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Read the following passage and mark the letter A, B, C or D on your answer sheet to indicate the correct answer to each of the following questions.

WHY DON’T YOU GET A PROPER JOB?

She wants to be a singer; you think she should go for a long–term career with job security and eventually retire with a good pension. But a new report suggests that in fact she’s the practical one. Why do parents make terrible careers advisers?

Today’s 14 and 15–year–olds are ambitious. They are optimistic about their prospects, but their career ideas are rather vague. Although 80% of them have no intention of following in their parents’ footsteps, 69% still turn to their parents for advice. They look at their working future in a different way to their parents.

A job for life is not in their vocabulary; neither is a dead–end but secure job that is boring but pays the bills. Almost half the boys surveyed expected that their hobbies would lead them into the right sort of job, while most girls seemed determined to avoid traditionally female careers such as nursing.

In the past, this might have counted as bad news. Certainly when I was 15, my guidance counsellors were horrified at my plans to become a writer. I’m glad I didn’t change my plans to suit them. Even so, their faith in rigid career paths was well–founded. In those days, that was the way to get ahead.

But the world has changed. The global economy is not kind to yesterday’s diligent and dependable worker. The future belongs to quick–thinking people who are resourceful, ambitious and can take the initiative. This means that a 14–year–old who sees her working future as a kind of adventure, to be made up as she goes along is not necessarily being unrealistic.

However, she has to have the training and guidance to help her develop the right skills for today’s market; not the rigid preparation for a workplace that disappeared twenty years ago. Many young people are very aware of the pitfalls of the flexible workplace; they understand that redundancy, downsizing and freelancing are all part of modern working life, but no one is telling them how they might be able to turn the new rules of the employment game to their advantage. This is what they need to know if they are to make a life for themselves.

So what is to be done? A good first step would be to change the way in which schools prepare young people for adult life. The education system is becoming less flexible and more obsessed with traditional skills at just the time that the employment market is going in the opposite direction.

Accurate, up–to–date information on new jobs and qualifications can help guidance counsellors to help their students. Young people need solid information on the sort of training they need to pursue the career of their dreams. Also, a little bit of encouragement can go a long way. If nothing else, a bit of optimism from an adult can serve as an antidote to the constant criticism of teenagers in the press.

What, then, can we as parents do to help them? The best thing is to forget all the advice that your parents gave you, and step into your teenager’s shoes. Once you’ve done that, it’s easier to see how important it is that they learn how to be independent, resourceful and resilient. Give them the courage to follow their dreams –however odd they might sound right now. In a world that offers economic security to almost no one, imagination is a terrible thing to waste.

What does the writer believe about her guidance counsellors? 

A. That they should have treated her better

B. That the advice they gave was wrong

C. That they were in some ways right

D. That they had tried to ruin her career

1
11 tháng 6 2017

Kiến thức: Đọc hiểu

Giải thích:

Nhà văn tin điều gì về các cố vấn hướng dẫn của cô ấy?

   A. Rằng họ nên đối xử với cô ấy tốt hơn.      B. Rằng lời khuyên họ đưa ra là sai.

   C. Rằng họ cũng đúng theo cách nào đó.       D. Rằng họ đã cố hủy hoại sự nghiệp của cô.

Thông tin: Certainly when I was 15, my guidance counsellors were horrified at my plans to become a writer. I’m glad I didn’t change my plans to suit them. Even so, their faith in rigid career paths was well–founded. In those days, that was the way to get ahead.

Tạm dịch: Chắc chắn khi tôi 15 tuổi, các cố vấn hướng dẫn của tôi đã kinh hoàng trước kế hoạch trở thành nhà văn của tôi. Tôi rất vui vì tôi đã không thay đổi kế hoạch để phù hợp với họ. Mặc dù vậy, niềm tin của họ vào con đường sự nghiệp cứng nhắc là hoàn toàn có cơ sở. Trước đây, đó là cách để tiến bộ.

Chọn C

Read the following passage and mark the letter A, B, C or D on your answer sheet to indicate the correct answer to each of the following questions. WHY DON’T YOU GET A PROPER JOB?She wants to be a singer; you think she should go for a long–term career with job security and eventually retire with a good pension. But a new report suggests that in fact she’s the practical one. Why do parents make terrible careers advisers? Today’s 14 and 15–year–olds are ambitious. They are optimistic...
Đọc tiếp

Read the following passage and mark the letter A, B, C or D on your answer sheet to indicate the correct answer to each of the following questions.

WHY DON’T YOU GET A PROPER JOB?

She wants to be a singer; you think she should go for a long–term career with job security and eventually retire with a good pension. But a new report suggests that in fact she’s the practical one. Why do parents make terrible careers advisers?

Today’s 14 and 15–year–olds are ambitious. They are optimistic about their prospects, but their career ideas are rather vague. Although 80% of them have no intention of following in their parents’ footsteps, 69% still turn to their parents for advice. They look at their working future in a different way to their parents.

A job for life is not in their vocabulary; neither is a dead–end but secure job that is boring but pays the bills. Almost half the boys surveyed expected that their hobbies would lead them into the right sort of job, while most girls seemed determined to avoid traditionally female careers such as nursing.

In the past, this might have counted as bad news. Certainly when I was 15, my guidance counsellors were horrified at my plans to become a writer. I’m glad I didn’t change my plans to suit them. Even so, their faith in rigid career paths was well–founded. In those days, that was the way to get ahead.

But the world has changed. The global economy is not kind to yesterday’s diligent and dependable worker. The future belongs to quick–thinking people who are resourceful, ambitious and can take the initiative. This means that a 14–year–old who sees her working future as a kind of adventure, to be made up as she goes along is not necessarily being unrealistic.

However, she has to have the training and guidance to help her develop the right skills for today’s market; not the rigid preparation for a workplace that disappeared twenty years ago. Many young people are very aware of the pitfalls of the flexible workplace; they understand that redundancy, downsizing and freelancing are all part of modern working life, but no one is telling them how they might be able to turn the new rules of the employment game to their advantage. This is what they need to know if they are to make a life for themselves.

So what is to be done? A good first step would be to change the way in which schools prepare young people for adult life. The education system is becoming less flexible and more obsessed with traditional skills at just the time that the employment market is going in the opposite direction.

Accurate, up–to–date information on new jobs and qualifications can help guidance counsellors to help their students. Young people need solid information on the sort of training they need to pursue the career of their dreams. Also, a little bit of encouragement can go a long way. If nothing else, a bit of optimism from an adult can serve as an antidote to the constant criticism of teenagers in the press.

What, then, can we as parents do to help them? The best thing is to forget all the advice that your parents gave you, and step into your teenager’s shoes. Once you’ve done that, it’s easier to see how important it is that they learn how to be independent, resourceful and resilient. Give them the courage to follow their dreams –however odd they might sound right now. In a world that offers economic security to almost no one, imagination is a terrible thing to waste.

What is the writer’s attitude to the changing job market? 

A. It is a challenge that must be faced

B. It had made too many people unemployed.

C. It is something that young people are afraid of

D. It has had a negative effect on education

1
25 tháng 8 2017

Kiến thức: Đọc hiểu

Giải thích:

Thái độ của tác giả đối với việc thị trường việc làm đang thay đổi là gì?

   A. Đó là một thách thức phải đối mặt.           B. Nó đã làm cho quá nhiều người thất nghiệp.

   C. Đó là điều mà các bạn trẻ sợ.                    D. Nó đã có tác động tiêu cực đến giáo dục.

Thông tin: But the world has changed. The global economy is not kind to yesterday’s diligent and dependable worker. The future belongs to quick–thinking people who are resourceful, ambitious and can take the initiative. …

Many young people are very aware of the pitfalls of the flexible workplace; they understand that redundancy, downsizing and freelancing are all part of modern working life, but no one is telling them how they might be able to turn the new rules of the employment game to their advantage.

Tạm dịch: Nhưng thế giới đã thay đổi. Nền kinh tế toàn cầu không tử tế với người lao động siêng năng và đáng tin cậy của ngày hôm qua. Tương lai thuộc về những người tư duy nhanh, tháo vát, tham vọng và chủ động…

Nhiều bạn trẻ rất ý thức về những cạm bẫy của nơi làm việc linh hoạt; họ hiểu rằng sự dư thừa, cắt giảm nhân sự và làm việc tự do đều là một phần của cuộc sống làm việc hiện đại, nhưng không ai nói cho họ biết làm thế nào họ có thể biến các quy tắc mới của trò chơi tìm việc làm thành lợi thế của họ.

Chọn A

Read the following passage and mark the letter A, B, C or D on your answer sheet to indicate the correct answer to each of the following questions. WHY DON’T YOU GET A PROPER JOB?She wants to be a singer; you think she should go for a long–term career with job security and eventually retire with a good pension. But a new report suggests that in fact she’s the practical one. Why do parents make terrible careers advisers? Today’s 14 and 15–year–olds are ambitious. They are optimistic...
Đọc tiếp

Read the following passage and mark the letter A, B, C or D on your answer sheet to indicate the correct answer to each of the following questions.

WHY DON’T YOU GET A PROPER JOB?

She wants to be a singer; you think she should go for a long–term career with job security and eventually retire with a good pension. But a new report suggests that in fact she’s the practical one. Why do parents make terrible careers advisers?

Today’s 14 and 15–year–olds are ambitious. They are optimistic about their prospects, but their career ideas are rather vague. Although 80% of them have no intention of following in their parents’ footsteps, 69% still turn to their parents for advice. They look at their working future in a different way to their parents.

A job for life is not in their vocabulary; neither is a dead–end but secure job that is boring but pays the bills. Almost half the boys surveyed expected that their hobbies would lead them into the right sort of job, while most girls seemed determined to avoid traditionally female careers such as nursing.

In the past, this might have counted as bad news. Certainly when I was 15, my guidance counsellors were horrified at my plans to become a writer. I’m glad I didn’t change my plans to suit them. Even so, their faith in rigid career paths was well–founded. In those days, that was the way to get ahead.

But the world has changed. The global economy is not kind to yesterday’s diligent and dependable worker. The future belongs to quick–thinking people who are resourceful, ambitious and can take the initiative. This means that a 14–year–old who sees her working future as a kind of adventure, to be made up as she goes along is not necessarily being unrealistic.

However, she has to have the training and guidance to help her develop the right skills for today’s market; not the rigid preparation for a workplace that disappeared twenty years ago. Many young people are very aware of the pitfalls of the flexible workplace; they understand that redundancy, downsizing and freelancing are all part of modern working life, but no one is telling them how they might be able to turn the new rules of the employment game to their advantage. This is what they need to know if they are to make a life for themselves.

So what is to be done? A good first step would be to change the way in which schools prepare young people for adult life. The education system is becoming less flexible and more obsessed with traditional skills at just the time that the employment market is going in the opposite direction.

Accurate, up–to–date information on new jobs and qualifications can help guidance counsellors to help their students. Young people need solid information on the sort of training they need to pursue the career of their dreams. Also, a little bit of encouragement can go a long way. If nothing else, a bit of optimism from an adult can serve as an antidote to the constant criticism of teenagers in the press.

What, then, can we as parents do to help them? The best thing is to forget all the advice that your parents gave you, and step into your teenager’s shoes. Once you’ve done that, it’s easier to see how important it is that they learn how to be independent, resourceful and resilient. Give them the courage to follow their dreams –however odd they might sound right now. In a world that offers economic security to almost no one, imagination is a terrible thing to waste.

The writer feels that most parents _______.

A. give their children good career advice 

B. do not tend to be particularly ambitious 

C. have very traditional views about work 

D. have realistic goals for their children 

1
14 tháng 7 2019

Kiến thức: Đọc hiểu

Giải thích:

Người viết cảm thấy rằng hầu hết các bậc cha mẹ _______.

   A. cho con cái họ lời khuyên tốt về nghề nghiệp                              B. không có xu hướng đặc biệt tham vọng

   C. có quan điểm rất truyền thống về công việc                                 D. có mục tiêu thực tế cho con cái của họ

Thông tin: Today’s 14 and 15–year–olds are ambitious. … They look at their working future in a different way to their parents.

Tạm dịch: Ngày nay, những cô bé cậu bé 14 và 15 tuổi đầy tham vọng. ... Họ nhìn vào sự nghiệp tương lai theo một cách khác với bố mẹ của mình.

Chọn B

Read the following passage and mark the letter A, B, C or D on your answer sheet to indicate the correct answer to each of the following questions. WHY DON’T YOU GET A PROPER JOB?She wants to be a singer; you think she should go for a long–term career with job security and eventually retire with a good pension. But a new report suggests that in fact she’s the practical one. Why do parents make terrible careers advisers? Today’s 14 and 15–year–olds are ambitious. They are optimistic...
Đọc tiếp

Read the following passage and mark the letter A, B, C or D on your answer sheet to indicate the correct answer to each of the following questions.

WHY DON’T YOU GET A PROPER JOB?

She wants to be a singer; you think she should go for a long–term career with job security and eventually retire with a good pension. But a new report suggests that in fact she’s the practical one. Why do parents make terrible careers advisers?

Today’s 14 and 15–year–olds are ambitious. They are optimistic about their prospects, but their career ideas are rather vague. Although 80% of them have no intention of following in their parents’ footsteps, 69% still turn to their parents for advice. They look at their working future in a different way to their parents.

A job for life is not in their vocabulary; neither is a dead–end but secure job that is boring but pays the bills. Almost half the boys surveyed expected that their hobbies would lead them into the right sort of job, while most girls seemed determined to avoid traditionally female careers such as nursing.

In the past, this might have counted as bad news. Certainly when I was 15, my guidance counsellors were horrified at my plans to become a writer. I’m glad I didn’t change my plans to suit them. Even so, their faith in rigid career paths was well–founded. In those days, that was the way to get ahead.

But the world has changed. The global economy is not kind to yesterday’s diligent and dependable worker. The future belongs to quick–thinking people who are resourceful, ambitious and can take the initiative. This means that a 14–year–old who sees her working future as a kind of adventure, to be made up as she goes along is not necessarily being unrealistic.

However, she has to have the training and guidance to help her develop the right skills for today’s market; not the rigid preparation for a workplace that disappeared twenty years ago. Many young people are very aware of the pitfalls of the flexible workplace; they understand that redundancy, downsizing and freelancing are all part of modern working life, but no one is telling them how they might be able to turn the new rules of the employment game to their advantage. This is what they need to know if they are to make a life for themselves.

So what is to be done? A good first step would be to change the way in which schools prepare young people for adult life. The education system is becoming less flexible and more obsessed with traditional skills at just the time that the employment market is going in the opposite direction.

Accurate, up–to–date information on new jobs and qualifications can help guidance counsellors to help their students. Young people need solid information on the sort of training they need to pursue the career of their dreams. Also, a little bit of encouragement can go a long way. If nothing else, a bit of optimism from an adult can serve as an antidote to the constant criticism of teenagers in the press.

What, then, can we as parents do to help them? The best thing is to forget all the advice that your parents gave you, and step into your teenager’s shoes. Once you’ve done that, it’s easier to see how important it is that they learn how to be independent, resourceful and resilient. Give them the courage to follow their dreams –however odd they might sound right now. In a world that offers economic security to almost no one, imagination is a terrible thing to waste.

How can parents help their children?

A. By trying to think the way they do 

B. By learning to be courageous 

C. By ignoring advice given by others 

D. By becoming more independent 

1
14 tháng 8 2019

Kiến thức: Đọc hiểu

Giải thích:

Các bậc cha mẹ có thể giúp con cái của họ như thế nào?

   A. Bằng cách cố gắng suy nghĩ theo cách của chúng.

   B. Bằng cách học để trở nên can đảm hơn.

   C. Bằng cách lơ đi lời khuyên được đưa ra bởi người khác.

   D. Bằng cách trở nên độc lập hơn.

Thông tin: What, then, can we as parents do to help them? The best thing is to forget all the advice that your parents gave you, and step into your teenager’s shoes.

Tạm dịch: Vậy thì, những người cha mẹ như chúng ta có thể làm gì để giúp đỡ họ? Điều tốt nhất là quên đi tất cả những lời khuyên mà cha mẹ của bạn đã dành cho bạn, và đứng vào vị trí của con bạn.

Chọn A

Read the following passage and mark the letter A, B, C or D on your answer sheet to indicate the correct answer to each of the following questions. WHY DON’T YOU GET A PROPER JOB?She wants to be a singer; you think she should go for a long–term career with job security and eventually retire with a good pension. But a new report suggests that in fact she’s the practical one. Why do parents make terrible careers advisers? Today’s 14 and 15–year–olds are ambitious. They are optimistic...
Đọc tiếp

Read the following passage and mark the letter A, B, C or D on your answer sheet to indicate the correct answer to each of the following questions.

WHY DON’T YOU GET A PROPER JOB?

She wants to be a singer; you think she should go for a long–term career with job security and eventually retire with a good pension. But a new report suggests that in fact she’s the practical one. Why do parents make terrible careers advisers?

Today’s 14 and 15–year–olds are ambitious. They are optimistic about their prospects, but their career ideas are rather vague. Although 80% of them have no intention of following in their parents’ footsteps, 69% still turn to their parents for advice. They look at their working future in a different way to their parents.

A job for life is not in their vocabulary; neither is a dead–end but secure job that is boring but pays the bills. Almost half the boys surveyed expected that their hobbies would lead them into the right sort of job, while most girls seemed determined to avoid traditionally female careers such as nursing.

In the past, this might have counted as bad news. Certainly when I was 15, my guidance counsellors were horrified at my plans to become a writer. I’m glad I didn’t change my plans to suit them. Even so, their faith in rigid career paths was well–founded. In those days, that was the way to get ahead.

But the world has changed. The global economy is not kind to yesterday’s diligent and dependable worker. The future belongs to quick–thinking people who are resourceful, ambitious and can take the initiative. This means that a 14–year–old who sees her working future as a kind of adventure, to be made up as she goes along is not necessarily being unrealistic.

However, she has to have the training and guidance to help her develop the right skills for today’s market; not the rigid preparation for a workplace that disappeared twenty years ago. Many young people are very aware of the pitfalls of the flexible workplace; they understand that redundancy, downsizing and freelancing are all part of modern working life, but no one is telling them how they might be able to turn the new rules of the employment game to their advantage. This is what they need to know if they are to make a life for themselves.

So what is to be done? A good first step would be to change the way in which schools prepare young people for adult life. The education system is becoming less flexible and more obsessed with traditional skills at just the time that the employment market is going in the opposite direction.

Accurate, up–to–date information on new jobs and qualifications can help guidance counsellors to help their students. Young people need solid information on the sort of training they need to pursue the career of their dreams. Also, a little bit of encouragement can go a long way. If nothing else, a bit of optimism from an adult can serve as an antidote to the constant criticism of teenagers in the press.

What, then, can we as parents do to help them? The best thing is to forget all the advice that your parents gave you, and step into your teenager’s shoes. Once you’ve done that, it’s easier to see how important it is that they learn how to be independent, resourceful and resilient. Give them the courage to follow their dreams –however odd they might sound right now. In a world that offers economic security to almost no one, imagination is a terrible thing to waste.

What kind of employment would teenagers like to have? 

A. A job similar to their parents

B. A job that gives them fulfillment

C. A job that can also be a hobby

D. A job with economic security

1
20 tháng 6 2019

Kiến thức: Đọc hiểu

Giải thích:

Thanh thiếu niên muốn làm những loại công việc nào?

   A. Một công việc tương tự như cha mẹ của họ.

   B. Một công việc mang lại cho họ sự hài lòng và vui vẻ.

   C. Một công việc đồng thời có thể là một sở thích.

   D. Một công việc có sự ổn định kinh tế.

Thông tin: A job for life is not in their vocabulary; neither is a dead–end but secure job that is boring but pays the bills. Almost half the boys surveyed expected that their hobbies would lead them into the right sort of job, while most girls seemed determined to avoid traditionally female careers such as nursing.

Tạm dịch: Một công việc cho cuộc sống không nằm trong vốn từ vựng của họ; đó không phải là một công việc cuối cùng nhưng ổn định và nhàm chán nhưng đủ để trả các hóa đơn. Gần một nửa các cậu bé được khảo sát mong rằng sở thích của họ sẽ giúp họ chọn được loại công việc phù hợp, trong khi hầu hết các cô gái dường như quyết tâm tránh các nghề nghiệp truyền thống của phụ nữ như điều dưỡng.

Chọn B

Read the following passage and mark the letter A, B, C or D on your answer sheet to indicate the correct answer to each of the following questions. WHY DON’T YOU GET A PROPER JOB?She wants to be a singer; you think she should go for a long–term career with job security and eventually retire with a good pension. But a new report suggests that in fact she’s the practical one. Why do parents make terrible careers advisers? Today’s 14 and 15–year–olds are ambitious. They are optimistic...
Đọc tiếp

Read the following passage and mark the letter A, B, C or D on your answer sheet to indicate the correct answer to each of the following questions.

WHY DON’T YOU GET A PROPER JOB?

She wants to be a singer; you think she should go for a long–term career with job security and eventually retire with a good pension. But a new report suggests that in fact she’s the practical one. Why do parents make terrible careers advisers?

Today’s 14 and 15–year–olds are ambitious. They are optimistic about their prospects, but their career ideas are rather vague. Although 80% of them have no intention of following in their parents’ footsteps, 69% still turn to their parents for advice. They look at their working future in a different way to their parents.

A job for life is not in their vocabulary; neither is a dead–end but secure job that is boring but pays the bills. Almost half the boys surveyed expected that their hobbies would lead them into the right sort of job, while most girls seemed determined to avoid traditionally female careers such as nursing.

In the past, this might have counted as bad news. Certainly when I was 15, my guidance counsellors were horrified at my plans to become a writer. I’m glad I didn’t change my plans to suit them. Even so, their faith in rigid career paths was well–founded. In those days, that was the way to get ahead.

But the world has changed. The global economy is not kind to yesterday’s diligent and dependable worker. The future belongs to quick–thinking people who are resourceful, ambitious and can take the initiative. This means that a 14–year–old who sees her working future as a kind of adventure, to be made up as she goes along is not necessarily being unrealistic.

However, she has to have the training and guidance to help her develop the right skills for today’s market; not the rigid preparation for a workplace that disappeared twenty years ago. Many young people are very aware of the pitfalls of the flexible workplace; they understand that redundancy, downsizing and freelancing are all part of modern working life, but no one is telling them how they might be able to turn the new rules of the employment game to their advantage. This is what they need to know if they are to make a life for themselves.

So what is to be done? A good first step would be to change the way in which schools prepare young people for adult life. The education system is becoming less flexible and more obsessed with traditional skills at just the time that the employment market is going in the opposite direction.

Accurate, up–to–date information on new jobs and qualifications can help guidance counsellors to help their students. Young people need solid information on the sort of training they need to pursue the career of their dreams. Also, a little bit of encouragement can go a long way. If nothing else, a bit of optimism from an adult can serve as an antidote to the constant criticism of teenagers in the press.

What, then, can we as parents do to help them? The best thing is to forget all the advice that your parents gave you, and step into your teenager’s shoes. Once you’ve done that, it’s easier to see how important it is that they learn how to be independent, resourceful and resilient. Give them the courage to follow their dreams –however odd they might sound right now. In a world that offers economic security to almost no one, imagination is a terrible thing to waste. 

How does the writer think the global economy has affected the employment market? 

A. Workers have to be willing to change jobs

B. Workers are unlikely to receive a pension

C. It has made workers less dependable

D. It has made work more adventurous

1
16 tháng 6 2017

Kiến thức: Đọc hiểu

Giải thích:

Tác giả nghĩ rằng nền kinh tế toàn cầu đã ảnh hưởng đến thị trường việc làm như thế nào?

   A. Người lao động phải sẵn sàng thay đổi công việc.

   B. Người lao động không có khả năng nhận lương hưu.

   C. Nó đã làm cho người lao động ít tin cậy hơn.

   D. Nó đã làm cho công việc mạo hiểm hơn.

Thông tin: Many young people are very aware of the pitfalls of the flexible workplace; they understand that redundancy, downsizing and freelancing are all part of modern working life, but no one is telling them how they might be able to turn the new rules of the employment game to their advantage.

Tạm dịch: Nhiều bạn trẻ rất ý thức về những cạm bẫy của nơi làm việc linh hoạt; họ hiểu rằng sự dư thừa, cắt giảm nhân sự và làm việc tự do đều là một phần của cuộc sống làm việc hiện đại, nhưng không ai nói cho họ biết làm thế nào họ có thể biến các quy tắc mới của trò chơi tìm việc làm thành lợi thế của họ.

Chọn D

Read the following passage and mark the letter A, B, C or D on your answer sheet to indicate the correct answer to each of the following questions. WHY DON’T YOU GET A PROPER JOB?She wants to be a singer; you think she should go for a long–term career with job security and eventually retire with a good pension. But a new report suggests that in fact she’s the practical one. Why do parents make terrible careers advisers? Today’s 14 and 15–year–olds are ambitious. They are optimistic...
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Read the following passage and mark the letter A, B, C or D on your answer sheet to indicate the correct answer to each of the following questions.

WHY DON’T YOU GET A PROPER JOB?

She wants to be a singer; you think she should go for a long–term career with job security and eventually retire with a good pension. But a new report suggests that in fact she’s the practical one. Why do parents make terrible careers advisers?

Today’s 14 and 15–year–olds are ambitious. They are optimistic about their prospects, but their career ideas are rather vague. Although 80% of them have no intention of following in their parents’ footsteps, 69% still turn to their parents for advice. They look at their working future in a different way to their parents.

A job for life is not in their vocabulary; neither is a dead–end but secure job that is boring but pays the bills. Almost half the boys surveyed expected that their hobbies would lead them into the right sort of job, while most girls seemed determined to avoid traditionally female careers such as nursing.

In the past, this might have counted as bad news. Certainly when I was 15, my guidance counsellors were horrified at my plans to become a writer. I’m glad I didn’t change my plans to suit them. Even so, their faith in rigid career paths was well–founded. In those days, that was the way to get ahead.

But the world has changed. The global economy is not kind to yesterday’s diligent and dependable worker. The future belongs to quick–thinking people who are resourceful, ambitious and can take the initiative. This means that a 14–year–old who sees her working future as a kind of adventure, to be made up as she goes along is not necessarily being unrealistic.

However, she has to have the training and guidance to help her develop the right skills for today’s market; not the rigid preparation for a workplace that disappeared twenty years ago. Many young people are very aware of the pitfalls of the flexible workplace; they understand that redundancy, downsizing and freelancing are all part of modern working life, but no one is telling them how they might be able to turn the new rules of the employment game to their advantage. This is what they need to know if they are to make a life for themselves.

So what is to be done? A good first step would be to change the way in which schools prepare young people for adult life. The education system is becoming less flexible and more obsessed with traditional skills at just the time that the employment market is going in the opposite direction.

Accurate, up–to–date information on new jobs and qualifications can help guidance counsellors to help their students. Young people need solid information on the sort of training they need to pursue the career of their dreams. Also, a little bit of encouragement can go a long way. If nothing else, a bit of optimism from an adult can serve as an antidote to the constant criticism of teenagers in the press.

What, then, can we as parents do to help them? The best thing is to forget all the advice that your parents gave you, and step into your teenager’s shoes. Once you’ve done that, it’s easier to see how important it is that they learn how to be independent, resourceful and resilient. Give them the courage to follow their dreams –however odd they might sound right now. In a world that offers economic security to almost no one, imagination is a terrible thing to waste. 

The writer uses the phrase “aware of the pitfalls” to show that young people _______. 

A. feel that modern jobs are too flexible 

B. know about the problems of modern jobs 

C. don’t think they get enough training 

D. accept that they will be made redundant 

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31 tháng 7 2017

Kiến thức: Đọc hiểu

Giải thích:

Tác giả sử dụng cụm từ “Nhận thức về những cạm bẫy”, để chỉ ra rằng những người trẻ tuổi ___.

   A. cảm thấy rằng các công việc hiện đại quá linh hoạt

   B. hiểu về các vấn đề của công việc hiện đại

   C. không nghĩ rằng họ được đào tạo đầy đủ

   D. chấp nhận rằng họ sẽ bị dư thừa

Thông tin: Many young people are very aware of the pitfalls of the flexible workplace; they understand that redundancy, downsizing and freelancing are all part of modern working life, but no one is telling them how they might be able to turn the new rules of the employment game to their advantage.

Tạm dịch: Nhiều bạn trẻ rất ý thức về những cạm bẫy của nơi làm việc linh hoạt; họ hiểu rằng sự dư thừa, cắt giảm nhân sự và làm việc tự do đều là một phần của cuộc sống làm việc hiện đại, nhưng không ai nói cho họ biết làm thế nào họ có thể biến các quy tắc mới của trò chơi tìm việc làm thành lợi thế của họ.

Chọn B

Read the following passage and mark the letter A, B, C or D on your answer sheet to indicate the correct answer to each of the following questions. WHY DON’T YOU GET A PROPER JOB?She wants to be a singer; you think she should go for a long–term career with job security and eventually retire with a good pension. But a new report suggests that in fact she’s the practical one. Why do parents make terrible careers advisers? Today’s 14 and 15–year–olds are ambitious. They are optimistic...
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Read the following passage and mark the letter A, B, C or D on your answer sheet to indicate the correct answer to each of the following questions.

WHY DON’T YOU GET A PROPER JOB?

She wants to be a singer; you think she should go for a long–term career with job security and eventually retire with a good pension. But a new report suggests that in fact she’s the practical one. Why do parents make terrible careers advisers?

Today’s 14 and 15–year–olds are ambitious. They are optimistic about their prospects, but their career ideas are rather vague. Although 80% of them have no intention of following in their parents’ footsteps, 69% still turn to their parents for advice. They look at their working future in a different way to their parents.

A job for life is not in their vocabulary; neither is a dead–end but secure job that is boring but pays the bills. Almost half the boys surveyed expected that their hobbies would lead them into the right sort of job, while most girls seemed determined to avoid traditionally female careers such as nursing.

In the past, this might have counted as bad news. Certainly when I was 15, my guidance counsellors were horrified at my plans to become a writer. I’m glad I didn’t change my plans to suit them. Even so, their faith in rigid career paths was well–founded. In those days, that was the way to get ahead.

But the world has changed. The global economy is not kind to yesterday’s diligent and dependable worker. The future belongs to quick–thinking people who are resourceful, ambitious and can take the initiative. This means that a 14–year–old who sees her working future as a kind of adventure, to be made up as she goes along is not necessarily being unrealistic.

However, she has to have the training and guidance to help her develop the right skills for today’s market; not the rigid preparation for a workplace that disappeared twenty years ago. Many young people are very aware of the pitfalls of the flexible workplace; they understand that redundancy, downsizing and freelancing are all part of modern working life, but no one is telling them how they might be able to turn the new rules of the employment game to their advantage. This is what they need to know if they are to make a life for themselves.

So what is to be done? A good first step would be to change the way in which schools prepare young people for adult life. The education system is becoming less flexible and more obsessed with traditional skills at just the time that the employment market is going in the opposite direction.

Accurate, up–to–date information on new jobs and qualifications can help guidance counsellors to help their students. Young people need solid information on the sort of training they need to pursue the career of their dreams. Also, a little bit of encouragement can go a long way. If nothing else, a bit of optimism from an adult can serve as an antidote to the constant criticism of teenagers in the press.

What, then, can we as parents do to help them? The best thing is to forget all the advice that your parents gave you, and step into your teenager’s shoes. Once you’ve done that, it’s easier to see how important it is that they learn how to be independent, resourceful and resilient. Give them the courage to follow their dreams –however odd they might sound right now. In a world that offers economic security to almost no one, imagination is a terrible thing to waste.

What does the writer feel will happen if the education system does not change? 

A. Young people will be discouraged from working

B. Young people will receive mover criticism in the press

C. Young people will be unable to fulfill their potential

D. Young people will not be optimistic about their future

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7 tháng 8 2017

Kiến thức: Đọc hiểu

Giải thích:

Tác giả cảm thấy điều gì sẽ xảy ra nếu hệ thống giáo dục không thay đổi?

   A. Giới trẻ sẽ cảm thấy không hứng thú khi làm việc.

   B. Giới trẻ sẽ nhận được những lời chỉ trích trên báo chí.

   C. Giới trẻ sẽ không thể phát huy hết tiềm năng của họ.

   D. Giới trẻ sẽ không lạc quan về tương lai của họ.

Thông tin: but no one is telling them how they might be able to turn the new rules of the employment game to their advantage…So what is to be done? A good first step would be to change the way in which schools prepare young people for adult life…

Accurate, up–to–date information on new jobs and qualifications can help guidance counsellors to help their students. Young people need solid information on the sort of training they need to pursue the career of their dreams.

Tạm dịch: nhưng không ai nói cho họ biết làm thế nào họ có thể biến các quy tắc mới của trò chơi tìm việc làm thành lợi thế của họ…Vậy phải làm gì? Bước đầu tiên tốt là thay đổi cách các trường học chuẩn bị cho những người trẻ tuổi bước vào cuộc sống trưởng thành…

Thông tin chính xác, cập nhật về công việc và bằng cấp mới có thể giúp các cố vấn hướng dẫn giúp đỡ học sinh của mình. Những người trẻ tuổi cần thông tin vững chắc về loại đào tạo họ cần để theo đuổi nghề nghiệp họ mơ ước.

Chọn C

Dịch bài đọc:

TẠI SAO BẠN KHÔNG LỰA CHỌN MỘT CÔNG VIỆC PHÙ HỢP?

Cô ấy muốn trở thành một ca sĩ; bạn nghĩ rằng cô ấy nên lựa chọn một sự nghiệp lâu dài với sự ổn định trong công việc và cuối cùng về hưu với mức lương hưu tốt. Nhưng một báo cáo mới đây cho thấy rằng trên thực tế, cô ấy là người thực tế. Tại sao bố mẹ trở thành những vị cố vấn sự nghiệp tồi tệ?

Ngày nay, những cô bé cậu bé 14 và 15 tuổi đầy tham vọng. Họ lạc quan về triển vọng của mình, nhưng ý tưởng về nghề nghiệp của họ khá mơ hồ. Mặc dù 80% trong số họ không có ý định đi theo sự nghiệp của bố mẹ, nhưng 69% vẫn tìm đến bố mẹ để xin lời khuyên. Họ nhìn vào sự nghiệp tương lai theo một cách khác với bố mẹ của mình.

Một công việc cho cuộc sống không nằm trong vốn từ vựng của họ; đó không phải là một công việc cuối cùng nhưng ổn định và nhàm chán nhưng đủ để trả các hóa đơn. Gần một nửa các cậu bé được khảo sát mong rằng sở thích của họ sẽ giúp họ chọn được loại công việc phù hợp, trong khi hầu hết các cô gái dường như quyết tâm tránh các nghề nghiệp truyền thống của phụ nữ như điều dưỡng.

Trong quá khứ, điều này có thể được coi là tin xấu. Chắc chắn khi tôi 15 tuổi, các cố vấn hướng dẫn của tôi đã kinh hoàng trước kế hoạch trở thành nhà văn của tôi. Tôi rất vui vì tôi đã không thay đổi kế hoạch để phù hợp với họ. Mặc dù vậy, niềm tin của họ vào con đường sự nghiệp cứng nhắc là hoàn toàn có cơ sở. Trước đây, đó là cách để tiến bộ.

Nhưng thế giới đã thay đổi. Nền kinh tế toàn cầu không tử tế với người lao động siêng năng và đáng tin cậy của ngày hôm qua. Tương lai thuộc về những người tư duy nhanh, tháo vát, tham vọng và chủ động. Điều này có nghĩa là một cô bé 14 tuổi coi sự nghiệp tương lai của mình là một loại phiêu lưu, được hình thành nên khi em phát triển cùng hẳn là không thực tế.

Tuy nhiên, cô ấy phải được đào tạo và hướng dẫn để giúp phát triển các kỹ năng phù hợp cho thị trường ngày nay; không phải là sự chuẩn bị cứng nhắc cho một nơi làm việc mà đã biến mất hai mươi năm trước. Nhiều bạn trẻ rất ý thức về những cạm bẫy của nơi làm việc linh hoạt; họ hiểu rằng sự dư thừa, cắt giảm nhân sự và làm việc tự do đều là một phần của cuộc sống làm việc hiện đại, nhưng không ai nói cho họ biết làm thế nào họ có thể biến các quy tắc mới của trò chơi tìm việc làm thành lợi thế của họ. Đây là những gì họ cần biết nếu họ muốn tạo ra một cuộc sống cho chính họ.

Vậy phải làm gì? Bước đầu tiên tốt là thay đổi cách các trường học chuẩn bị cho những người trẻ tuổi bước vào cuộc sống trưởng thành. Hệ thống giáo dục đang trở nên kém linh hoạt và bị ám ảnh bởi các kỹ năng truyền thống trong thời điểm thị trường việc làm đang đi theo hướng ngược lại.

Thông tin chính xác, cập nhật về công việc và bằng cấp mới có thể giúp các cố vấn hướng dẫn giúp đỡ học sinh của mình. Những người trẻ tuổi cần thông tin vững chắc về loại đào tạo họ cần để theo đuổi nghề nghiệp họ mơ ước. Ngoài ra, một chút khích lệ có thể duy trì. Nếu không có gì khác, một chút lạc quan từ một người trưởng thành có thể đóng vai trò là liều thuốc trấn an cho những lời chỉ trích liên tục của thanh thiếu niên trên báo chí.

Vậy thì, những người cha mẹ như chúng ta có thể làm gì để giúp đỡ họ? Điều tốt nhất là quên đi tất cả những lời khuyên mà cha mẹ của bạn đã dành cho bạn, và đứng vào vị trí của con bạn. Một khi bạn đã làm điều đó, bạn sẽ dễ dàng nhận ra tầm quan trọng của việc họ học cách độc lập, tự lập và kiên cường. Hãy cho họ lòng can đảm để thực hiện ước mơ của mình – dù ngay bây giờ chúng nghe có vẻ kỳ lạ thế nào chăng nữa. Trong một thế giới không đảm bảo an ninh kinh tế cho bất kỳ ai, trí tưởng tượng là một điều tệ hại để lãng phí.

Read the following passage and mark the letter A, B, C or D on your answer sheet to indicate the best answer for each question from 33 to 39.       Most people need some preparation before they are ready for the workforce, and planning should begin long before it is time to start a career.       Many high school students don't yet know what they want to do. High school is a great time to start thinking about careers. Settling on just one occupation in high school isn't necessary, but they...
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Read the following passage and mark the letter A, B, C or D on your answer sheet to indicate the best answer for each question from 33 to 39.

      Most people need some preparation before they are ready for the workforce, and planning should begin long before it is time to start a career.

      Many high school students don't yet know what they want to do. High school is a great time to start thinking about careers. Settling on just one occupation in high school isn't necessary, but they should know how to explore careers and put time into investigating them and learning about their skills and interests.

      Understanding what you enjoy what you are good at is the first step in exploring careers. It is important to think about what you like to do because work will eventually be a big part of your life. Once you have thought about the subjects and activities you like best, the next step is to look for careers that put those interests to use. If you love sports, for example, you might consider a career as a gym teacher, or coach.

      Another approach to identifying potential career interests is to consider local employers and the types of jobs they have. There are many jobs in manufacturing and healthcare near the high school. Talking directly to workers can help you get information about what they do. If you don't know workers in occupations that interest you, ask people such as your parents, friends, or teacher for their contacts.

      If job shadowing give you taste of what an occupation is like, imagine how helpful getting experience could be. Students can begin getting career-related experiences in high school through internships, employment, and other activities. Completing an internship is an excellent way to get experience. Internships are temporary, supervised assignments designed to give student practical job training.

Which of the following is NOT mentioned as the way to identify career interests?

A. talking with your parents, friends, or teachers about careers 

B. investigating the local employers and the types of jobs they offer 

C. studying the subjects and activities you like best 

D. having contacts with workers in the sector you are interested in

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3 tháng 1 2019

Kiến thức: Đọc hiểu

Giải thích:

Điều nào sau đây KHÔNG được đề cập là cách để xác định mối quan tâm nghề nghiệp?

A. nói chuyện với cha mẹ, bạn bè hoặc giáo viên của bạn về nghề nghiệp

B. tìm hiểu các chủ lao động địa phương và các loại công việc họ cung cấp

C. học các môn học và hoạt động bạn thích nhất

D. có liên hệ với công nhân trong lĩnh vực mà bạn quan tâm

Thông tin:

- Another approach to identifying potential career interests is to consider local employers and the types of jobs they have.

- It is important to think about what you like to do because work will eventually be a big part of your life. Once you have thought about the subjects and activities you like best, the next step is to look for careers that put those interests to use.

- Talking directly to workers can help you get information about what they do. If you don't know workers in occupations that interest you, ask people such as your parents, friends, or teacher for their contacts.

Tạm dịch:

- Một cách tiếp cận khác để xác định các mối quan tâm nghề nghiệp tiềm năng là tìm hiểu các nhà tuyển dụng địa phương và các loại công việc họ có.

- Điều quan trọng là suy nghĩ về những gì bạn thích làm bởi vì công việc cuối cùng sẽ là một phần lớn trong cuộc sống của bạn. Một khi bạn đã nghĩ về các môn học và hoạt động bạn thích nhất, bước tiếp theo là tìm kiếm sự nghiệp đưa những sở thích đó vào sử dụng.

- Nói chuyện trực tiếp với công nhân có thể giúp bạn có được thông tin về những gì họ làm. Nếu bạn không biết người lao động trong các ngành nghề mà bạn quan tâm, hãy hỏi những người như cha mẹ, bạn bè hoặc giáo viên của bạn để biết địa chỉ liên hệ của họ.

Chỉ có đáp án A không được đề cập

Chọn A

Dịch bài đọc:

Hầu hết mọi người cần một số chuẩn bị trước khi họ sẵn sàng cho lao động, và kế hoạch nên bắt đầu từ lâu trước khi đến lúc bắt đầu nghề nghiệp.

Nhiều học sinh trung học chưa biết họ muốn làm gì. Trường trung học là một thời gian tuyệt vời để bắt đầu suy nghĩ về nghề nghiệp. Chọn chỉ một nghề nghiệp ở trường trung học là không cần thiết, nhưng họ nên biết cách khám phá nghề nghiệp và dành thời gian để xem xét chúng và tìm hiểu về các kỹ năng và sở thích của họ.

Hiểu những gì bạn thích những gì bạn giỏi là bước đầu tiên để khám phá nghề nghiệp. Điều quan trọng là suy nghĩ về những gì bạn thích làm bởi vì công việc cuối cùng sẽ là một phần lớn trong cuộc sống của bạn. Một khi bạn đã nghĩ về các môn học và hoạt động bạn thích nhất, bước tiếp theo là tìm kiếm nghề nghiệp đưa những sở thích đó vào sử dụng. Ví dụ, nếu bạn yêu thích thể thao, bạn có thể xem xét một nghề nghiệp như một giáo viên thể dục hoặc huấn luyện viên.

Một cách tiếp cận khác để xác định các mối quan tâm nghề nghiệp tiềm năng là xem xét các nhà tuyển dụng địa phương và các loại công việc họ có. Có rất nhiều công việc trong sản xuất và chăm sóc sức khỏe gần trường trung học. Nói chuyện trực tiếp với công nhân có thể giúp bạn có được thông tin về những gì họ làm. Nếu bạn không biết người lao động trong các ngành nghề mà bạn quan tâm, hãy hỏi những người như cha mẹ, bạn bè hoặc giáo viên của bạn để biết địa chỉ liên hệ của họ.

Nếu việc theo dõi công việc mang lại cho bạn cảm giác về nghề nghiệp là như thế nào, hãy tưởng tượng việc có được kinh nghiệm hữu ích như thế nào. Học sinh có thể bắt đầu có được kinh nghiệm liên quan đến nghề nghiệp ở trường trung học thông qua thực tập, việc làm và các hoạt động khác. Hoàn thành thực tập là một cách tuyệt vời để có được kinh nghiệm. Thực tập là tạm thời, bài tập có giám sát được thiết kế để cung cấp cho học sinh đào tạo công việc thực tế. 

Read the following passage and mark the letter A, B, C or D on your answer sheet to indicate the best answer for each question from 33 to 39.       Most people need some preparation before they are ready for the workforce, and planning should begin long before it is time to start a career.       Many high school students don't yet know what they want to do. High school is a great time to start thinking about careers. Settling on just one occupation in high school isn't necessary, but they...
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Read the following passage and mark the letter A, B, C or D on your answer sheet to indicate the best answer for each question from 33 to 39.

      Most people need some preparation before they are ready for the workforce, and planning should begin long before it is time to start a career.

      Many high school students don't yet know what they want to do. High school is a great time to start thinking about careers. Settling on just one occupation in high school isn't necessary, but they should know how to explore careers and put time into investigating them and learning about their skills and interests.

      Understanding what you enjoy what you are good at is the first step in exploring careers. It is important to think about what you like to do because work will eventually be a big part of your life. Once you have thought about the subjects and activities you like best, the next step is to look for careers that put those interests to use. If you love sports, for example, you might consider a career as a gym teacher, or coach.

      Another approach to identifying potential career interests is to consider local employers and the types of jobs they have. There are many jobs in manufacturing and healthcare near the high school. Talking directly to workers can help you get information about what they do. If you don't know workers in occupations that interest you, ask people such as your parents, friends, or teacher for their contacts.

      If job shadowing give you taste of what an occupation is like, imagine how helpful getting experience could be. Students can begin getting career-related experiences in high school through internships, employment, and other activities. Completing an internship is an excellent way to get experience. Internships are temporary, supervised assignments designed to give student practical job training.

The benefit of investigating the subjects and activities you like best is that ___________.

A. you can easily choose the suitable career path 

B. you can do whatever you want before start work 

C. you can learn about yourself and your interests

D. you can put your interests into activities at school

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Giải thích:

Lợi ích của việc xem xét các môn học và hoạt động bạn thích nhất là

A. bạn có thể dễ dàng chọn con đường nghề nghiệp phù hợp

B. bạn có thể làm bất cứ điều gì bạn muốn trước khi bắt đầu công việc

C. bạn có thể tìm hiểu về bản thân và sở thích của mình

D. bạn có thể đặt sở thích của mình vào các hoạt động ở trường

Thông tin: Understanding what you enjoy what you are good at is the first step in exploring careers. It is important to think about what you like to do because work will eventually be a big part of your life.

Tạm dịch: Hiểu những gì bạn thích những gì bạn giỏi là bước đầu tiên để khám phá nghề nghiệp. Điều quan trọng là suy nghĩ về những gì bạn thích làm bởi vì công việc cuối cùng sẽ là một phần lớn trong cuộc sống của bạn.

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