Dirty Job? Oh Yeah!
“You couldn’t pay me to do that job!” Have you ever said that? Some occupations are so unpleasant that most people would never be 30 ______ to do them.
Jeff Biggs has a job like that, but he likes it. He’s the kind of guy who, as a kid, loved to play around in mud after a rainstorm, the kind of kid who loved squeezing oatmeal 31 ______ his fingers.
Bigg’s dirty job is being a sewer inspector. He inspects city sewer pipes that carry household wastewater and storm-drain runoff to water treatment plants. “Believe me,” says Biggs, “unpleasant doesn’t come 32 ______ to describing it. I creep, sometimes swim, through sewage all day.” 33 ______ to the unpleasant smells that he encounters, sewer tunnels are 34 ______ to creatures such as cockroaches and rats. And those creatures aren’t shy.
What is it like to do a really disgusting job day after day? “Someone has to do it,” says Biggs. “I seriously can’t imagine sitting in an office all day, and I earn a good salary. At the end of my workday, I’ve 35 ______ something, and I’ve helped to keep our city’s water clean and drinkable.”
And after work? “I don’t walk into the house right 36 ______,” explains Biggs. “We installed the washing machine in the garage and put a shower stall in there too. I toss my clothes into the washer, take a shower, and dress in clean clothes. Then I greet my family. Of course, sometimes the clothes go into the trash, not the washer.”
30. | 1) wishing | 2) willing | 3) wanting | 4) desiring |
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31. | 1) around | 2) in | 3) over | 4) through |
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32. | 1) close | 2) near | 3) next | 4) nearly |
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33. | 1) besides | 2) in addition | 3) except | 4) moreover |
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34. | 1) residence | 2) house | 3) home | 4) place |
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35. | 1) accomplished | 2) endeavoured | 3) compiled | 4) accepted |
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36. | 1) through | 2) now | 3) away | 4) back |
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