Vacancies in the company will be notified by .....

Analyze the question The sentence is "Vacancies in the company will be notified by ....." We need the word that best completes it. This tests word choice and collocation: which noun fits with "vacancies" being made known to the public.

Explain the concept

• Bulletin: a short official statement or news summary. It can be internal, but it is not the usual way vacancies are announced.
• Publication: a printed work, such as a book, journal or magazine, or the act of publishing it. It is too general.
• Publicity: general public attention or promotion, usually of a product, event or person. It is not a specific notice.
• Advertisement: a notice in the press, on radio or online that announces something such as a job vacancy.

The standard collocation is "vacancies are advertised" or "announced by advertisement". This is the usual way vacancies are made known.

Solution

1. "Vacancies" are job openings that need to be made known to prospective applicants.
2. The usual means of doing this is a public notice in newspapers or online, which is an advertisement.
3. Publicity is about promotion, publication is too broad, and a bulletin is a news summary.
4. So "advertisement" fits best.

Answer: D. advertisement

Tip: In "lexis and structure" questions, think about which word naturally goes with the key noun. Jobs and vacancies go with advertisements: "job advertisement", "advertise a vacancy".