1. Read the text and choose (from the list given below) the word which best fits each space.

Social benefits

At the initial stages of employment an employee is hired on the basis of a ___(1)___, and may be placed on ___(2)___ period not exceeding one or three months, depending on the classification of such worker under Ukrainian ___(3)___. This means that Ukrainian employees are entitled to social ___(4)___ and must be paid at least the minimum ___(5)___ salary during the course of a normal work week of no more than 40 hours. Depending on the duration of the employment term, the employee is also entitled to ___(6)___ and sick leave and a regular schedule of salary payments twice a ____(7)___. By law, the Ukrainian government provides all ___(8)___ with certain social ___(9)___ by requiring all enterprise and organizations to make ___(10)___ to the various social security funds on behalf its employees. Thus, under the current ____(11)____ 32% of actual expenditures of a company is paid to the Pension Fund; 2,9% is paid to the social security fund for cases of temporary ___(12)___, 1,9% to the social security fund for cases of unemployment, and from 0,86% to 13,8% to the social accident fund. All social security payments are made by the employer, in ___(13)___. An employee must pay 1-2% of his/her monthly ___(14)___ to the Pension Fund; 0,25% - to the Disablement Insurance Fund and 0,5% - to the unemployment Insurance Fund. Official salary of employee cannot be lower than the minimum monthly wage set by ___(15)____. The Ukrainian Labor Code also requires additional ___(16)___ for overtime, holidays and nighttime work.

1.	A	labor agreement	B	certification	C	licence	D	diploma
2.	A	examination	B	work	C	probationary	D	verifying
3.	A	tradition	B	custom	C	law	D	rule
4.	A	profit	B	advantages	C	status	D	benefits
5.	A	annual	B	monthly	C	daily	D	weekly
6.	A	vacation	B	rest	C	holiday	D	relaxation
7.	A	day	B	year	C	week	D	month
8.	A	employers	B	citizens	C	employees	D	unemployed
9.	A	care	B	protection	C	anxiety	D	trouble
10.	A	deduction	B	contribution	C	deposit	D	donation
11.	A	instruction	B	tradition	C	legislation	D	direction
12.	A	illness	B	injury	C	desease	D	disability
13.	A	gryvnia	B	pound	C	dollar	D	euro
14.	A	profit	B	capital	C	benefit	D	salary
15.	A	President	B	Verhovna Rada	C	employer	D	Ukrainian government
16.	A	investment	B	compensation	C	expenses	D	expenditure