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Список вопросов базы знанийАнглийский язык. Бизнес курс (курс 1)Вопрос id:1320079 Chose three possible answers: She left school at 16 to do a secretarial course, but she’s a very … young woman – she impressed me very much ?) smart ?) intellectual ?) clever ?) intelligent Вопрос id:1320080 Chose three possible answers: She speaks fluent French and her German is … good too ?) cute ?) pretty ?) quite ?) rather Вопрос id:1320081 Chose three possible answers: She’d be a real find and you should get in touch with her right … ?) away ?) up ?) now ?) here Вопрос id:1320082 Chose three possible answers: She’d be able to … work in London more or less right away ?) commence ?) start ?) quit ?) begin Вопрос id:1320083 Chose three possible answers: She’s 25, she’s married and has been working for Johnson Brothers, in Marketing since … school ?) accomplishing ?) graduating from ?) finishing ?) quitting Вопрос id:1320084 Chose three possible answers: She’s got an MA and it’s in … languages ?) slavic ?) old ?) modern ?) strange Вопрос id:1320085 Chose three possible answers: She’s … young, he’s only 21 and she’s a graduate of Edinburgh University ?) rather ?) handsome ?) quite ?) pretty Вопрос id:1320086 Chose three possible answers: So, I’ve just finished a very … day interviewing people for you ?) frustrating ?) depressing ?) fruitful ?) upsetting Вопрос id:1320087 Chose three possible answers: So, …of the people I’ve talked to today have been pretty hopeless ?) many ?) much ?) most ?) some Вопрос id:1320088 Chose three possible answers: The address is 214 Gower Road (that’s G-O-W-E-R), Swansea (S-W-A-N-S-E-A), SA2 4PJ. Her … number is 0792 98762 ?) concentration camp ?) mobile phone ?) telephone ?) phone Вопрос id:1320089 Chose three possible answers: The only … I have to tell you about is Miss Emma Harris (that’s E-M-M-A H-A-R-R-I-S) ?) man ?) person ?) woman ?) lady Вопрос id:1320090 Chose three possible answers: We’ve spent this morning interviewing four candidates and the best one is a Mrs. Sylvia Sabbatini (that’s S-Y-L-V-I-A S-A-B-B-A-T-I-N-I) ?) players ?) competitors ?) candidates ?) applicants Вопрос id:1320091 Chose three possible answers: It was taken over and she was made redundant … they decided to close her department ?) as ?) because ?) so ?) since Вопрос id:1320092 Chose three possible answers: She’s worked in marketing for a small light engineering … and she had just become their Export Marketing Manager when the firm was taken over and she was made redundant because they decided to close her department ?) office ?) company ?) firm ?) enterprise Вопрос id:1320093 Correspond the left and right parts | Левая часть | Правая часть | In one year, it had | to hire no fewer than 27,000 workers to fill 8,800 hourly-paid job slots | Hotel, shop and restaurant chains, which employ | fatter profits and happier shareholders | Labour turnover declined by | thousands of people in low-paid, dead-end jobs, are discovering that high labour turnover rates resulting from the indiscriminate hiring of “cheap” workers can be extremely costly | To slow its labour turnover, Marriott had to get a simple message accepted throughout its operating divisions: loyal, well motivated employees make customers happy and that, in turn, creates | more than half; for full time sales assistants, it declined by about a third |
Вопрос id:1320094 Correspond the left and right parts | Левая часть | Правая часть | Labour turnover declined by | more than half; for full time sales assistants, it declined by about a third | Employees replied they wanted better training, better communications with their supervisors and, above all, wanted their bosses | to “make me feel like I make a difference” | Marriott Corporation, a hotels and restaurants group, has also | decided to spend more money on retaining employees in the hope of spending less on finding and training new ones | In one year, it had | to hire no fewer than 27,000 workers to fill 8,800 hourly-paid job slots |
Вопрос id:1320095 Correspond the left and right parts | Левая часть | Правая часть | Hotel, shop and restaurant chains, which employ | to hire no fewer than 27,000 workers to fill 8,800 hourly-paid job slots | In one year, it had | to recruit and keep better staff | Employees replied they wanted better training, better communications with their supervisors and, above all, wanted their bosses | to “make me feel like I make a difference” | Cole National, a Cleveland-based firm which owns Child World, Things Remembered and other speciality shops, declared a “war for people” in an effort | thousands of people in low-paid, dead-end jobs, are discovering that high labour turnover rates resulting from the indiscriminate hiring of “cheap” workers can be extremely costly |
Вопрос id:1320096 Correspond the left and right parts | Левая часть | Правая часть | Employees replied they wanted better training, better communications with their supervisors and, above all, wanted their bosses | to “make me feel like I make a difference” | Cole National, a Cleveland-based firm which owns Child World, Things Remembered and other speciality shops, declared a “war for people” in an effort | thousands of people in low-paid, dead-end jobs, are discovering that high labour turnover rates resulting from the indiscriminate hiring of “cheap” workers can be extremely costly | Hotel, shop and restaurant chains, which employ | to recruit and keep better staff |
Вопрос id:1320097 Correspond the left and right parts | Левая часть | Правая часть | To slow its labour turnover, Marriott had to get a simple message accepted throughout its operating divisions: loyal, well motivated employees make customers happy and that, in turn, creates | to hire no fewer than 27,000 workers to fill 8,800 hourly-paid job slots | Hotel, shop and restaurant chains, which employ | thousands of people in low-paid, dead-end jobs, are discovering that high labour turnover rates resulting from the indiscriminate hiring of “cheap” workers can be extremely costly | In one year, it had | fatter profits and happier shareholders | Cole National, a Cleveland-based firm which owns Child World, Things Remembered and other speciality shops, declared a “war for people” in an effort | to recruit and keep better staff |
Вопрос id:1320098 Correspond the left and right parts | Левая часть | Правая часть | Such people form a surprisingly small, though apparently disruptive, part of the service-industry workforce. Marriott found | to recruit and keep better staff | To slow its labour turnover, Marriott had to get a simple message accepted throughout its operating divisions: loyal, well motivated employees make customers happy and that, in turn, creates | thousands of people in low-paid, dead-end jobs, are discovering that high labour turnover rates resulting from the indiscriminate hiring of “cheap” workers can be extremely costly | Hotel, shop and restaurant chains, which employ | fatter profits and happier shareholders | Cole National, a Cleveland-based firm which owns Child World, Things Remembered and other speciality shops, declared a “war for people” in an effort | in its employee-attitude surveys that only about 20% of its workers at Roy Rogers restaurants and about 30% of its workers at Marriott hotels regarded pay as their primary reason for working there |
Вопрос id:1320099 Correspond the left and right parts | Левая часть | Правая часть | Many middle managers in service industries are more comfortable coping with demands for more money than with demands for increased recognition and | fatter profits and happier shareholders | Cole National, a Cleveland-based firm which owns Child World, Things Remembered and other speciality shops, declared a “war for people” in an effort | better communications | Improved training of middle | managers helped. So did a change in bonus arrangements | To slow its labour turnover, Marriott had to get a simple message accepted throughout its operating divisions: loyal, well motivated employees make customers happy and that, in turn, creates | to recruit and keep better staff |
Вопрос id:1320100 Correspond the left and right parts | Левая часть | Правая часть | Cole National, a Cleveland-based firm which owns Child World, Things Remembered and other speciality shops, declared a “war for people” in an effort | to recruit and keep better staff | Many middle managers in service industries are more comfortable coping with demands for more money than with demands for increased recognition and | better communications | They will have to change their ways. Surveys say that when | pejoratively described as “pay first people” | At the same time, Marriott became more fussy about the people it recruited. It screened out job applicants motivated mainly by money: applicants which the company | 13,000 employees in retail shops across America were asked to list in order the 18 reasons for working where they did, they ranked “good pay” third. In first place was “appreciation of work done”, with “respect for me as a person” second |
Вопрос id:1320101 Correspond the left and right parts | Левая часть | Правая часть | The first high-flyer schemes were introduced in the 1960s and now many | sectors of commerce, industry and the civil service pick out their most promising younger managers as ‘high-flyers’ | Cole National, a Cleveland-based firm which owns Child World, Things Remembered and other speciality shops, declared a “war for people” in an effort | in its employee-attitude surveys that only about 20% of its workers at Roy Rogers restaurants and about 30% of its workers at Marriott hotels regarded pay as their primary reason for working there | At the same time, Marriott became more fussy about the people it recruited. It screened out job applicants motivated mainly by money: applicants which the company | pejoratively described as “pay first people” | Such people form a surprisingly small, though apparently disruptive, part of the service-industry workforce. Marriott found | to recruit and keep better staff |
Вопрос id:1320102 Correspond the left and right parts | Левая часть | Правая часть | The first high-flyer schemes were introduced in the 1960s and now many | the normal steps in the promotion ladder | Cole National, a Cleveland-based firm which owns Child World, Things Remembered and other speciality shops, declared a “war for people” in an effort | better communications | Many middle managers in service industries are more comfortable coping with demands for more money than with demands for increased recognition and | to recruit and keep better staff | You find schemes of this kind mostly in large companies or groups of companies, where the fairly rigid career structure can only be broken by by-passing | sectors of commerce, industry and the civil service pick out their most promising younger managers as ‘high-flyers’ |
Вопрос id:1320103 Correspond the left and right parts | Левая часть | Правая часть | They will have to change their ways. Surveys say that when | 13,000 employees in retail shops across America were asked to list in order the 18 reasons for working where they did, they ranked “good pay” third. In first place was “appreciation of work done”, with “respect for me as a person” second | Many middle managers in service industries are more comfortable coping with demands for more money than with demands for increased recognition and | better communications | Cole National, a Cleveland-based firm which owns Child World, Things Remembered and other speciality shops, declared a “war for people” in an effort | a top-level manager, if he or she joins them straight from university. Such people must obtain wide experience in different parts of the company and this can take up to 20 years | It can take a company many years to develop | to recruit and keep better staff |
Вопрос id:1320104 Correspond the left and right parts | Левая часть | Правая часть | This means that someone who joins the firm from university | works for the company in different capacities, and is identified as a highflyer, can expect to reach top management at around the age of 40 | The first high-flyer schemes were introduced in the 1960s and now many | sectors of commerce, industry and the civil service pick out their most promising younger managers as ‘high-flyers’ | Cole National, a Cleveland-based firm which owns Child World, Things Remembered and other speciality shops, declared a “war for people” in an effort | to recruit and keep better staff | It can take a company many years to develop | a top-level manager, if he or she joins them straight from university. Such people must obtain wide experience in different parts of the company and this can take up to 20 years |
Вопрос id:1320105 Correspond the left and right parts | Левая часть | Правая часть | BP is one of the largest multinational companies in the world. It employs 130,000 people. It has 260 managers involved in its own ‘individual development programme’ who | the normal steps in the promotion ladder | This means that someone who joins the firm from university | works for the company in different capacities, and is identified as a highflyer, can expect to reach top management at around the age of 40 | It can take a company many years to develop | will compete for 180 senior positions in the group | You find schemes of this kind mostly in large companies or groups of companies, where the fairly rigid career structure can only be broken by by-passing | a top-level manager, if he or she joins them straight from university. Such people must obtain wide experience in different parts of the company and this can take up to 20 years |
Вопрос id:1320106 Correspond the left and right parts | Левая часть | Правая часть | You find schemes of this kind mostly in large companies or groups of companies, where the fairly rigid career structure can only be broken by by-passing | which time they will have established themselves in their special field, they will have built up their professional reputation and they will have a record of high performance | They don’t join the scheme until they are in their late 20s, by | a top-level manager, if he or she joins them straight from university. Such people must obtain wide experience in different parts of the company and this can take up to 20 years | It can take a company many years to develop | the normal steps in the promotion ladder |
Вопрос id:1320107 Correspond the left and right parts | Левая часть | Правая часть | This means that someone who joins the firm from university | of 15 senior managers | It can take a company many years to develop | a top-level manager, if he or she joins them straight from university. Such people must obtain wide experience in different parts of the company and this can take up to 20 years | While they’re on the scheme (and this lasts 5 to 10 years) their progress is supervised by a committee | the normal steps in the promotion ladder | You find schemes of this kind mostly in large companies or groups of companies, where the fairly rigid career structure can only be broken by by-passing | works for the company in different capacities, and is identified as a highflyer, can expect to reach top management at around the age of 40 |
Вопрос id:1320108 Correspond the left and right parts | Левая часть | Правая часть | While they’re on the scheme (and this lasts 5 to 10 years) their progress is supervised by a committee | will compete for 180 senior positions in the group | BP is one of the largest multinational companies in the world. It employs 130,000 people. It has 260 managers involved in its own ‘individual development programme’ who | outside their own field – in finance, working in an overseas division, or experience in information technology | One of the main purposes of the scheme is to provide them with experience | the normal steps in the promotion ladder | You find schemes of this kind mostly in large companies or groups of companies, where the fairly rigid career structure can only be broken by by-passing | of 15 senior managers |
Вопрос id:1320109 Correspond the left and right parts | Левая часть | Правая часть | They don’t join the scheme until they are in their late 20s, by | which time they will have established themselves in their special field, they will have built up their professional reputation and they will have a record of high performance | You find schemes of this kind mostly in large companies or groups of companies, where the fairly rigid career structure can only be broken by by-passing | drawbacks, according to Heather Stewart, a management consultant | BP is one of the largest multinational companies in the world. It employs 130,000 people. It has 260 managers involved in its own ‘individual development programme’ who | will compete for 180 senior positions in the group | But high-flyer schemes have their | the normal steps in the promotion ladder |
Вопрос id:1320110 Correspond the left and right parts | Левая часть | Правая часть | BP is one of the largest multinational companies in the world. It employs 130,000 people. It has 260 managers involved in its own ‘individual development programme’ who | of 15 senior managers | They don’t join the scheme until they are in their late 20s, by | will compete for 180 senior positions in the group | While they’re on the scheme (and this lasts 5 to 10 years) their progress is supervised by a committee | may not be able to meet the challenges | One weakness is that you may be creating a management team who think and act in the same ways. That means, if your business changes, they | which time they will have established themselves in their special field, they will have built up their professional reputation and they will have a record of high performance |
Вопрос id:1320111 Correspond the left and right parts | Левая часть | Правая часть | One of the main purposes of the scheme is to provide them with experience | outside their own field – in finance, working in an overseas division, or experience in information technology | One weakness is that you may be creating a management team who think and act in the same ways. That means, if your business changes, they | may not be able to meet the challenges | BP is one of the largest multinational companies in the world. It employs 130,000 people. It has 260 managers involved in its own ‘individual development programme’ who | may be cutting itself off from a pool of talent which their competitors can draw on | As outsiders tend to be excluded as senior recruits, the company | will compete for 180 senior positions in the group |
Вопрос id:1320112 Correspond the left and right parts | Левая часть | Правая часть | BP is one of the largest multinational companies in the world. It employs 130,000 people. It has 260 managers involved in its own ‘individual development programme’ who | as experience and in-depth knowledge may be undervalued | Another problem is that late-starters are also excluded – not everyone is at their peak in their 20s and such qualities | outside their own field – in finance, working in an overseas division, or experience in information technology | One of the main purposes of the scheme is to provide them with experience | drawbacks, according to Heather Stewart, a management consultant | But high-flyer schemes have their | will compete for 180 senior positions in the group |
Вопрос id:1320113 Correspond the left and right parts | Левая часть | Правая часть | One weakness is that you may be creating a management team who think and act in the same ways. That means, if your business changes, they | are forced to choose between career and family | Another problem is that late-starters are also excluded – not everyone is at their peak in their 20s and such qualities | will compete for 180 senior positions in the group | BP is one of the largest multinational companies in the world. It employs 130,000 people. It has 260 managers involved in its own ‘individual development programme’ who | as experience and in-depth knowledge may be undervalued | Another weakness is that women are often excluded from high-flyer schemes, since schemes identify high-flyers at the very time when women are most likely to have children: they | may not be able to meet the challenges |
Вопрос id:1320114 Correspond the left and right parts | Левая часть | Правая часть | There have been | will compete for 180 senior positions in the group | This is particularly noticeable in medium-sized | ... “various experiments” | BP is one of the largest multinational companies in the world. It employs 130,000 people. It has 260 managers involved in its own ‘individual development programme’ who | as experience and in-depth knowledge may be undervalued | Another problem is that late-starters are also excluded – not everyone is at their peak in their 20s and such qualities | companies, where high-flyer schemes seem to be particularly controversial and divisive |
Вопрос id:1320115 Correspond the left and right parts | Левая часть | Правая часть | This is particularly noticeable in medium-sized | high-flyers create among other managers who aren’t chosen to be highflyers | Worst of all though is the resentment that | will compete for 180 senior positions in the group | I’m contemplating applying for my fifty-first job. It’s been a long time since I wasted stamp money this way. In fact, when I reached the fiftieth without success I | companies, where high-flyer schemes seem to be particularly controversial and divisive | BP is one of the largest multinational companies in the world. It employs 130,000 people. It has 260 managers involved in its own ‘individual development programme’ who | decided to abandon job-hunting and got out my pen to scratch a living instead |
Вопрос id:1320116 Correspond the left and right parts | Левая часть | Правая часть | Developing a sort of elite, a chosen few, within an organization is quite simply bad for company morale – it makes everyone else feel they are being undervalued and takes away their enthusiasm and | high-flyers create among other managers who aren’t chosen to be highflyers | Worst of all though is the resentment that | will compete for 180 senior positions in the group | BP is one of the largest multinational companies in the world. It employs 130,000 people. It has 260 managers involved in its own ‘individual development programme’ who | dedication – and clearly this is counter-productive |
Вопрос id:1320117 Correspond the left and right parts | Левая часть | Правая часть | But there’s another wildly exciting job in the paper today, “salary Ј12,500–16,250 according | which means I won’t get the job | BP is one of the largest multinational companies in the world. It employs 130,000 people. It has 260 managers involved in its own ‘individual development programme’ who | high-flyers create among other managers who aren’t chosen to be highflyers | Worst of all though is the resentment that | will compete for 180 senior positions in the group | The good news is the pay, the bad news is that damning little phrase “according to age and experience” | to age and experience” |
Вопрос id:1320118 Correspond the left and right parts | Левая часть | Правая часть | I’m contemplating applying for my fifty-first job. It’s been a long time since I wasted stamp money this way. In fact, when I reached the fiftieth without success I | to age and experience” | But there’s another wildly exciting job in the paper today, “salary Ј12,500–16,250 according | will compete for 180 senior positions in the group | BP is one of the largest multinational companies in the world. It employs 130,000 people. It has 260 managers involved in its own ‘individual development programme’ who | decided to abandon job-hunting and got out my pen to scratch a living instead |
Вопрос id:1320119 Correspond the left and right parts | Левая часть | Правая часть | But there’s another wildly exciting job in the paper today, “salary Ј12,500–16,250 according | experience – I’ve led an incident-packed existence. Unfortunately it’s not all related to a single-strand career structure | BP is one of the largest multinational companies in the world. It employs 130,000 people. It has 260 managers involved in its own ‘individual development programme’ who | will compete for 180 senior positions in the group | It’s not that I have more age than | to age and experience” | Journalist, temp, company director, wife and mother, market researcher, and now, at thirty-something, I’m trying to use my Cambridge | degree in criminology |
Вопрос id:1320120 Correspond the left and right parts | Левая часть | Правая часть | It’s not that I have more age than | experience – I’ve led an incident-packed existence. Unfortunately it’s not all related to a single-strand career structure | BP is one of the largest multinational companies in the world. It employs 130,000 people. It has 260 managers involved in its own ‘individual development programme’ who | will compete for 180 senior positions in the group | The good news is the pay, the bad news is that damning little phrase “according to age and experience” | which means I won’t get the job |
Вопрос id:1320121 Correspond the left and right parts | Левая часть | Правая часть | Ageism is everywhere. It’s much more prevalent than sexism in the job market, or that’s how | experience – I’ve led an incident-packed existence. Unfortunately it’s not all related to a single-strand career structure | It’s not that I have more age than | it seems from where I’m standing. Even the BBC is a culprit | BP is one of the largest multinational companies in the world. It employs 130,000 people. It has 260 managers involved in its own ‘individual development programme’ who | can obtain a fresh 22-year-old graduate to train a lot cheaper than me. Yet I’m the ideal employee: stable, good-humoured, child-bearing behind me, looking for 25-plus years of steady pensionable employment | I’m a victim of the sliding pay-scale. Employers | will compete for 180 senior positions in the group |
Вопрос id:1320122 Correspond the left and right parts | Левая часть | Правая часть | BP is one of the largest multinational companies in the world. It employs 130,000 people. It has 260 managers involved in its own ‘individual development programme’ who | will compete for 180 senior positions in the group | Journalist, temp, company director, wife and mother, market researcher, and now, at thirty-something, I’m trying to use my Cambridge | can obtain a fresh 22-year-old graduate to train a lot cheaper than me. Yet I’m the ideal employee: stable, good-humoured, child-bearing behind me, looking for 25-plus years of steady pensionable employment | I’m a victim of the sliding pay-scale. Employers | degree in criminology |
Вопрос id:1320123 Correspond the left and right parts | Левая часть | Правая часть | BP is one of the largest multinational companies in the world. It employs 130,000 people. It has 260 managers involved in its own ‘individual development programme’ who | can obtain a fresh 22-year-old graduate to train a lot cheaper than me. Yet I’m the ideal employee: stable, good-humoured, child-bearing behind me, looking for 25-plus years of steady pensionable employment | Ageism is everywhere. It’s much more prevalent than sexism in the job market, or that’s how | it seems from where I’m standing. Even the BBC is a culprit | I’m a victim of the sliding pay-scale. Employers | will compete for 180 senior positions in the group |
Вопрос id:1320124 Correspond the left and right parts | Левая часть | Правая часть | Ageism is everywhere. It’s much more prevalent than sexism in the job market, or that’s how | can obtain a fresh 22-year-old graduate to train a lot cheaper than me. Yet I’m the ideal employee: stable, good-humoured, child-bearing behind me, looking for 25-plus years of steady pensionable employment | I’m a victim of the sliding pay-scale. Employers | professions that would benefit from the maturity and stability the older entrant can bring. This is recognized by the Probation Service, for example, who welcome experienced adults looking for a second career | The public and private sectors are obsessed with attracting young high-flyers. Yet there are many | it seems from where I’m standing. Even the BBC is a culprit |
Вопрос id:1320125 Correspond the left and right parts | Левая часть | Правая часть | I’m a victim of the sliding pay-scale. Employers | can obtain a fresh 22-year-old graduate to train a lot cheaper than me. Yet I’m the ideal employee: stable, good-humoured, child-bearing behind me, looking for 25-plus years of steady pensionable employment | Ageism is everywhere. It’s much more prevalent than sexism in the job market, or that’s how | it seems from where I’m standing. Even the BBC is a culprit | Their appointments brochure says: “The BBC’s personnel policies are based on equal opportunities for all ... This applies to ... opportunity for training | and promotion, irrespective of sex, marital status, creed, colour, race or ethnic origin, and the BBC is committed to the development and promotion of such equality of opportunity |
Вопрос id:1320126 Correspond the left and right parts | Левая часть | Правая часть | Ageism is lagging behind | can obtain a fresh 22-year-old graduate to train a lot cheaper than me. Yet I’m the ideal employee: stable, good-humoured, child-bearing behind me, looking for 25-plus years of steady pensionable employment | I’m a victim of the sliding pay-scale. Employers | sexism, racism, and handicappism because even the oppressed seem to accept the discrimination | The British are increasingly at risk. The chances of their jobs | disappearing, of their incomes falling, of their homes being repossessed or being impossible to sell, of their families breaking up, of their networks of friendships disintegrating, have not been higher since the war | The armed services and police, perhaps, could think about strenuous aptitude and fitness tests rather than imposing | a blanket upper limit on entrants which is arbitrarily and variously fixed between 28 and 33. The administrative grade of the Civil Service assumes the rot sets in at 32. |
Вопрос id:1320127 Correspond the left and right parts | Левая часть | Правая часть | I’m a victim of the sliding pay-scale. Employers | sexism, racism, and handicappism because even the oppressed seem to accept the discrimination | Ageism is lagging behind | can obtain a fresh 22-year-old graduate to train a lot cheaper than me. Yet I’m the ideal employee: stable, good-humoured, child-bearing behind me, looking for 25-plus years of steady pensionable employment | The public and private sectors are obsessed with attracting young high-flyers. Yet there are many | professions that would benefit from the maturity and stability the older entrant can bring. This is recognized by the Probation Service, for example, who welcome experienced adults looking for a second career |
Вопрос id:1320128 Correspond the left and right parts | Левая часть | Правая часть | Unemployment and low pay are no longer the sole measures of inequality and lack of social well-being; with | the rise of new forms of casualized, temporary and contract forms of employment, even those on average incomes and above can become victims of pressures beyond their control | The armed services and police, perhaps, could think about strenuous aptitude and fitness tests rather than imposing | patterns of social distress and exclusion | On top of the long-standing concerns about the growing gap between rich and poor, there is an increasing awareness of a new range of risks that are bringing fresh | a blanket upper limit on entrants which is arbitrarily and variously fixed between 28 and 33. The administrative grade of the Civil Service assumes the rot sets in at 32. |
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