job as a politician was to ___ the views of her party and the people who voted for her.她认为作为一名政治家她的职责是代表她的政党和选民的观点。
60. I know it’s not my job to tell you how to ___ your life, but I do think you’ve made a mistake.我知道告诉你该怎么生活不是我的事儿，但我的确认为你犯了错误。
61. It was a real job getting the wheel ___ the truck.把卡车车轮卸下来，可真费劲。
62. We were only given an hour to ___ the exam, and I had a job finishing the paper.我们考试的时间只有一个小时，我好不容易才做完了卷子。
63. What a job it was, trying to ___ her to come with us.要劝她和我们一起去，可太费劲了！
64. ‘I’d like to speak to Ernest Brown,’ ‘You’ll ___ a job – he’s been dead five years!’“我想找欧内斯特·布朗。”“那可太难了 – 他死了五年了！”
65. ‘What sort of car are you interested in?’ ‘I really like that red ___ job in the showroom window.’“你喜欢哪种汽车？”“我真喜欢展览厅橱窗里的那种红色跑车。”
66. He was put in prison for five years for doing a ___ job.他盗窃银行，被判刑五年。
67. I’m only ___ my job.我只是在做分内的事。
68. It’s ___ than my job’s worth.那会让我丢饭碗的。
69. A little more glue should do the ___.再加一点胶水就成了。
70. When we scored three times in the first half, we thought, ‘Job ___.’上半场我们进了三个球，当时我们就想：“赢定了。”
71. I think we might have a job ___ in town.我觉得我们在商业区找到停车位可能很难。
72. The sun does quite a job ___ people’s skin.太阳光对人的皮肤相当有害。
73. Police believe it was an ___ job.警方认为这是一起内部盗窃案。
74. She looks completely different in this photo – she must have had a ___ job.这张照片上的她看起来完全不一样 – 她肯定是整过鼻子了。
75. This bag is just the job for carrying your sports ___.这个包正好可以用来装你的运动装备。
76. Jack’s got a new car – a red ___-seater job.杰克买了辆新车， 是红色，双人座的那种。
77. The council chief was ___ over allegations for jobs for the boys.市政会主席因被指控任人唯亲而被停职。
78. Mark doesn’t have a job right ___.马克目前没有工作。
79. I’ve applied ___ a job at the university.我已申请了一份大学里的工作。
80. Well, Miss Taylor, we’d like to ___ you the job.好吧，泰勒小姐，我们想把这份工作给你。
81. Eventually, Mary got a job as a ___.玛丽最后找到了一份女服务员的工作。
82. My husband finally ___ a job in marketing.我丈夫最后竟得到了一份做营销的工作。
83. I was so ___ that I took the first job that came along.我走投无路，遇到第一份工作就接受了。
84. The job is only temporary, but I’m hoping it will be made ___.这只是份临时工作，但我希望以后能转成长久的。
85. He had a part-time job at the ___ shop.他在宠物店干一份兼职工作。
86. I haven’t had a ___ job since last March.去年三月以来我就一直没有稳定的工作。
87. He left a ___-end job.他辞去了一份没有前途的低薪工作。
88. Levels of job satisfaction ___ between departments.各部门的工作满意度各不相同。
89. As an actor, he has very ___ job security.身为演员，他的工作很不稳定。
90. The factory is ___, with 600 job losses.这家工厂将要关闭，会导致600人失业。
91. He graduated from college last year and is still looking for ___.他去年大学毕业，至今仍在找工作。
92. There are now a lot more women in the ___ profession.现在从事法律行业的女性多了许多。
93. Many teachers are leaving the ___.目前有许多教师离开教育行业。
94. Please give your name, age, and ___.请填写你的姓名，年龄和职业。
95. I’m interested in a ___ in journalism.我有意从事新闻工作。
96. I’m writing to apply for the ___ of technical assistant.我写信来申请技术助理一职。
参考文献:
朗文当代高级英语词典[M]. 北京：外语教学与研究出版社， PEARSON. 2014
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