IELTS Vocabulary 11

Attitudes to Work and Leisure

Put each of the following words or phrases in its correct place in the passage:

 

 

 

Constructively

rewarding

challenge

conditioned

Aimless

initiative

creativity

9 to 5

regimentation

scope

aspire

fulfillment

Most adults …….(a)……. to more leisure but, in fact, not many people have the necessary …….(b)……. to use the free time they already have very …….(c)……. The sad fact is that we need work because it imposes the discipline we need. Life seems …….(d)……. and we secretly look forward to our work again. We dream about personal …….(e)……. but probably find it more in our work than in our leisure time. This depends on age. The young are free from work and responsibility, and freedom comes naturally to them. However, after they begin jobs they become …….(f)……. to work. They find they need it, however much they complain about its routine and …….(g)……. Obviously this again depends on the kind of work. Those with …….(h)……. jobs, or jobs which require …….(i)……. receive genuine satisfaction from their work, but most of us are in conventional …….(j)……. jobs which offer little …….(k)……. for imagination. We leave our work only to face a leisure that we find difficult to cope with. Our mistake is in regarding leisure as a chance to do nothing, whereas in fact it should be looked on as a …….(l)…….

Answers:

a) aspire b) initiative c) constructively d) aimless e) fulfillment f) conditioned

g) regimentation n) rewarding i) creativity j) 9 to 5 k) scope I) challenge