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Read the following passage and mark the letter A, B, C or D on your answer sheet to indicate the correct answer to each of the questions from 1 to 7.
Companies big and small are plotting their post-pandemic working futures, and it seems likely that ever fewer of us will fully return to the office as it was before. If the Covid-19 crisis subsides and economies can largely reopen, the experiences of so many people working from home over the past year will surely shape what happens next. For many of us, this could emerge as a return to the office for three days a week. Patterns will obviously vary, but a common aand Friday at home.
This coming shift will largely be driven by employers making a calculation between two different, equally important forces. One is what companies see as the need for in-person creativity and connections, which will spur their desire to bring people back into offices. For many, we are at our most creative working face to face, meeting people, talking over lunch and coffee, or gathering in groups. At home, however, we tend to be more efficient in the daily tasks that make up much of working life. This is the competing force that may keep many of us out of the office, even after Covid. Working at home under the right conditions - which means in your own room with good broadband and no children around - can be highly efficient. This greater efficiency on current tasks also combines with other factors, like the time saved by avoiding the daily commute, offering a compelling reason for people to stay at home. The past year of Covid home working has perhaps opened many more people's eyes to this.
As companies come to decisions on new working arrangements, they will be essentially making a basic trade-off: the expectation of greater creativity in new projects at the office, but greater productivity on existing tasks at home. And, as with most trade-offs, the right answer is not all or nothing - but something in the middle. Employees seem to prefer this working pattern too. In a recent survey of 5,000 employees in Britain, working in the office for three days a week was the most popular choice. Not only is this pattern more efficient for companies, then, but it also helps to keep employees happy and motivated.
Which could be the best title for the passage?
Advantages of home working
Home working: happier and more efficient
Post-pandemic working pattern
While-pandemic working pattern
The word “One” in paragraph 2 refers to _______.
Calculation
Shift
Employer
Force
The word "compelling” in paragraph 2 is closest in meaning to _______.
effective
various
convenient
sensible
What can be inferred about future working arrangements from this passage?
Employees should consider the benefits of a new working pattern.
Many businesses are likely to opt for a new working pattern.
Businesses must apply a new working pattern for the sake of their employees.
Many employers' awareness of a new working pattern needs raising.
According to the passage, all of the following statements are true EXCEPT:
Working at home can save time spent on the daily commute.
Companies still want to have staff at office to increase their creativity.
Working at home is productive under proper conditions.
The Covid-19 pandemic will not affect future working arrangement.
The word “spur" in paragraph 2 is closest in meaning to _______.
force
encourage
limit
discourage
According to paragraph 2, which of the following would best facilitate working from home?
Well-equipped working place
Daily commuting between home and office
Good internet connection and no kids surrounding
Face to face interaction with co-workers
Mark: the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the word(s) CLOSEST in meaning to the underlined word(s) in each of the following questions.
Are you willing to take on the job, with all of its associated risks?
collaborated
joined
separated
related
Cats rub their bodies against their owners' legs to show their affection
message
love
feelings
movement
It isn't necessary for us to prepare a present for him.
We needn't prepare a present for him..
We can't prepare a present for him.
We shouldn't prepare a present for him.
We may not prepare a present for him.
They have owned this car for three and a half years.
They bought this car three and a half years ago.
They was buying thissss car for three and a half years.
This car belonged to them for three a half years.
They have bought this car for three and a half years
“I am sorry mum, I slipped and broke the glass” the boy said.
The boy apologized to his mum for breaking the glass.
The boy denied having broken the glass.
The boy told his mum to break the glass.
The boy refused to have broken the glass.
Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the correct answer to each of the following questions.
He is an economist who believes in the advantages of _______ competition.
rich
healthy
fertile
wealthy
_______ the apartment is, the cheaper the rent is.
The smaller
Smaller
Smallest
The smallest
I'm going to take part in this contest, _______?
hasn't I
don't I
am I
aren't I
More than 120,000 people _______ by the two atomic bombs in Hiroshima and Nagasaki in August, 1945.
were killing
were killed
killed
kill
I will send you the report _______________.
until I received it
after I had received it
the moment I receive it
when I received it
We are _______ an experiment to test how the metal reacts with water.
getting
doing
making
taking
Maintaining biodiversity is important _______ us in many ways.
for
about
with
of
I have the greatest respect for his ideas _______ I don't agree with them.
although
because of
in spite of
because
_______ difficult times together, they were very close friends.
Lived through
To live through
Having lived through
Being lived through
Scientists discovered the _______ butterfly at the Park Floral in Paris.
beautiful French pink
pink beautiful French
beautiful pink French
French beautiful pink
The new regulations may cause more _______ among the teachers.
confuse
confused
confusion
confusing
I _______ a terrifying dream when the alarm clock went off at six o'clock this morning.
had
is having
have
was having
You're refusing to speak to her now, but I suspect you'll feel differently in the cold _______ of day.
night
air
light
time
We need to find the _______ cause of our employees’ lack of motivation.
origin
roof
base
root
They _______ our electricity because we hadn't paid the bill.
put off
took off
got off
cut off
Mark the letter A, B, C or D on your answer sheet to indicate the word that differs from the other three in the position of primary stress in each of the following questions.
accept
support
window
employ
Mark the letter A, B, C or D on your answer sheet to indicate the word that differs from the other three in the position of primary stress in each of the following questions.
embarrass
introduce
defining
encourage
Mark the letter A, B, C or D on your answer sheet to indicate the word(s) OPPOSITE in meaning to the underlined word(s) in each of the following questions.
When I told him what I'd done to his car, he was obviously very angry. He was literally shaking with rage
furious
relaxed
anxious
upset
Journalists shouldn't spend their time digging up dirt on celebrities. It's not in the public interest
publishing positive information
providing positive information
investigating negative information
concealing negative information
Read the following passage and mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the correct word or phrase that best fits each of the numbered blanks from 32 to 36.
In a major policy revision intended to encourage more schools to welcome children back to in-person instruction, federal health officials on Friday relaxed the six-foot distancing rule for elementary school students, saying they need only remain three feet apart in classrooms as long as everyone is wearing a mask. The three-foot rule also now applies to students in middle schools and high schools, as long as (32) _______ transmission is not high, officials said. When transmission is high, (33) _______, these students must be at least six feet apart, unless they are taught in cohorts, or small groups that are kept separate from others and the cohorts are kept six feet apart. The six-foot rule still applies in the community at large, officials emphasized, and for teachers and other adults (34) _______ work in schools, who must maintain that distance from (35) _______ adults and from students. Most schools are already operating at least partially in person, and evidence suggests they are doing so relatively safely. Research shows in-school spread can be mitigated with simple safety (36) _______ such as masking, distancing, hand-washing and open windows.
The three-foot rule also now applies to students in middle schools and high schools, as long as (32) _______ transmission is not high, officials said.
publicity
society
community
nation
When transmission is high, (33) _______, these students must be at least six feet apart, unless they are taught in cohorts
however
and
moreover
but
The six-foot rule still applies in the community at large, officials emphasized, and for teachers and other adults (34) _______ work in schools
that
whose
which
who
who must maintain that distance from (35) _______ adults and from students
other
the other
the others
others
Research shows in-school spread can be mitigated with simple safety (36) _______ such as masking, distancing, hand-washing and open windows.
means
procedures
approaches
measures
Mark the letter A, B, C or D on your answer sheet to indicate the sentence that best completes each of the following exchanges.
Nam and his tutor are talking about the entrance examination into high schools.
Nam: “I think it is not sensible to ask students to take 4th subject in this entrance examination."
Tutor: “__________. This will put unnecessary pressure on them."
I am not so sure
That's not true
Absolutely
I completely disagree
Kathy and Barbara are talking about Kathy's new dress.
Barbara: “Where did you buy this nice dress?”
Kathy: “____________”
It's very beautiful, isn't it?
It's at my house.
My mum bought it.
At the boutique on Park Avenue.
Mark the letter A, B, C or D on your answer sheet to indicate the sentence that best combines each pair of sentences in the following questions.
The film was frightening. The children remained perfectly calm during the film.
Frightening though the film was, the children remained perfectly calm.
So frightening was the film that the children remained perfectly calm.
Frightening as was the film, the children remained perfectly calm.
But for the frightening film, the children remained perfectly calm.
I'd prefer to be out with my friends. I have too much homework now.
I wish I had no homework now and can be out with my friends.
If only I didn't have too much homework now and could be out with my friends.
If I don't have much homework now, I will be out with my friends.
Provided I have no homework now, I will be out with my friends.
Read the following passage and mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the correct answer to each of the following questions from 41 to 45.
In a recent interview with Quartz, an online publication, Bill Gates expressed skepticism about society's ability to manage rapid automation. To prevent a social crisis, he mused, governments should consider a tax on robots; if automation slows as a result, so much the better. It is an intriguing if impracticable idea, which reveals a lot about the challenge of automation. Mr. Gates argues that today's robots should be taxed either their installation, or the profits firms enjoy by saving on the costs of the human labour displaced. The money generated could be used to retrain workers, and perhaps to finance an expansion of health care and education, which provide lots of hard-to-automate jobs in teaching or caring for the old and sick.
Mr. Gates seems to suggest that investment in robots is a little like investing in a coal-fired generator: it boosts economic output but also imposes a social cost, what economists call a negative externality. Perhaps rapid automation threatens to remove workers from old jobs faster than new sectors can absorb them. That could lead to socially costly long-term unemployment, and potentially to support for destructive government policy. A tax on robots that reduced those costs might well be worth implementing, just as a tax on harmful blast-furnace emissions can discourage pollution and leave society better off. Reality, however, is more complex. Investments in robots can make human workers more productive rather than expendable; taxing them could leave the employees affected worse off. Particular workers may suffer by being displaced by robots, but workers as a whole might be better off because prices fall. Slowing the use of robots in health care and herding humans into such jobs might look like a useful way to maintain social stability. But if it means that health-care costs grow rapidly, gobbling up the gains in workers' income.
What could be the best title for the passage?
Bill Gates' proposal for taxing robots
Bill Gates' opposition to taxing robots
Bill Gates' opinion on automation
Bill Gates' support for automation
The word “it” in paragraph 2 refers to ________.
robot
investment
generator
cost
The word “displaced” in paragraph 2 is closest in meaning to ________.
changed
located
replaced
exchanged
According to the passage, which of the following is NOT TRUE about Gates' idea of taxing robots?
A tax on robots might have a negative impact on competitiveness and innovation.
Considering a tax on robots may help government to prevent a social crisis.
A tax on robots can be used to retrain displaced workers.
A tax on robots that replace human labour is a way to slow down the spread of automation.
Employees in general may benefit from the taxation on robots because ___________.
they get more opportunities
investment in robots increaseS
there is a drop in prices
the productivity improves
Women's access to position of leader and decision-making is constrained from the local to international level.
leader
decision-making
access
level
Every family has their own rules, and so does mine.
their
Every family
and
does
At school, he is always helping other students in his class.
is always helping
other
in
at
Mark the letter A, B, C or D on your answer sheet to indicate the word whose underlined part differs from the other three in pronunciation in each of the following questions.
applied
permitted
reviewed
dissolved
Mark the letter A, B, C or D on your answer sheet to indicate the word whose underlined part differs from the other three in pronunciation in each of the following questions.
bread
dear
dead
head