填空题
· Read the text below about redundancies in the insurance industry.
· In
most of the lines 34-45 there is one extra word. It is either grammatically
incorrect or does not fit in with the sense of the text. Some lines, however,
are correct.
· If a line is correct, write CORRECT on your Answer Sheet.
·
If there is an extra word in the line, write the extra word in CAPITAL LETTERS
on your answer sheet.
· The exercise begins with two examples, (0) and
(00).
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Redundancies Threatened in Insurance Takeover{{/B}}
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Hundreds of insurance workers were facing redundancy last night
after
00 two companies announced as they were joining forces. The
redundancies
34 are under threatened by a ￡4 billion takeover of
Bastion Insurance
35 which has been a 17,500-strong workforce, by
overseas rival Sunshine
36 Provincial, which employs a staff of 20,000.
A spokesperson for
37 Bastion workers who accepted there would be
rationalization of the two
38 companies' operations, causing
redundancies. However, since there was
39 relief when workers heard the
job losses would be nowhere near the
40 5,000 level initially were
feared. These bigger cuts would have resulted if
41 Bastion had
accepted that a bid from Total Insurance two weeks ago. It opted
42
instead of for joining up with Sunshine, whose employees are mostly
based
43 abroad. The spokeperson added, "Recently we were talking with
about thousands of
44 redundancies, so this is at best for all.
"Experts predict that this is only one of many
45 such developments
that can be expected in the insurance industry in the near future.