Someone to Ask

C1 Advanced · Multiple Choice Cloze · Cambridge Ready original exercise

For questions 1–8, read the text below and decide which answer (A, B, C or D) best fits each gap. There is an example at the beginning.

strings

cords

ropes

lines

check

look

see

eye

rise

arise

lift

raise

find

seek

look

search

hand

lay

set

pass

act

work

serve

play

mirror

review

regard

reflect

desk

board

table

counter

Many organisations now (0) ___ new recruits with an experienced colleague who can show them the (1) ___ . The mentor's role is not to (2) ___ over the newcomer's shoulder or to check their work. Instead, it is to offer advice, answer questions that might seem too trivial to (3) ___ with a manager, and help them (4) ___ their way around the unwritten rules of the workplace: who to ask for what, which meetings really matter and how decisions actually get made. Research suggests that employees with mentors tend to settle in faster and are less likely to (5) ___ in their notice during their first year. The benefits (6) ___ both ways, too. Mentors often find that explaining their job to someone else forces them to (7) ___ on habits they had long stopped questioning, while newcomers frequently bring fresh ideas to the (8) ___ . For the arrangement to succeed, however, both sides need time set aside for it; a mentor who is always too busy to talk is of little use to anyone.

Someone to Ask

pair

twin

double

fold

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