1.

Read the following letter of application and complete the gaps with a suitable
word/phrase from the box below.
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The Manager
Barclays Bank
163 Rua Alegre
2930-399 Porto
___________________________________ (1),
With __________________________ (2) to your ____________________________ (3) in yesterdays edition of the Daily Star, I am
interested in ______________________________ (4) the ________________________________ (5) of part-time articled bank clerk.
I am a _____________________________ (6) Portuguese student and I am _________________________________ (7) at the
Portuguese Bank Training Institute, in Porto. I have studied _____________________________________ (8) six years, so I can speak
English ___________________________ (9). I am also ___________________________ (10) working with computers.
I feel I would be ________________________________ (11) for this _________________________ (12) because I
__________________________________________________________________________
(13).
I
am
also
__________________________________________________________________ (14).
I have no ____________________________________ (15) this kind of work. However, I have done
_______________________________ (16) part-time jobs during the summer holidays. Last summer I was employed as a junior clerk at an
international trading company. I also did some computing in my uncles private sales office.
I am prepared to work _____________________ (17) time after 3 p.m. as I _____________________________________ (18) in the
morning.
I am able to start work ______________________________ (19). Please do not hesitate to contact me if you
__________________________ (20) any __________________________ (21) information. I am ______________________________ (22)
for interview any weekday afternoon.
I enclose ______________________________ (23) from my previous employers.
I ___________________________________________ (24) from you soon.

__________________________________________ (25),
Joo Castro
Joo Miguel Oliveira Castro

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Dear Sir

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Yours faithfully
have classes

consider myself to be mature, responsible and organised

very good with numbers and Maths

several

available

16-year-old

capable of

immediately

look forward to hearing