Part 4
Questions 16-20
Five sentences have been removed from the text below. For each question, choose the correct answer (A-H). There are three extra sentences which you do not need to use.
A Job Worth Keeping
The email arrived on a Tuesday morning, just as I was finishing my breakfast. It was from a company I had applied to weeks earlier, and I had already given up hope of hearing back. They were offering me an interview for a summer position at their city centre office. 16 . The salary was better than anything my friends had found, and the role was exactly what I wanted.
The interview was set for Friday at ten. I spent the next three days preparing. I read the company website from top to bottom, practised answers to questions I thought they might ask, and even bought a new shirt. 17 . I walked around the building three times before I found the right entrance, and by the time I reached reception I was sweating.
Somehow, the interview went well. The manager was friendly and seemed genuinely interested in what I had to say. She told me I would hear back within a week. On the bus home, I replayed every answer in my head, wondering if I had said the right things. The waiting was worse than the interview itself. 18 .
The following Thursday, my phone rang. It was the manager. She said they had been impressed and wanted to offer me the position. I accepted immediately, barely able to get the words out. Afterwards, I sat on my bed and stared at the wall. It felt like something had finally gone my way.
That summer job changed everything, but not because of the skills I learned or the money I earned. It changed me because it was the first time I had wanted something, worked for it, and actually got it. Before that, I had always assumed that success was for other people. 19 . I still think about that feeling whenever I face something difficult.
The company closed its city centre branch two years ago, and the building now belongs to a bank. I walk past it sometimes, and it looks smaller than I remember. 20 . That stays with you.
A. I never applied for another office job after that summer ended.
B. I checked the email twice to make sure I had read it correctly.
C. By Thursday evening, I had convinced myself they had chosen someone else.
D. None of that stopped me from feeling nervous on the day, however.
E. I told all my friends immediately, and they were delighted for me.
F. That moment taught me that I could be one of those people too.
G. The office itself was on the fifth floor, and the phone signal was poor once you stepped inside.
H. But the confidence it gave me has never really gone away.
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