Контрольная работа по "Английскому языку"

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In the 70s and 80s, most managers (1) expected to continue working until retirement at sixty or sixty-five. But now, the situation (2) is changing. Since the beginning of the 90s, many managers in their forties and fifties (3) have lost their jobs.
Sometimes the reason for making managers redundant is a company buy-out or restructuring. Also, the recession of the late 1980s and early 1990s (4) has caused many redundancies. But it is also true that fixed-term contracts (5) are becoming more popular, and many companies (6) prefer younger managers.