Your Future World of Work
Reading Comprehension
Read the following passage and then answer the questions
The future is always hard to see clearly until it has become the present or, better, the past. One thing is very clear, though: we face a world of increasing change in the
ways that we live and work.
What will tomorrow's world of work be like for people who are trying to prepare for it today? We have to try to look into the future in order to be ready for it. The key point is globalization. This brings us all many benefits. The food we eat, the clothes we wear, and the machines and energy we use are often imported from far away. Globalization takes other forms, too. Cheap, rapid transport allows us to travel round the world in a day. In fact, we do not even need to travel. We can talk to someone in Sydney almost as easily as we can talk to someone in the same room. Cheap, modern telecommunications also move ideas, news and data round the world in seconds. However, globalised manufacturing is certainly not all good news. The shock of cheap goods, often from the Far East, has destroyed whole industries in other parts of the world because they cannot compete. In their fight to do so, many organizations have moved their own operations to regions with lower costs – again generally in the Far East. This has often left behind major unemployment and social problems, affecting everyone from car workers in America to shoe makers in Palestine. Not surprisingly, some countries try to protect their industries through high import taxes. However, free trade always wins against protectionism in the end. It does so because it offers the consumer the widest possible choice at the lowest possible price. And the consumer is king.
What will tomorrow's world of work be like for people who are trying to prepare for it today? We have to try to look into the future in order to be ready for it. The key point is globalization. This brings us all many benefits. The food we eat, the clothes we wear, and the machines and energy we use are often imported from far away. Globalization takes other forms, too. Cheap, rapid transport allows us to travel round the world in a day. In fact, we do not even need to travel. We can talk to someone in Sydney almost as easily as we can talk to someone in the same room. Cheap, modern telecommunications also move ideas, news and data round the world in seconds. However, globalised manufacturing is certainly not all good news. The shock of cheap goods, often from the Far East, has destroyed whole industries in other parts of the world because they cannot compete. In their fight to do so, many organizations have moved their own operations to regions with lower costs – again generally in the Far East. This has often left behind major unemployment and social problems, affecting everyone from car workers in America to shoe makers in Palestine. Not surprisingly, some countries try to protect their industries through high import taxes. However, free trade always wins against protectionism in the end. It does so because it offers the consumer the widest possible choice at the lowest possible price. And the consumer is king.
1- Answer the following questions:
1-What world do we face?
We face a world of increasing change in the way we live and work.
1-What world do we face?
We face a world of increasing change in the way we live and work.
2-What is the “shock" in the passage?
It is the cheap products that invaded the markets from the Far East.
It is the cheap products that invaded the markets from the Far East.
3-What is the" protectionism"?
It is a process of imposing high import taxes by the government to protect the local products.
It is a process of imposing high import taxes by the government to protect the local products.
4-What does globalization bring us?
It brings us many benefits including food, clothes, machines and energy.
It brings us many benefits including food, clothes, machines and energy.
5-Is globalised manufacturing all good news? Explain.
No, it is not, because it creates unemployment and social problems.
No, it is not, because it creates unemployment and social problems.
2- Find synonyms in the passage:
1-hard : difficult
2-contacts from far away: telecommunication
3-growing : increasing
4-quick: : rapid
5-nations: countries
3- Find the opposites in the passage:
1-decrease: increase
2-easy: difficult
3-exported: imported
4-localisation: globalization
5-employment: unemployment
4- Choose the good answer from a, b, , or c::
1-The key point is globalization.
a) minor b) lock c) key
2-Trade from Far East destroyed industries.
a) Middle b) Far c) Near
3-Some countries try to protect their industries.
a) there b) their c) there's
4- Head offices will follow manufacturing sites.
a) Tail -fill b) Head- follow c) Hide- follows
1-hard : difficult
2-contacts from far away: telecommunication
3-growing : increasing
4-quick: : rapid
5-nations: countries
3- Find the opposites in the passage:
1-decrease: increase
2-easy: difficult
3-exported: imported
4-localisation: globalization
5-employment: unemployment
4- Choose the good answer from a, b, , or c::
1-The key point is globalization.
a) minor b) lock c) key
2-Trade from Far East destroyed industries.
a) Middle b) Far c) Near
3-Some countries try to protect their industries.
a) there b) their c) there's
4- Head offices will follow manufacturing sites.
a) Tail -fill b) Head- follow c) Hide- follows
Vocabulary
1-Give the synonym from the box :
jobs title requested sure Curriculum Vitae |
1-name: title
2-resume: Curriculum Vitae
3-confident: sure
4-required: requested
5-posts: jobs
2-resume: Curriculum Vitae
3-confident: sure
4-required: requested
5-posts: jobs
2- Give opposite from the box:
Changing part-time complicated unsuitable interviewer |
1- simple: complicated
2-appropriate: unsuitable
3- full-time: part-time
4- interviewee: interviewer
5-stable: changing
Students’ | driving | business | website | software |
design | programme | license | representative | administration |
3- make the word pairs from the box to fill the spaces:
1- I have had a test and got my driving license.
2- She was elected as the students’ representative.
3- My brother studies business administration .
4- Website design will be an advantage.
5-Microsoft Word is a software program.
4- Complete the sentences with a suitable word family in bracket:
1-Are you the advertiser of the job? (advert)
2-I applied for the job of a teacher. (applicant)
3-The design of the building was misleading. (designer)
4-We do not support either party. (support)
5-He managed to run away (manager)
CV TOEFL BA IELTS UN REF |
5- Write the abbreviation in the front of the definition :
1- C.V :is the personal details and education and work experience
2- UN is the International Organization
3- TOEFL is an American English test system
4- IELTSBritish English test system
5- REF number of the letter in the company archive
6- BA university degree.
6-Give the synonym from the box
first idea - growing - really – tiring - enclose |
1-exhausting: tiring
2-increasing: growing
3-truly: really
4-attach: enclose
5-impression: first idea
2-increasing: growing
3-truly: really
4-attach: enclose
5-impression: first idea
I. Language
1-Complete the following sentences with a word from the box:
prefer – like - much - Although - Would |
1 - Although she comes from a poor family, she was able to get a degree in software engineering.
2- Would you like me to change the CDs for you?
3-I'd really like to be a police officer.
4-She would prefer to be a flight attendant.
5-I wouldn't much like to be an astronaut.
2- Would you like me to change the CDs for you?
3-I'd really like to be a police officer.
4-She would prefer to be a flight attendant.
5-I wouldn't much like to be an astronaut.
2-Choose the correct answer from a, b, c or d
1- I've just received an invitation to an interview.
a) in b)at c)with d)to
2-The manager is away on business.
a)in b)at c)on d)to
3-She couldn't come on Wednesday.
a)in b)at c)on d)of
4- At the end of the meeting ,everybody was telling his opinion.
a)in b)at c)to d)on
5-Everyday I arrive at school on time ,exactly when the bell rings.
a)in b)by c)for d)on
1- I've just received an invitation to an interview.
a) in b)at c)with d)to
2-The manager is away on business.
a)in b)at c)on d)to
3-She couldn't come on Wednesday.
a)in b)at c)on d)of
4- At the end of the meeting ,everybody was telling his opinion.
a)in b)at c)to d)on
5-Everyday I arrive at school on time ,exactly when the bell rings.
a)in b)by c)for d)on
II. Writing
Write a composition on “What I hope I will be “. You may use and expand the following ideas:
-What you hoped to be when you were young.
-Now things are different and you changed your mind.
-Your future career and your reasons.
-Your nature of work and what you do
What I hope I will be
When I was younger, I always hoped to be a doctor to cure the sick and to be as famous as clever and good doctors. But recently, things have changed and so have I done. The daily change affected my belief and ideas so much that I changed my mind and decided to be a computer engineer according to the principle of supply and demand Computer engineering has become the most-wanted specialization in different fields of life. This career is of great potentials including, high salary, good lifestyle and a prominent position in society. I imagine my future job to be smart, clean, nice and easy. I will help others’ machines work well without any trouble .I even will design programs to meet human needs in order to make those machines work at its best. ______________________________________________________________________________
v. Literature: King Lear( Act 3)
Section A:
1-Circle the correct answer:
1-Lear thought that violence of the terrible storm was like the violence of his own feelings.
a) the effect of his daughters’ treatment.
b) God’s punishment for him.
c) like the violence of his own feelings.
d) not as bad as his feelings.
2-Edgar disguised as a poor man because he wanted to accompany and serve the king.
a) his father was sick and mad.
b) he wanted to accompany and serve the king.
c) his father Gloucester had told him to do so.
d) Edmund helped him.
3-Lear had never thought of the suffering of the poor until he himself felt it in the storm.
a) his men told him.
b) his daughters expressed their love.
c) Cornwall planned to kill Lear.
d) he himself felt it in the storm.
2-Decide whether each of the following is True or False :
1. Cornwall heard that Gloucester wanted to kill Lear. ( F)
2. Gloucester realized the truth when he lost his eyes. (T)
3. Edgar betrayed his father. (F)
3-Complete:
Just as he was going to blind the other eye, a servant of his own could not bear the cruel situation so he attacked him.
4-“Blow winds and crack your cheeks!”
1. Who is the speaker? King Lear.
2. Who is addressed? The stormy wind
3. What was the occasion? His daughter, Regan, refused to shelter him and his knights so he went out in the storm and his anger overwhelmed him so he addressed the wind to blow harder.This storm resembled the steaming anger inside Lear .
Section B:
1-Answer the following questions:
1. Who was trying to help Lear and who prevented him?
Gloucester was trying to help Lear but Cornwall prevented him.
2. How did the Duke of Cornwall die?
He died affected by the wound of the attack of his own servant.
3. Who killed the attacking servant?
Regan, the wife of Cornwall and king’s daughter, took a sword from another servant and stabbed him from the back.
4. What did Cornwall call Gloucester? Why?
He called him a “traitor” because Gloucester told Kent to take the King to Dover where Cordelia landed with her French Army.
5. Why did Kent look for Lear?
To take him to his true-loving daughter, Cordelia.
6. Why did Edmund leave the castle after betraying his father?
Because: a) Cornwall told him to leave and not to watch what he was going to do to his father.
b) Edmund decided to leave so that no-one could blame him for not protecting his father.
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