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CV Reading Comprehension Worksheet

A French man who was unemployed put his resume on a large billboard next to a busy road. The billboard showed a photo of the man in a Santa hat along with information about his experience in hotel, restaurant, and tourism operations management. Around 70,000 people per day saw his resume as they drove by. Within 10 days of putting up the billboard, a holiday resort contacted and interviewed him, offering him a new position as an operations manager. The advertising company that owned the billboard space decided to let him use it for free as they thought his idea was interesting. Many people then contacted the man after he got the job, interested in trying something similar. There are 3.3 million unemployed people in France

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CV Reading Comprehension Worksheet

A French man who was unemployed put his resume on a large billboard next to a busy road. The billboard showed a photo of the man in a Santa hat along with information about his experience in hotel, restaurant, and tourism operations management. Around 70,000 people per day saw his resume as they drove by. Within 10 days of putting up the billboard, a holiday resort contacted and interviewed him, offering him a new position as an operations manager. The advertising company that owned the billboard space decided to let him use it for free as they thought his idea was interesting. Many people then contacted the man after he got the job, interested in trying something similar. There are 3.3 million unemployed people in France

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Name:________________

Grade:________________
Date:_________________
A French man who was (1) _unemployed_ tried a new way to get a job. He put
seeks
his CV (rsum) on a (2) ___________ billboard. The billboard was next to a
after
very busy road. It was four metres long and three metres high. There was a
giant
photo of the man wearing a Santa Claus hat. There was a (3) ___________ on
worked
the billboard that said: "Trilingual operations manager (4) ___________ position
unemploye
in hotels, restaurants, tourism and (5) ___________." About 70,000 people a
d
day could see the CV from their car. Jobseeker Laurent Le Bret, 41, said: "All I
message
want for Christmas is a job." His idea (6) ___________. A holiday resort
leisure
contacted and (7) ___________ him. He started his new position as an
interviewed
operations manager ten days (8) ___________ he put his rsum on the
billboard.

Mr. Le Bret had (9) ___________ from the owner of the billboard. He was going
to pay to put his CV on the billboard. However, the advertising company decided
to give him the space for (10) ___________. Mr. Le Bret saved 2,000 euros
(about $2,700) because he did not have to (11) ___________. The advertising
company is called Pisoni Publicit. The company's CEO spoke to the France 24
news agency. He said: "We thought it was an (12) ___________ idea. When
people come up with ideas like this we are always (13) ___________ to see
what we can do. We're very happy to prove that what we do (14) ___________
and that Mr. Le Bret is back at work." Many people (15) ___________ Mr. Le
Bret after he got his job. They want to try the (16) ___________ thing. There are
3.3 million unemployed people in France.

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Reading Comprehension Worksheet


I.
II.

Read and complete the following text with the words on the right.
Choose the correct alternative according to what you read.

1. What was the other word used for 'CV' in


the brackets in the article?
2. a) giant
b) rsum
c) camper van d) copy visa
3.
4. What was the length of the billboard?
5. a) 3 metres b) 3-4 metres
c) 4 metres
d) 34 metres
6.
7. How many languages can the man speak?
8. a) 6
b) 5
c) 4
d) 3
9.
10. What kind of company gave the man a
job?
11.
a) a advertising company
b) a holiday resort
c) a billboard maker
d) a news agency
12.
13. How long did it take the man to get a job?

14.
a) 10 days
b) 2 weeks
c) a day
d) one week
15.
16. Who helped the man?
17.
a) the owner of the billboard
b) people in cars
c) the France 24 news agency
d) Laurent Le Bret
18.
19. How much did the man pay for the
billboard space?
20.
a) 2,700 euros
b) 2,000
euros
c) $2,700
d) Nothing
21.
22. What did the advertising company think of
the man's idea?
23.
a) they said it was stupid
b) they didn't say
c) they thought it was interesting
d) not much

24.
25. Who contacted the man after he got a job?
26.
a) no one
b) the holiday resort
c) another advertising agency
d) many people

27.
28. How many people in France have no job?
29.
30.

a) 30,000,000 b) 3.3 million


c) 330,000
d) 33 million

31.

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