1) Which of the following is mentioned in the first paragraph?
a) people underestimating their own abilities.
b) people accepting inappropriate advice.
c) people being unwilling to take risks.
d) people constantly changing their minds.
2) What does the writer say about Career Analysts in the second paragraph?
a) It is about to offer a service for people at executive level.
b) The range of services it offers is unique.
c) She was initially doubtful that it could be useful to her.
d) Only one of its services was relevant to her.
3) What happened when the writer took the aptitude tests?
a) She found two of the papers extremely difficult.
b) She put in very little effort on any of them.
c) She didn’t understand what she was required to do on one of them.
d) The papers were not what she had been expecting.
4) What does the writer say about the statements on the questionnaires?
a) She thought about them for longer than she was supposed to.
b) She found some of them rather strange.
c) One of them focused on her attitude to risk.
d) One of them concerned her current situation only.
5) The writer says that the idea behind the questionnaires is that
a) people will find some of the questions quite hard to answer.
b) the answers to them and the aptitude tests will provide all the necessary information.
c) they will encourage people to have new ideas about possible careers.
d) they will give a more accurate picture of people than the aptitude tests.
6) Some of the questions Sheridan Hughes asked concerned the writer’s
a) opinions of the tests and questionnaires.
b) relationships with family members.
c) main regrets.
d) progress through life.
7) The writer felt that during the interview, Mrs Hughes
a) was keen not to upset her concerning her test results.
b) seemed surprised at how badly she had done in the tests.
c) was being honest about her strengths and weaknesses.
d) preferred to avoid talking about her test results.
8) The advice Mrs Hughes gave to the writer included the suggestion that she should
a) think about taking a course on writing.
b) concentrate only on writing and not on any other kind of work.
c) increase the number of subjects she writes about.
d) do something she had previously considered unappealing.
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