The Application Form

          Mike finished reading the application form and then set it down. It was a nervous moment. He needed this job. It was only (A) ...a weekend job but it would bea weekend job would leavein smudged, with too many wordsto ask for help and to provideto photocopy the form and doand work from 5.00 amdo they use paper and ink / .................... has only source of income during this last term of college. Some of his friends were working three or even four days a week. Mike didn't understand how they could cope with their course work. But (B)...a weekend job but it would bea weekend job would leavein smudged, with too many wordsto ask for help and to provideto photocopy the form and doand work from 5.00 amdo they use paper and ink / .................... him enough time to study. It was ideal.
         He picked up the form again. If successful, he'd have to help with a touring market, selling soap products. He'd travel to a different town each weekend (C) ...a weekend job but it would bea weekend job would leavein smudged, with too many wordsto ask for help and to provideto photocopy the form and doand work from 5.00 amdo they use paper and ink / .................... Saturday until late Sunday night — depending how far away the market was that weekend.
          Again he put the form down, scanned the pages once more, and got his pen ready. He was still anxious. For a start, he only had one copy. If he made a spelling mistake there was nothing he could do. For a moment he considered trying to create a replica form on his computer. "Why on earth" he pondered aloud "(D) ...a weekend job but it would bea weekend job would leavein smudged, with too many wordsto ask for help and to provideto photocopy the form and doand work from 5.00 amdo they use paper and ink /....................  for this?" Jim overheard him. "Because it is a real test Mike — everybody faces the same form. Tidy, easily readable handwriting tells an employer quite a lot about the candidate applying for the job. If a form comes (E)...a weekend job but it would bea weekend job would leavein smudged, with too many wordsto ask for help and to provideto photocopy the form and doand work from 5.00 amdo they use paper and ink /.................... packed into a given space, mistakes crossed out etc. — an employer will know so much more about who is applying for a job. Online ap­plications all look the same."
          "I suppose so" — said Mike, yet again picking up and scrutinizing the form "but it's only a job selling soap in markets — not working for the Civil Service!"
          "Whatever!" laughed Jim. "My advice is (F)...a weekend job but it would bea weekend job would leavein smudged, with too many wordsto ask for help and to provideto photocopy the form and doand work from 5.00 amdo they use paper and ink /.................... two or three practice runs. You need this job right? Ok — then take time to do the job properly".