Fandorin  +  583671 Tue, 04 Nov 08 08:02 PM Hi there. There is a part from CPE handbook, Sample Papers presenting some examples for ESOL Certificate in Proficiency English (CPE) (Cambridge University), Paper 1: Reading. Read the text below and decide which answer (A, B, C,or D) best fits each gap. __ Bureaucracy Given that bureaucracy is held in such ill Selectnamereputenotorietyknowledge today, it is hard to remember that it was once considered a great organisational innovation. By organising the Selectdivergencedistinctiondetachmentdivision of labour, by making management and decision-making a profession, and by providing order and a set of rules that allowed many different kinds of specialists to work in co-ordination toward a common Selectfinishterminationendculmination , bureaucracy greatly extended to the breadth and depth of intelligence that organisations could achieve. Begun as a system of organasing government activities, it has Selectspreadcarriedtransmittedcaught to big business and large organisations of all kinds. Max Weber, who Selectopenedfiredlaunchedsprang the systematic study of bureaucracy as its role in western society began to explode in the late nineteeth century, saw bureaucracy as both most efficient possible system, and a threat to the basic liberties he Selectfeltheldlovedknew dear, thus foreshadowing the sentiments which bureaucracy frequently evokes today. Fandorin Joined on Thu, Dec 20 2007 Moscow Contributing Member 1,377 Whatever happens, be yourself. Vocabulary, Universities, Sample, Tests, CPE, Cambridge, Proficiency

	nakatani  +  609430 Wed, 10 Dec 08 08:34 AM I made two mistakes when I attempted this quiz, could you tell me how to make further improvement? nakatani Joined on Mon, Dec 8 2008 New Member 02 Mistakes