You are going to read an article about people who changed their jobs. For questions 23-35, choose from the people (A-D). The people may be chosen more than once. There is an example at the beginning (0). Which person mentions enjoying their pastime more than the job they used to do? enjoying being in charge of their own life? 【S1】______ being surprised by suddenly losing their previous job? 【S2】______ not having other people depending on them financially? 【S3】______ missing working with other people? 【S4】______ undergoing training in order to take up their new job? 【S5】______ a contact being useful in promoting their new business? 【S6】______ not being interested in possible promotion in their old job? 【S7】______ disliking the amount of time they used to have to work? 【S8】______ surprising someone else by the decision they made? 【S9】______ a prediction that hasn't come true? 【S10】______ consulting other people about their businesses? 【S11】______ the similarities between their new job and their old one? 【S12】______ working to a strict timetable? 【S13】______ A NEW LIFE A The Farmer Matt Froggatt used to be an insurance agent in the City of London but now runs a sheep farm. 'After 14 years in business, I found that the City had gone from a place which was exciting to work into a grind-no one was having fun any more. But I hadn't planned to leave for another five or ten years when I was made redundant. It came out of the blue, but it made me take a careful look at my life. I didn't get a particularly good pay-off but it was enough to set up the farm with. My break came when I got to know the head chef of a local hotel with one of the top 20 hotel restaurants in the country. Through supplying them, my reputation spread and now I also supply meat through mail order. I'm glad I'm no longer stuck in the office but it's astonishing how little things have changed for me: the same 80- to 90- hour week and still selling a product.'
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The Paniter Ron Able white was a manager in advertising but now makes a living as an artist. 'My painting began as a hobby but I realised I was getting far more excitement out of it than out of working. The decision to take redundancy and to become an artist seemed logical. The career counsellor I talked to was very helpful. I think I was the first person who had ever told him, '1 don't want to go back to where I've been.' He was astonished because the majority of people in their mid-forties need to get back to work immediately -they need the money. But we had married young and our children didn't need our support. It was a leap into the unknown. We went to the north of England, where we didn't know a soul. It meant leaving all our friends, but we've been lucky in that our friendships have survived the distance plenty of them come up and visit us now.'
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The Hatmaker After working for five years as a company lawyer, Katherine Goodison set up her own business in her London flat, making hats for private clients. 'My job as a lawyer was fun. It was stimulating and I earned a lot of money, but the hours were terrible. I realised I didn't wan