Câu hỏi 348216:
Listen to Gilles Philips, a journalist, talk about the effects of file-swapping technology on the music industry. Choose the best option for question 1-6.
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What mistakes has the music industry made in the past?
A. It has concentrated too much on short-term profit.
B. It hasn’t spent enough on marketing.
C. It has ignored the importance of reality TV.
Câu hỏi 348218:
My brother loves to fix cars.
A. He has a car that he likes to repair.
B. He’s good at repairing mechanical things.
Câu hỏi 348241:
Text 1 Bad manners at work
Etiquette is the name we give to the rules for being polite in a social group. Business etiquette is important for people who often have to make new contacts and build relationships in their work. Politeness can also help to improve the working environment for people in the same office. Some cultures and situations are formal , which means that we have to follow rules; other cultures and situations are more informal .
Text 2 Office workers “admit being rude”
Most office workers say they are rude or bad-mannered at work. Two out of three workers regularly arrive late for meetings, most ignore emails and three out of four use bad language. In a survey of 1,000 workers, two-thirds say that pressure of work is the reason for bad manners.
Other common examples of bad office etiquette include ignoring colleagues and answering mobile phone calls during meetings. Using mobile phones in meetings is impolite and distracts others, research by the University of Surrey shows. If you respond to call when speaking to somebody, it means that the phone call is more important than the person, the survey said. If you answer a call during a meeting, it could mean that the meeting is not important.
Mr Jacobs, managing director of Office Angels, a recruitment firm say it is easy for people to forget their manners in the working environment, which is often very informal and very busy. Workers can forget proper etiquette such as introducing people at meetings, and this is often bad for working relationships.
Psychologist Dr Colin Gill believes that people are not as polite as they were twenty years ago. He said: ‘Courtesy is no longer something that is so much respected in our society.’ People think it is ‘stuffy to be polite or formal.’
Now some organisations are actually investing money in training their junior managers to be polite. Office Angels is encouraging people to arrive on time for meetings, turn off mobile phones and avoid bad manners at work is such a simple thing to do,’ Mr Jacobs says, ‘ and it can have a dramatic impact on improving your working environment and your relationships with others.’
The purpose of some organisations who invest money in training their junior managers to be polite is to ……………………………
A. improve the working environment and relationships with others
B. spend all money they have
C. help them more famous
Câu hỏi 348242:
Office workers “admit being rude”
Most office workers say they are rude or bad-mannered at work. Two out of three workers regularly arrive late for meetings, most ignore emails and three out of four use bad language. In a survey of 1,000 workers, two-thirds say that pressure of work is the reason for bad manners.
Other common examples of bad office etiquette include ignoring colleagues and answering mobile phone calls during meetings. Using mobile phones in meetings is impolite and distracts others, research by the University of Surrey shows. If you respond to call when speaking to somebody, it means that the phone call is more important than the person, the survey said. If you answer a call during a meeting, it could mean that the meeting is not important.
Mr Jacobs, managing director of Office Angels, a recruitment firm say it is easy for people to forget their manners in the working environment, which is often very informal and very busy. Workers can forget proper etiquette such as introducing people at meetings, and this is often bad for working relationships.
Psychologist Dr Colin Gill believes that people are not as polite as they were twenty years ago. He said: ‘Courtesy is no longer something that is so much respected in our society.’ People think it is ‘stuffy to be polite or formal.’
Now some organisations are actually investing money in training their junior managers to be polite. Office Angels is encouraging people to arrive on time for meetings, turn off mobile phones and avoid bad manners at work is such a simple thing to do,’ Mr Jacobs says, ‘ and it can have a dramatic impact on improving your working environment and your relationships with others.’
The author wants to ………………………….
A. give specific examples of bad manners at work
B. give advice on how to behave politely at work
C. give specific figures of bad manners at work
Câu hỏi 348246:
He........................in electronics at the university.
A. Specialty
B. Specially
C. Special
D. Specializes
Câu hỏi 8066:
Mô tả câu hỏi Next Firstly After that Then Finally Fill in the connectors describing the process of making mint tea.
(1) ...... , some tea is put in a pot,
(2) ...... , the water is boiled,
(3) ...... , the mint and the tea are rinsed in hot water,
(4) ...... , the sugar is added,
(5) ...... , the pot is filled with boiling water
Câu hỏi 8068:
Then listen again. Circle the answer that best completes each statements.
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John Bains is interested in ______.
A. music
B. the environment
C. shopping
Câu hỏi 21659:
Mô tả câu hỏi Read the text and decide if the following statements are T (TRUE) or F (FALSE)
We’re Living Faster, But Are We Living Better?
Not long ago people believed that in the future we would work less, have more free time, and be more relaxed. But sadly this has not happened. Today we work harder, work longer hours, and are more stressed than ten years ago. We walk faster, talk faster, and sleep less than previous generations. And although we are obsessed with machines which save us time, we have less free time than our parents and grandparents had. But what is this doing to our health? An American journalist James Gleick in a new book, Faster: the acceleration of just about everything , says that people who live in cities are suffering from ‘hurry sickness’ – we are always trying to do more things in less time. As a result, our lives are more stressful. He says that if we don’t slow down, we won’t live as long as our parents. For most people, faster doesn’t mean better.
1. ...... The writer wrote the article to encourage us to work more and relax less.
2. ...... People today are having a less stressful life than they did in the past.
3. ...... People are too busy to read newspapers.
4. ...... Slow sports have become unpopular.
5. ...... More time is spent on stories.
Câu hỏi 21660:
Mô tả câu hỏi Complete the dialogue. Use the present simple or present continuous form of the verbs in brackets.
Imogen
Thomas
Imogen
Thomas
Imogen
Thomas
Imogen
Thomas
Imogen
Thomas
Imogen
Thomas
Imogen
Is Till at home?
No, she ...... (play) volleyball at the park.
Really? But Tilly ...... [does not like] (not like) sport.
I ...... [know] (know) that. But she’s with friends.
Is William with them?
William? I’m not sure...
He’s tall with dark blue tracksuit.
Sorry. I ...... [do not know] (not know) him.
It doesn’t matter.
What ...... you ...... (do) now?
I ...... (send) Tilly a text message.
...... you ...... (ask) her about William?
No, I ...... (tell) her a secret about him.
William really ...... (like) her.
Câu hỏi 21662:
Listen to the story. Choose the best title.
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A. The Wrong House
B. The Old House
C. My Aunt’s House
