1. Warm up.

1. I’ve never gotten a promotion.

2. People can get promoted because of their hard work, dedication, work
ethics, personal connections, nepotism.
3. I believe, people can reach the level where they stop wanting to be
promoted once new responsibilities overweight new benefits.

2. Vocabulary focus.
1. status - f
2. secure - g
3. ensure - b
4. supervisor - c
5. proactive - e
6. impede - h
7. initiative - a
8. trait - d
9. capability - i

2b:
1. I’ve done some paperwork in advance, not waiting for spring break,
when we usually do it at the school I work at.
2. My best trait is my ability to get work done in stressful situations, while
my worst one is procrastination.
3. As a teacher, I require patience, stress tolerance, good work ethics and
specific knowledge about my subject and different teaching methods.
4. They are important, as I value both my teaching position at work and the
social position I have among my social circle, not so much in the local
community.
5. Similarly to question 1, I’ve done some important paperwork in advance
to secure some free time for different tasks.
6. Different personal events, studies, exams and external interference.
7. Attentiveness, good people skills, ability to take personal responsibility,
which many supervisors have no idea how to do.
8. Usually I try to schedule all my tasks to ensure I’ve got time to complete
them all.

3.
Part 1:
 1. calm. The other options aren’t correct because stay still means “not to
move” and stay quiet means “not to speak”.
2. deliver. The other options don’t suit the context.

Part 2.
1. war
2. name
3. figures
4. model
5. base

Part 3.
1. meeting
2. product
3. investors
4. trust
5. business

Part 4 (Part B):

1. take initiative, impede progress, be a supervisor

4. Reading
2. demand
3. Seeking
4. view
5. worth
6. pursuing
7. committed
8. sign
9. discuss
10. intervals
11. benefits
12. specific
13. do
14. whole
15. take
16. showing