It seems quite clearly unjust to pay two people different amounts of money for doing the the same work.. Two people may be working side by side in a factory and doing the same work, but
Trang 1ĐỀ THI HKI NĂM 2011 MÔN: ANH VĂN – ĐỀ 6 Exercise 1 Read the passage carefully
It seems quite clearly unjust to pay two people different amounts of money for doing the the same work But it is not as easy as at first sight to introduce equal pay for equal work
First of all, one must be sure that the work is in fact equal Two people may be working side by side in a factory and doing the same work, but one may be doing it twice as fast as the other: or one may be making
no mistakes, while the other is making a lot In some kinds of work, one kind solve the problem of speed if one pays by the amount of work done and not by the hour: work paid for in this way is called piece – work But it is not always possible to do this, so it is sometimes useful to pay workers at different rates, which takes differences in skill into account This usually means that the younger and therefore less experienced worker gets less than the older and more experienced one, which seems reasonable enough
What does not appear to be so reasonable is when two equally skilled, equally fast workers receive
different rates of pay In some countries, for instance, women are paid less than men for the same work The employers’ argument in places where this happens is that men usually have a wife and children to support and women usually have not They say that most women workers are either unmarried and have no one to support, or have husbands who also work and bring home money, so that would be unjust for them to
be paid as much as a man who has a wife who doesn’t work because she has several children at home to look after
This, of course, is quite true, but you do find some men workers who are unmarried and have no one to support, and some women workers who are widows and have children to support Other women workers, though they have no children may have old or sick parents and young brothers and sisters who cannot yet work
The fact is that the problem of paying workers according to their family needs cannot be solved simply by giving the men more and the women less The answer is to pay both alike and leave it to the state to see that justice is done by means of taxation and allowances
A – Give “ True or False” answer to these questions
1 It is fair to pay two people different amounts of money for doing the same work
2 It seems quite clearly unjust to pay men and women different amounts for doing the same work according to their family needs or their sex
3 One may be doing the same work twice as fast as the other
4 It is sometimes reasonable to pay workers at different rates
5 Men always have to support their family while women don’t
6 It does not appear to be so reasonable to pay two equally skilled, equally fast workers different rates
of pay
7 It is useful to pay workers at different rates , which takes differences in skill into account
8 “ Men and women are created equal”
B – Give the best tittle for the passage
C – Give the antonym of each word below
1 same 3 equal 5 skilled 7 justice
2 like (adj) 4 appear 6 personal 8 experienced
Exercise 2 Give the correct form of word in bracket
1 He’s teaching (1 – base ) _ car repair wotk at Tech
2 We couldn’t go out because it rained ( 2 – continue ) _
3 Do they request my ( 3 – attend ) at the lecture tomorrow?
4 Be sensible, and we’ll ( 4 – facility ) _ your business
5 Those are paid are called ( 5 – pay ) _
6 The professor ( 6 – critical ) his students both ( 7 – collect ) and individually
7 Susan and her husband haven’t been happy Her sister advises them to go to the Marriage (8 – guide ) _ Council
8 After the war, many soldiers turned to live in ( 9 – retire ) _
9 Bob is a ( 10 – technique )
10 Let’s try to ( 11 – straight ) _ out this ( 12 – confuse ) _
Exercise 3 Give the correct form of verb in bracket
Dear Sirs
I ( 1 – write ) to apply for the post of film editor, as ( 2 – advertise ) _ in this morning’s Daily Sun I was born on July 12th, 1973 and I ( 3 – attend ) Elma Street Primary school from 1979 to
Trang 21988, and Roger Holm Secondary School from 1989 to 1992 I ( 4 – pass ) my school Certificate Examination that year and ( 5 – get ) _ Grade A in Literature, English, French and Art, and Grade B in mathematics, science, history and geography
I ( 6 – work ) as a junior clerk at the East – West Trading Company from July 1993 to 1995 In October 1995 I ( 7 – obtain ) a position with New Angle Film Production as an assistant editor I ( 8 – like ) the work a lot I ( 9 – speak ) _ French and Spanish fairly well and ( 10 – drive ) _ a car I ( 11- be) able to get on well with people and I ( 12 – enjoy ) hard work My hobbies are photography, ( 13 – watch ) television and ( 14 – play ) the piano
I ( 15 – attend ) an interview at any time
Your faithfully
Exercise 4 Find and correct the mistake in each sentence
1 The system has capabilities such as communicating with other computers, processing records, and mathematical functions
2 The personnel officer told me that I would answer the phone, welcome visitors, distribute mail and some typing
3 This summer I want a job more than to go to Disney World
4 Nancy not only called the post office but she checked with the neighbours to see if the package had come
5 During basic training, I was not only told what to do but also what to think
6 Jupiter is larger than any planet in our solar system
7 State officials were more concerned with the damage than what caused it
8 Thomas decided to join the army after his freshman year and been in it ever since
Exercise 5 Fill in the blank with suitable word
A sure D order G interests J suits
B most E certain H qualifications K imagination
C what F else I secret L impression The (1) _ of a good interview is preparing for it (2) you wear is always important as it creates the first (3) , so dress neatly, but comfortable Make (4) _ that you can deal anything you are asked Prepare for questions that are (5) _ to come up, for example, why do you want the position? What is the (6) _ important quality for the job? Apart from this job, what (7) jobs have you thought? What are your ( 8) _ and hobbies?
Exercise 6 Choose the word which has a different sound
1 a got b job c long d born
2 a apple b ran c car d bag
3 a arm b warm c part d hard
4 a post b thought c clothes d nose
5 a lunch b truth c much d cup
Exercise 7 Replace the underlined verbs by “ give / have / make / take” and a noun
1 She sighed patiently
2 They photographed the pigeons in Trafalgar Square
3 I’d better think before I decide
4 I must sleep a little while
5 She visited her father last Sunday
6 He bathes every morning
7 He talked to the doctor about his health
8 She didn’t intend to make a picnic with her classmates
9 Have you arranged to sell your house ?
10 It is impossible to change the plan now
Exercise 8 Rewrite the following sentences, using the verbs corresponding to the underlined nouns
1 She gave him a warm smile
2 Give your hair a good brushing
3 We usually do our shopping at the weekend
4 They made a public protest against apartheid
5 He had a little sip of wine
6 I made a secret signal to him
7 They had taken the decision without consulting me
8 He had an argue with the referee about the match
Trang 39 She’s made a number of complaints about her decayed tooth for a few days
10 Are you in agreement with John about this?