Ejercicio 1 · Multiple matching

Ejercicio 1 · Multiple matching

Escribe la letra de la sección (A, B, C o D) en cada hueco. Las letras se pueden repetir.

1. In which section does the writer mention being shocked by the cost of housing? ___C. Aisha dice what I was not ready for was the rent y que el primer piso costaba más que su antigua hipoteca. Ninguna otra sección habla de precios de vivienda: Marta encuentra piso rápido, pero no dice que fuera caro.
2. Who had their relocation costs covered by their employer? ___C. The company paid for everything, the flights, the shipping, even two months in temporary accommodation. Piotr, en cambio, llegó por su cuenta y sin trabajo.
3. Who arrived without having a job arranged? ___D. Piotr empieza diciendo I came with no job, two suitcases and a friend. Es el único que no tenía empleo antes de llegar.
4. Who accepted a reduction in salary? ___A. Marta dice the salary was almost fifteen per cent lower. Es un dato explícito; en las demás secciones no se habla de sueldo.
5. Who is considering returning to their home country? ___B. Tom cierra con I think about going home more often than I expected to. La madre de Marta le pregunta cuándo vuelve, pero Marta dice justo lo contrario de querer volver.
6. Who made friends through a leisure activity? ___B. El gimnasio de escalada: three of the people I met there are now my closest friends. En C hace amigos en el trabajo, que no es una actividad de ocio.
7. Who is training for a different profession? ___D. Piotr está halfway through a course in electrical installation. Es formación para otra profesión, no para la que traía.
8. Who found somewhere to live unusually fast? ___A. I found a flat in the second week, which is unheard of here. Justo lo contrario de Aisha, que estuvo dos meses en alojamiento temporal.
9. Who underestimated how difficult the local language would be? ___B. I arrived thinking my school German would carry me. It did not. Es la definición de subestimar la dificultad.
10. Who was surprised by how welcoming their colleagues were? ___C. I had never worked anywhere where people invited the new person to lunch on day one. La sorpresa es positiva y va de compañeros de trabajo, no de amigos.