Tài liệu A resource for reading and words part 4 docx

PASSAGE 24

CHILDMINDING

When the children were very young, John worked full-time
and Pam had a part time job, but when Pam was offered the
opportunity of a responsible fulltime job, they didn't want to
hire child minders and so John decided it should be he who
reduced his working hours to look after the children.
Although John does occasionally resent getting so little
financial reward for his work and misses the responsibility he
lost, he feels he is well suited to the arrangement he and Pam
now have.

VOCABULARY

Childminder: Someone whose job is to look after children

To reduce: To decrease, to cut

To resent: To feel bitter about, to have hard feelings about

To reward: To give a prize

To miss: To long for

Well-suited: Suitable, well-matched

EXERCISES

Complete the sentences with a suitable form of the words

defined above.

1. Grandparents are sometimes the ...........while parents are

out at work.

2. "At last we are getting the ......... for our hard work and

we will be challenging for the world title ourselves in a
couple of years," he said.

3. Megan's been married for 18 years and still loves her
husband, but ., ....... his meanness.
4. To help .......... infection, our community care workers also
provide clean needles and syringes to those clients who are
known injectors.

5-. Mr. Burberry is...........to the task, for he is best known as

the editor of history books.

READING COMPREHENSION

1. When his wife was offered a full-time job, John decided to look
after the children because...............

A) he enjoyed being with them more than his wife did,
B)

he didn't want a stranger to care for them.

C) his wife would earn more money than he could.
D) he only had a part time job,
E) his working hours were more than Pam's.

2. We understand from the passage that John................

A) doesn't have any responsibility.
B)

had experience of helping in the house before.
C) takes pleasure in housework.
D) would rather have a full-time job than look after his children,
E) earns little money.

One regret that John sometimes has is that he

A) 'feels satisfied with his situation.
B) sees so little of his wife.
Cj has less responsibility at work than before.

D)

has given up an extremely successful.

E) is suitable for the arrangement they have now.

PASSAGE 25

A SURPRISING ENCOUNTER

Kevin Rogers used to be my boss. He was a hard-working
businessman and a real slave driver, always telling us we had
to sell more and more. Tired of his relentless treatment, as
soon as I could, I got a job with another company. The last
time I saw him was more than ten years ago. At least that's
what I thought until last Thursday, when I encountered a
person who looked like him very much. As I was on my way
back to my office, an unshaven, shabby-looking man
approached me in the park. "It's been a long time since I had a
meal. Can you help me?" he said. There was something about
his voice that sounded familiar. I wondered where I had seen
him. Then it hit me. He resembled Rogers so much.

VOCABULARY

> DEFINITIONS

To encounter: To meet unexpectedly

Slave driver: Someone who urges to work harder

Relentless: Cruel, feeling no pity for

Unshaven: With short hairs on the face and chin

Shabby-looking: Wearing old, worn clothes

Familiar: Known

To hit: To have an effect upon the mind, to make somebody

realize
To resemble: To look like, to be similar to

> EXERCISES

Complete the sentences with a suitable form of the words
defined above.

1. Photographs and recollections confirm that in features and
coloring he ......... his mother.
2. He was quite a small man, about five feet in height, poor
and .

3. The first term is always an unsettling time/ and it generally

takes a few weeks before students become
............
with

each other/ and work together effectively.

4.

It......... me just how right Jill had been when she said

that teaching was the only job I knew.

5. I visited the school I graduated from last week, however I
did not .......... any of my teachers there.

READING COMPREHENSION

1. It seems that when Rogers was the writer's boss, the
writer ...................

A) rather liked Rogers.
B) admired Rogers' ability to sell.
C) thought Rogers was lazy.
D) was not very happy in his job.
E) was a hard-working salesman.

2. When the writer met the old man, he

A)

was going to work.
B)

had finished work and was going home.
C)

was working for a man called Rogers.
D)

was trying to sell more and more.
E)

looked shabby and unshaven.

3. When the man in the park saw the writer, the man

A) tried to hit him,
B)

begged for some money from hi m.
C) immediately recognized the writer.
D) wondered where he had seen the writer.
E) was eating something.

PASSAGE 26
SCUBA DIVING

Exciting yet safe for all, Scuba diving is regarded as one of the
most satisfying of hobbies. It can be learned, initially
anyway, free of charge at many local baths, and afterwards
the heaviest expense is likely to be that of traveling to the sea.
Scuba divers come from all walks of life. They don't have to
be well-off or upper class; nor do they have to be particularly
strong. Generally, beginners should be over fifteen, as it is
difficult for children to master the various safety regulations.

VOCABULARY

> DEFINITIONS

To regard as: To consider
Scuba diving: Diving with air tubes
Initially: First

Free of charge: Without paying mone.y
Walks of life: Positions or occupations in society
Well-off: Rich
To master : To learn
Regulation: Rule

>
EXERCISE

Complete the sentences with a suitable form of the words
defined above.

1. I like this job because I meet people from almost all

2. We do not have to pay for the concert. It is...........

3. My friend's family is quite................. ; They can buy

everything they want.

Probably the hardest task .................. during match play
is concentration.

5 ......................, 1 found it difficult to get accustomed to the

food in Hong Kong, but later I got used to it.

4.

READING COMPREHENSION

1. Anyone who wants to learn
Scuba
diving at local baths.

A)

should pay for it.
B)

must be a member of the local baths.
C)

may find it expensive. >
D) doesn't have to pay any money.
E) has to go to the sea.

2. We understand that Scuba divers.

A)

don't have to be rich.
B)

.shouldn't learn rules.
C)

mu st be u ppei , '.
D)

need strength.
E)

find the regulations difficult.

3. Anyone can become a Scuba diver.

A)

provided he buys all the equipment.
B)

if he has great courage.
C) except youngsters under fifteen.
D) if he likes going for a walk.
E)

but .it is not safe..