BÀI LUYỆN TẬP ANH VĂN - 02 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 12 th , 1973 and I ( 3 – attend ) ______ Elma Street Primary school from 1979 to 1988, 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. ____________________________ 9. She’s made a number of complaints about her decayed tooth for a few days. __________ 10. Are you in agreement with John about this? ____________________________ . BÀI LUYỆN TẬP ANH VĂN - 02 Exercise 1. Read the passage carefully. It seems quite clearly unjust to pay two. lot. I ( 9 – speak ) ___ French and Spanish fairly well and ( 10 – drive ) _____ a car. I ( 1 1- be) ____ able to get on well with people and I ( 12 – enjoy ) ______ hard work. My hobbies are