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Question : 6 of 65

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DIRECTION for questions 6 & 7: There is a sentence that is missing in the paragraph below. Look at the paragraph and decide where (option 1, 2, 3, or 4) the following sentence would best fit.
Sentence: This reality is putting stress on employees who have to pay for transport, desk lunches, more childcare, clothing and that after-work socialisation - costs they haven't incurred for nearly two years.
Paragraph: ____ (1) ____ . Prices are rising at their fastest rate in 40 years, consequently, return-to-office-related costs have shot up - think petrol and food, for instance. ____ (2) ____ . Yet wages haven't kept up with inflation - even despite the salary growth many workers have enjoyed during a favorable pandemic labour market. ____ (3) ____ .This is especially jarring for workers who were able to save during remote work, when these expenditures weren't a factor. ____ . In April 2022, Umus, a London university lecturer, told BBC Work life that they were spending nearly a quarter of what they made every day on return-to-work costs.
Choose where the sentence best fits.

Option 3
Option 4
Option 1
Option 2

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