| Gavin Alvarez lives in Cambridge. | T | F | |
| He is a student at Cam College. | T | F | |
| He passed his GCSEs in 2001. | T | F | |
| He has had Saturday and holiday jobs since 2000. | T | F | |
| He left Cam College in 2000. | T | F | |
| He is quite good at languages. | T | F | |
| He isn’t interested in technology. | T | F |
3. Read the following advertisements. Which job is the best for Gavin?
| a) GAMES4U WANTS YOUNG, DYNAMIC PEOPLE TO DEVELOP THE NEXT GENERATION OF COMPUTER SOFTWARE. FOREIGN LANGUAGES AN ADVANTAGE. SEND CV AND COVERING LETTER TO … | b) BOOKS FOR STUDENTS NEED TWO PEOPLE AGED 18 – 20 TO WORK IN THEIR ENGINEERING AND TECHNOLOGY DEPARTMENT. TO APPLY, SEND CV AND COVERING LETTER TO … |
4. Read these phrases from the CV and the advertisements. Choose the correct meaning (a or b) of the words in italics.
| 1. | … a covering letter … | |
| a) | a letter to give more information | |
| b) | a letter to hide a CV | |
| 2. | foreign languages an advantage … | |
| a) | it will help if you can speak a foreign language | |
| b) | It is essential that you can speak a foreign language | |
| 3. | a clean driving license | |
| a) | Your license isn’t dirty | |
| b) | You haven’t done anything illegal in a car |
5. Write your own CV in English. Use Garvin’s CV as a model for your writing.