Read the following passage and mark the letter A, B, C, or V to indicate the correct answer to each of the question.How...

Read the following passage and mark the letter A, B, C, or V to indicate the correct answer to each of the question.

How busy is too busy? For some it means having to miss the occasional long lunch; for others, it means missing lunch altogether. For a few, it is not being able to take a "sickie" once a month. Then there is a group of people for whom working every evening and weekend is normal, and frantic is the tempo of their lives. For most senior executives, workloads swing between extremely busy and frenzied. The vice-president of the management consultancy AT Kearney and its head of telecommunications for the Asia-Pacific region, Neil Plumridge, says his work weeks vary from a “manageable” 45 hours to 80 hours, but average 60 hours.

Three warning signs alert Plumridge about his workload: sleep, scheduling and family. He knows he has too much on when he gets less than six hours of sleep for three consecutive nights; when he is constantly having to reschedule appointments; "and the third one is on the family side", says Plumridge, the father of a three-year-old daughter, and expecting a second child in October. "If I happen to miss a birthday or anniversary, I know things are out of control." Being "too busy" is highly subjective. But for any individual, the perception of being too busy over a prolonged period can start showing up as stress: disturbed sleep, and declining mental and physical health. National workers' compensation figures show stress causes the most lost time of any workplace injury. Employees suffering stress are off work an average of 16.6 weeks. The effects of stress are also expensive. Comcare, the Federal Government insurer, reports that in 2003-04, claims for psychological injury accounted for 7% of claims but almost 27% of claim costs. Experts say the key to dealing with stress is not to focus on relief - a game of golf or a massage - but to reassess workloads. Neil Plumridge says he makes it a priority to work out what has to change; that might mean allocating extra resources to a job, allowing more time or changing expectations. The decision may take several days. He also relies on the advice of colleagues, saying his peers coach each other with business problems. "Just a fresh pair of eyes over an issue can help," he says.

Executive stress is not confined to big organizations. Vanessa Stoykov has been running her own advertising and public relations business for seven years, specializing in work for financial and professional services firms, Evolution Media has grown so fast that it debuted on the BRW Fast 100 list of fastest-growing small enterprises last year - just after Stoykov had her first child. Stoykov thrives on the mental stimulation of running her own business. "Like everyone, I have the occasional day when I think my head's going to blow off," she says. Because of the growth phase the business is in, Stoykov has to concentrate on short-term stress relief - weekends in the mountains, the occasional "mental health" day -rather than delegating more work, She says: “We're hiring more people, but you need to train them, teach them about the culture and the clients, so it's actually more work rather than less.”

According to the vice-president of the management consultancy AT Kearney and its head of telecommunications for the Asia-Pacific region, Neil Plumridge, what is NOT the warning sign about his workload?

A. not having enough time to sleep

B. continuously rearranging his appointments

C. not being able to attend his family's celebrations

D. spending too much time for his family and children

1

NH

Nguyen Hoang Hai

25 tháng 8 2018

Đáp án D

Theo phó chủ tịch của Công ty tư vấn quản lý AT Kearney và người đứng đầu bộ phận viễn thông khu vực Châu Á - Thái Binh Dương, Neil Plumridge, câu nào sau đây không phải là tín hiệu cảnh báo về khối lượng công việc của ông ấy?

A. không đủ thời gian để ngủ

B. liên tiếp sắp xếp lại các cuộc hẹn

C. không thể tham dự các lễ kỉ niệm trong gia đình

D. sử dụng quá nhiều thời gian cho gia đình và con cái của ông ấy

Từ khóa: Neil Plumridge/ not true / the warning sign about his workload

Căn cứ vào thông tin đoạn 2:

“Three warning signs alert Plumridge about his workload: sleep, scheduling and family. He knows he has too much on when he gets less than six hours of sleep for three consecutive nights; when he is constantly having to reschedule appointments; “and the third one is on the family side”, says Piumridge, the father of a three-year-old daughter, and expecting a second child in October. “If I happen to miss a birthday or anniversary, I know things are out of control.”

(Ba tín hiệu cảnh báo Plumridge về khối lượng công việc của ông ấy là: giấc ngủ, lịch trình công việc và gia đình. Ông ấy biết mình đang phải làm việc quá nhiều khi ông ấy có 3 đêm liên tiếp ngủ ít hơn 6 tiếng; khi ông ấy liên tục phải điều chỉnh lịch các cuộc họp; và mặt thứ 3 là về phía gia đình, ông Plumridge, bố của một đứa con gái 3 tuổi và đang chờ đợi đứa con thứ 2 vào tháng 10, cho biết “Nếu tôi bỏ lỡ một ngày sinh nhật hay một lễ kỉ niệm, tôi biết mọi thứ đang vượt ngoài tầm kiểm soát.

Read the following passage and mark the letter A, B, C, or V to indicate the correct answer to each of the question.How busy is too busy? For some it means having to miss the occasional long lunch; for others, it means missing lunch altogether. For a few, it is not being able to take a "sickie" once a month. Then there is a group of people for whom working every evening and weekend is normal, and frantic is the tempo of their lives. For most senior executives, workloads swing between extremely...

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Dương Minh

2 tháng 5 2017

Read the following passage and mark the letter A, B, C, or V to indicate the correct answer to each of the question.

How busy is too busy? For some it means having to miss the occasional long lunch; for others, it means missing lunch altogether. For a few, it is not being able to take a "sickie" once a month. Then there is a group of people for whom working every evening and weekend is normal, and frantic is the tempo of their lives. For most senior executives, workloads swing between extremely busy and frenzied. The vice-president of the management consultancy AT Kearney and its head of telecommunications for the Asia-Pacific region, Neil Plumridge, says his work weeks vary from a “manageable” 45 hours to 80 hours, but average 60 hours.

Three warning signs alert Plumridge about his workload: sleep, scheduling and family. He knows he has too much on when he gets less than six hours of sleep for three consecutive nights; when he is constantly having to reschedule appointments; "and the third one is on the family side", says Plumridge, the father of a three-year-old daughter, and expecting a second child in October. "If I happen to miss a birthday or anniversary, I know things are out of control." Being "too busy" is highly subjective. But for any individual, the perception of being too busy over a prolonged period can start showing up as stress: disturbed sleep, and declining mental and physical health. National workers' compensation figures show stress causes the most lost time of any workplace injury. Employees suffering stress are off work an average of 16.6 weeks. The effects of stress are also expensive. Comcare, the Federal Government insurer, reports that in 2003-04, claims for psychological injury accounted for 7% of claims but almost 27% of claim costs. Experts say the key to dealing with stress is not to focus on relief - a game of golf or a massage - but to reassess workloads. Neil Plumridge says he makes it a priority to work out what has to change; that might mean allocating extra resources to a job, allowing more time or changing expectations. The decision may take several days. He also relies on the advice of colleagues, saying his peers coach each other with business problems. "Just a fresh pair of eyes over an issue can help," he says.

Executive stress is not confined to big organizations. Vanessa Stoykov has been running her own advertising and public relations business for seven years, specializing in work for financial and professional services firms, Evolution Media has grown so fast that it debuted on the BRW Fast 100 list of fastest-growing small enterprises last year - just after Stoykov had her first child. Stoykov thrives on the mental stimulation of running her own business. "Like everyone, I have the occasional day when I think my head's going to blow off," she says. Because of the growth phase the business is in, Stoykov has to concentrate on short-term stress relief - weekends in the mountains, the occasional "mental health" day -rather than delegating more work, She says: “We're hiring more people, but you need to train them, teach them about the culture and the clients, so it's actually more work rather than less.”

The word "consecutive" in paragraph 2 mostly means ______.

A. interrupted

B. solitary

C. successive

D. intermittent

1

NH

Nguyen Hoang Hai

2 tháng 5 2017

Đáp án C

Từ "consecutive" trong đoạn 2 gần như có nghĩa là ____________.

A. gián đoạn B. một mình C. liên tiếp D. không liên tục

Từ đồng nghĩa: consecutive (liên tục) = successive

Three warning signs alert Plumridge about his workload: sleep, scheduling and family. He knows he has too much on when he gets less than six hours of sleep for three consecutive nights; when he is constantly having to reschedule appointments; “and the third one is on the family side”, says Plumridge, the father of a three-year-old daughter, and expecting a second child in October.

(Ba tín hiệu cảnh báo Plumridge về khối lượng công việc của ông ấy là: giấc ngủ, lịch trình công việc và gia đình. Ông ấy biết mình đang phải làm việc quá nhiều khi ông ấy có 3 đêm liên tiếp ngủ ít hơn 6 tiếng; khi ông ấy liên tục phải điều chỉnh lịch các cuộc họp; và mặt thứ 3 là về phia gia đình, ông Plumridge, bố của một đứa con gái 3 tuổi và đang chờ đợi đứa con thứ 2 vào tháng 10, cho biết).

Read the following passage and mark the letter A, B, C, or V to indicate the correct answer to each of the question.How busy is too busy? For some it means having to miss the occasional long lunch; for others, it means missing lunch altogether. For a few, it is not being able to take a "sickie" once a month. Then there is a group of people for whom working every evening and weekend is normal, and frantic is the tempo of their lives. For most senior executives, workloads swing between extremely...

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Dương Minh

13 tháng 6 2017

Read the following passage and mark the letter A, B, C, or V to indicate the correct answer to each of the question.

How busy is too busy? For some it means having to miss the occasional long lunch; for others, it means missing lunch altogether. For a few, it is not being able to take a "sickie" once a month. Then there is a group of people for whom working every evening and weekend is normal, and frantic is the tempo of their lives. For most senior executives, workloads swing between extremely busy and frenzied. The vice-president of the management consultancy AT Kearney and its head of telecommunications for the Asia-Pacific region, Neil Plumridge, says his work weeks vary from a “manageable” 45 hours to 80 hours, but average 60 hours.

Three warning signs alert Plumridge about his workload: sleep, scheduling and family. He knows he has too much on when he gets less than six hours of sleep for three consecutive nights; when he is constantly having to reschedule appointments; "and the third one is on the family side", says Plumridge, the father of a three-year-old daughter, and expecting a second child in October. "If I happen to miss a birthday or anniversary, I know things are out of control." Being "too busy" is highly subjective. But for any individual, the perception of being too busy over a prolonged period can start showing up as stress: disturbed sleep, and declining mental and physical health. National workers' compensation figures show stress causes the most lost time of any workplace injury. Employees suffering stress are off work an average of 16.6 weeks. The effects of stress are also expensive. Comcare, the Federal Government insurer, reports that in 2003-04, claims for psychological injury accounted for 7% of claims but almost 27% of claim costs. Experts say the key to dealing with stress is not to focus on relief - a game of golf or a massage - but to reassess workloads. Neil Plumridge says he makes it a priority to work out what has to change; that might mean allocating extra resources to a job, allowing more time or changing expectations. The decision may take several days. He also relies on the advice of colleagues, saying his peers coach each other with business problems. "Just a fresh pair of eyes over an issue can help," he says.

Executive stress is not confined to big organizations. Vanessa Stoykov has been running her own advertising and public relations business for seven years, specializing in work for financial and professional services firms, Evolution Media has grown so fast that it debuted on the BRW Fast 100 list of fastest-growing small enterprises last year - just after Stoykov had her first child. Stoykov thrives on the mental stimulation of running her own business. "Like everyone, I have the occasional day when I think my head's going to blow off," she says. Because of the growth phase the business is in, Stoykov has to concentrate on short-term stress relief - weekends in the mountains, the occasional "mental health" day -rather than delegating more work, She says: “We're hiring more people, but you need to train them, teach them about the culture and the clients, so it's actually more work rather than less.”

It can be inferred from the passage that ______.

A. stress appears in almost every position in workplace.

B. employees working in big organizations will suffer more stress than others.

C. the more the business grows, the more stress people get.

D. good colleagues can help to reduce stress.

1

NH

Nguyen Hoang Hai

13 tháng 6 2017

Đáp án A

Có thể suy ra từ đoạn văn rằng ___________.

A. áp lực xuất hiện ở hầu hết các vị trí ở nơi làm việc.

B. những người lao động làm việc ở các tổ chức lớn sẽ chịu áp lực nhiều hơn những tổ chức khác.

C. kinh doanh càng phát triển, mọi người càng bị áp lực hơn.

D. các đồng nghiệp giỏi có thể giúp làm giảm áp lực.

Căn cứ các thông tin trong bài:

For most senior executives, workloads swing between extremely busy and frenzied. (Với hầu hết các nhà quản trị cấp cao, khối lượng công việc dao động giữa cực kì bận rộn và điên cuồng).

Employees suffering stress are off work an average of 16.6 weeks. (Nhân viên bị căng thẳng nghỉ làm trung bình 16.6 tuần.)

Executive stress is not conﬁned to big organizations. (Áp lực quản trị không chỉ giới hạn ở các tổ chức lớn).

Read the following passage and mark the letter A, B, C, or V to indicate the correct answer to each of the question.How busy is too busy? For some it means having to miss the occasional long lunch; for others, it means missing lunch altogether. For a few, it is not being able to take a "sickie" once a month. Then there is a group of people for whom working every evening and weekend is normal, and frantic is the tempo of their lives. For most senior executives, workloads swing between extremely...

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Dương Minh

19 tháng 4 2017

Read the following passage and mark the letter A, B, C, or V to indicate the correct answer to each of the question.

How busy is too busy? For some it means having to miss the occasional long lunch; for others, it means missing lunch altogether. For a few, it is not being able to take a "sickie" once a month. Then there is a group of people for whom working every evening and weekend is normal, and frantic is the tempo of their lives. For most senior executives, workloads swing between extremely busy and frenzied. The vice-president of the management consultancy AT Kearney and its head of telecommunications for the Asia-Pacific region, Neil Plumridge, says his work weeks vary from a “manageable” 45 hours to 80 hours, but average 60 hours.

Three warning signs alert Plumridge about his workload: sleep, scheduling and family. He knows he has too much on when he gets less than six hours of sleep for three consecutive nights; when he is constantly having to reschedule appointments; "and the third one is on the family side", says Plumridge, the father of a three-year-old daughter, and expecting a second child in October. "If I happen to miss a birthday or anniversary, I know things are out of control." Being "too busy" is highly subjective. But for any individual, the perception of being too busy over a prolonged period can start showing up as stress: disturbed sleep, and declining mental and physical health. National workers' compensation figures show stress causes the most lost time of any workplace injury. Employees suffering stress are off work an average of 16.6 weeks. The effects of stress are also expensive. Comcare, the Federal Government insurer, reports that in 2003-04, claims for psychological injury accounted for 7% of claims but almost 27% of claim costs. Experts say the key to dealing with stress is not to focus on relief - a game of golf or a massage - but to reassess workloads. Neil Plumridge says he makes it a priority to work out what has to change; that might mean allocating extra resources to a job, allowing more time or changing expectations. The decision may take several days. He also relies on the advice of colleagues, saying his peers coach each other with business problems. "Just a fresh pair of eyes over an issue can help," he says.

Executive stress is not confined to big organizations. Vanessa Stoykov has been running her own advertising and public relations business for seven years, specializing in work for financial and professional services firms, Evolution Media has grown so fast that it debuted on the BRW Fast 100 list of fastest-growing small enterprises last year - just after Stoykov had her first child. Stoykov thrives on the mental stimulation of running her own business. "Like everyone, I have the occasional day when I think my head's going to blow off," she says. Because of the growth phase the business is in, Stoykov has to concentrate on short-term stress relief - weekends in the mountains, the occasional "mental health" day -rather than delegating more work, She says: “We're hiring more people, but you need to train them, teach them about the culture and the clients, so it's actually more work rather than less.”

As mentioned in paragraph 2, the following sentences are true about the work stress, EXCEPT ______.

A. Disturbed sleep and reducing mental and physical health are the symptom of being too busy.

B. The lost time caused by stress ranks last in comparison with other workplace injuries.

C. The cost paid for psychological injury was rather high.

D. Relief is not the effective way to cope with stress.

1

NH

Nguyen Hoang Hai

19 tháng 4 2017

Đáp án B

Như đã để cập trong đoạn 2, những câu sau đây là đúng về áp lực công việc, ngoại trừ ____.

A. giấc ngủ bị xáo trộn và suy giảm sức khỏe thể chất và tinh thần là triệu chứng của việc quá bận rộn.

B. Thời gian bị mất do áp lực xếp sau cùng so với các thương tổn khác ở nơi làm việc.

C. Chi phí chi trả cho các sang chẩn tâm lý là khá cao.

D. Việc giải tỏa không phải là cách hữu hiệu để giải quyết áp lực.

Từ khóa: true/ the work stress/ except

Căn cứ vào thông tin đoạn 2:

“But for any individual, the perception of being too busy over a prolonged period can start showing up as stress: disturbed sleep, and declining mental and physical health. National workers’ compensation ﬁgures Show stress causes the most lost time of any workplace injury. Employees suffering stress are off work an average of 16.6 Weeks. The effects of stressﬁl are also expensive. Federal Government insurer, reports that in 2003-04, claims for psychological injury accounted for 7% of claims but almost 27% of claim costs. Experts say the key to dealing with stress is not to focus on relief — a game of golf or a massage - but to reassess workloads.

(Nhưng với bất kì cá nhân nào, các dấu hiệu về việc quá bận rộn trong một thời gian dài có thể bắt đầu xuất hiện dưới dạng các căng thẳng: giấc ngủ bị xáo trộn và sự suy giảm sức khỏe thể chất và tinh thần. Số liệu bồi thường cho công nhân cả nước chỉ ra rằng áp lực gây mất thời gian nhiều nhất so với bất kì thương tổn nào ở nơi làm việc. Nhân viên bị căng thẳng nghỉ làm trung bình 16.6 tuần. Những tác động của căng thẳng cũng rất tốn kém. Công ty bảo hiểm của Chính phủ Liên bang báo cáo rằng trong 2 năm 2003 - 2004, các yêu cầu bồi thường cho sang chấn tâm lý chiếm 7% tổng số ca, nhưng chiếm gần 27% chi phí đền bù. Các nhà chuyên gia cho biết chìa khóa để đương đầu với căng thẳng không phải là tập trung vào việc giải tỏa - một trận golf hay mát xa - mà là đánh giá lại khối lượng công việc).

Read the following passage and mark the letter A, B, C, or V to indicate the correct answer to each of the question.How busy is too busy? For some it means having to miss the occasional long lunch; for others, it means missing lunch altogether. For a few, it is not being able to take a "sickie" once a month. Then there is a group of people for whom working every evening and weekend is normal, and frantic is the tempo of their lives. For most senior executives, workloads swing between extremely...

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Dương Minh

5 tháng 1 2020

Read the following passage and mark the letter A, B, C, or V to indicate the correct answer to each of the question.

How busy is too busy? For some it means having to miss the occasional long lunch; for others, it means missing lunch altogether. For a few, it is not being able to take a "sickie" once a month. Then there is a group of people for whom working every evening and weekend is normal, and frantic is the tempo of their lives. For most senior executives, workloads swing between extremely busy and frenzied. The vice-president of the management consultancy AT Kearney and its head of telecommunications for the Asia-Pacific region, Neil Plumridge, says his work weeks vary from a “manageable” 45 hours to 80 hours, but average 60 hours.

Three warning signs alert Plumridge about his workload: sleep, scheduling and family. He knows he has too much on when he gets less than six hours of sleep for three consecutive nights; when he is constantly having to reschedule appointments; "and the third one is on the family side", says Plumridge, the father of a three-year-old daughter, and expecting a second child in October. "If I happen to miss a birthday or anniversary, I know things are out of control." Being "too busy" is highly subjective. But for any individual, the perception of being too busy over a prolonged period can start showing up as stress: disturbed sleep, and declining mental and physical health. National workers' compensation figures show stress causes the most lost time of any workplace injury. Employees suffering stress are off work an average of 16.6 weeks. The effects of stress are also expensive. Comcare, the Federal Government insurer, reports that in 2003-04, claims for psychological injury accounted for 7% of claims but almost 27% of claim costs. Experts say the key to dealing with stress is not to focus on relief - a game of golf or a massage - but to reassess workloads. Neil Plumridge says he makes it a priority to work out what has to change; that might mean allocating extra resources to a job, allowing more time or changing expectations. The decision may take several days. He also relies on the advice of colleagues, saying his peers coach each other with business problems. "Just a fresh pair of eyes over an issue can help," he says.

Executive stress is not confined to big organizations. Vanessa Stoykov has been running her own advertising and public relations business for seven years, specializing in work for financial and professional services firms, Evolution Media has grown so fast that it debuted on the BRW Fast 100 list of fastest-growing small enterprises last year - just after Stoykov had her first child. Stoykov thrives on the mental stimulation of running her own business. "Like everyone, I have the occasional day when I think my head's going to blow off," she says. Because of the growth phase the business is in, Stoykov has to concentrate on short-term stress relief - weekends in the mountains, the occasional "mental health" day -rather than delegating more work, She says: “We're hiring more people, but you need to train them, teach them about the culture and the clients, so it's actually more work rather than less.”

According to the last paragraph, what measure does Vanessa Stoykov take to reduce work stress?

A. delegating more work

B. taking brief vacations on weekends

C. hiring more people

D. allowing more time or changing expectations

1

NH

Nguyen Hoang Hai

5 tháng 1 2020

Đáp án B

Theo đoạn văn cuối, giải pháp nào mà Vanessa Stoykov đã thực hiện để làm giảm căng thẳng công việc?

A. giao phó nhiều việc hơn

B. đi nghỉ vào các cuối tuần

C. thuê thêm nhiều lao động

D. cho phép thêm thời gian hay thay đổi kì vọng

Từ khóa: measure j Vanessa Stoykov/ reduce work stress

Căn cứ thông tin đoạn 3:

"Because of the growth phase the business is in, Stoykov has to concentrate on short - term stress relief - weekends in the mountains, the occasional "mental health" day - rather than delegating more work. She says: “We’re hiring more people, but you need to train them, teach them about the culture and the clients, so it’s actually more work rather than less."

(Bởi vì đang là giai đoạn tăng trưởng của công việc kinh doanh, Stoykov phải tập trung vào việc giảm các áp lực ngắn hạn - những ngày cuối tuần ở vùng núi, thỉnh thoảng có một ngày chăm sóc sức khỏe tinh thần - hơn là giao phó thêm nhiều việc. Cô ấy cho biết: “chúng tôi đang thuê thêm rất

nhiều người lao động, nhưng bạn cần phải đào tạo họ, dạy cho họ về văn hóa và khách hàng, vì vậy, đó thực sự là có nhiều việc hơn chứ không phải ít hơn”).

Read the following passage and mark the letter A, B, C, or V to indicate the correct answer to each of the question.How busy is too busy? For some it means having to miss the occasional long lunch; for others, it means missing lunch altogether. For a few, it is not being able to take a "sickie" once a month. Then there is a group of people for whom working every evening and weekend is normal, and frantic is the tempo of their lives. For most senior executives, workloads swing between extremely...

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Dương Minh

11 tháng 1 2017

Read the following passage and mark the letter A, B, C, or V to indicate the correct answer to each of the question.

How busy is too busy? For some it means having to miss the occasional long lunch; for others, it means missing lunch altogether. For a few, it is not being able to take a "sickie" once a month. Then there is a group of people for whom working every evening and weekend is normal, and frantic is the tempo of their lives. For most senior executives, workloads swing between extremely busy and frenzied. The vice-president of the management consultancy AT Kearney and its head of telecommunications for the Asia-Pacific region, Neil Plumridge, says his work weeks vary from a “manageable” 45 hours to 80 hours, but average 60 hours.

Three warning signs alert Plumridge about his workload: sleep, scheduling and family. He knows he has too much on when he gets less than six hours of sleep for three consecutive nights; when he is constantly having to reschedule appointments; "and the third one is on the family side", says Plumridge, the father of a three-year-old daughter, and expecting a second child in October. "If I happen to miss a birthday or anniversary, I know things are out of control." Being "too busy" is highly subjective. But for any individual, the perception of being too busy over a prolonged period can start showing up as stress: disturbed sleep, and declining mental and physical health. National workers' compensation figures show stress causes the most lost time of any workplace injury. Employees suffering stress are off work an average of 16.6 weeks. The effects of stress are also expensive. Comcare, the Federal Government insurer, reports that in 2003-04, claims for psychological injury accounted for 7% of claims but almost 27% of claim costs. Experts say the key to dealing with stress is not to focus on relief - a game of golf or a massage - but to reassess workloads. Neil Plumridge says he makes it a priority to work out what has to change; that might mean allocating extra resources to a job, allowing more time or changing expectations. The decision may take several days. He also relies on the advice of colleagues, saying his peers coach each other with business problems. "Just a fresh pair of eyes over an issue can help," he says.

Executive stress is not confined to big organizations. Vanessa Stoykov has been running her own advertising and public relations business for seven years, specializing in work for financial and professional services firms, Evolution Media has grown so fast that it debuted on the BRW Fast 100 list of fastest-growing small enterprises last year - just after Stoykov had her first child. Stoykov thrives on the mental stimulation of running her own business. "Like everyone, I have the occasional day when I think my head's going to blow off," she says. Because of the growth phase the business is in, Stoykov has to concentrate on short-term stress relief - weekends in the mountains, the occasional "mental health" day -rather than delegating more work, She says: “We're hiring more people, but you need to train them, teach them about the culture and the clients, so it's actually more work rather than less.”

What does the word "he" in paragraph 2 refer to?

A. Comcare, the Federal Government insurer

B. Expert

C. Neil Plumridge, The vice-president of the management consultancy AT Kearney

D. Employee

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Nguyen Hoang Hai

11 tháng 1 2017

Đáp án C

Từ “he” trong đoạn 2 để cập đến từ nào?

A. Comcare, Công ty Bảo hiểm Liên bang

B. chuyên gia

C. Neil Plumridge, phó chủ tịch của Công ty tư vấn quản lý AT Kearney

D. Người lao động

Căn cứ thông tin đoạn 2:

Neil Plumridge says he makes it a priority to work out what has to change; that might mean allocating extra resources to a job, allowing more time or changing expectations. The decision may take several days. He also relies on the advice of colleagues, saying his peers coach each other with

business problems.

(Neil Plumridge nói rằng ông ấy ưu tiên việc tìm ra những gì phải thay đổi; điều đó có thể là phân bổ thêm nguồn lực cho 1 công việc, cho phép thêm nhiều thời gian hay thay đổi kì vọng. Quyết định đưa ra có thể mất vài ngày. Ông ấy cũng dựa vào lời khuyên của các đồng nghiệp, ông ấy nói rằng các đồng nghiệp của ông chỉ bảo cho nhau về các vấn đề kinh doanh).

Read the following passage and mark the letter A, B, C, or V to indicate the correct answer to each of the question.How busy is too busy? For some it means having to miss the occasional long lunch; for others, it means missing lunch altogether. For a few, it is not being able to take a "sickie" once a month. Then there is a group of people for whom working every evening and weekend is normal, and frantic is the tempo of their lives. For most senior executives, workloads swing between extremely...

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Dương Minh

24 tháng 11 2019

Read the following passage and mark the letter A, B, C, or V to indicate the correct answer to each of the question.

How busy is too busy? For some it means having to miss the occasional long lunch; for others, it means missing lunch altogether. For a few, it is not being able to take a "sickie" once a month. Then there is a group of people for whom working every evening and weekend is normal, and frantic is the tempo of their lives. For most senior executives, workloads swing between extremely busy and frenzied. The vice-president of the management consultancy AT Kearney and its head of telecommunications for the Asia-Pacific region, Neil Plumridge, says his work weeks vary from a “manageable” 45 hours to 80 hours, but average 60 hours.

Three warning signs alert Plumridge about his workload: sleep, scheduling and family. He knows he has too much on when he gets less than six hours of sleep for three consecutive nights; when he is constantly having to reschedule appointments; "and the third one is on the family side", says Plumridge, the father of a three-year-old daughter, and expecting a second child in October. "If I happen to miss a birthday or anniversary, I know things are out of control." Being "too busy" is highly subjective. But for any individual, the perception of being too busy over a prolonged period can start showing up as stress: disturbed sleep, and declining mental and physical health. National workers' compensation figures show stress causes the most lost time of any workplace injury. Employees suffering stress are off work an average of 16.6 weeks. The effects of stress are also expensive. Comcare, the Federal Government insurer, reports that in 2003-04, claims for psychological injury accounted for 7% of claims but almost 27% of claim costs. Experts say the key to dealing with stress is not to focus on relief - a game of golf or a massage - but to reassess workloads. Neil Plumridge says he makes it a priority to work out what has to change; that might mean allocating extra resources to a job, allowing more time or changing expectations. The decision may take several days. He also relies on the advice of colleagues, saying his peers coach each other with business problems. "Just a fresh pair of eyes over an issue can help," he says.

Executive stress is not confined to big organizations. Vanessa Stoykov has been running her own advertising and public relations business for seven years, specializing in work for financial and professional services firms, Evolution Media has grown so fast that it debuted on the BRW Fast 100 list of fastest-growing small enterprises last year - just after Stoykov had her first child. Stoykov thrives on the mental stimulation of running her own business. "Like everyone, I have the occasional day when I think my head's going to blow off," she says. Because of the growth phase the business is in, Stoykov has to concentrate on short-term stress relief - weekends in the mountains, the occasional "mental health" day -rather than delegating more work, She says: “We're hiring more people, but you need to train them, teach them about the culture and the clients, so it's actually more work rather than less.”

The word "reassess" in the second paragraph is closest in meaning to______.

A. re-evaluate

B. consider

C. reduce

D. estimate

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Nguyen Hoang Hai

24 tháng 11 2019

Đáp án A

Từ “reassess” trong đoạn 2 gần nghĩa nhất với từ _________.

A. đánh giá lại B. xem xét C. làm giảm D. ước tính

Từ đồng nghĩa: reassess (đánh giá lại) = re-evaluate

Experts say the key to dealing with stress is not to focus on relief - a game of golf or a massage - but to reassess workloads (Các nhà chuyên gia cho biết chìa khóa để đương đầu với căng thẳng không phải là tập trung vào việc giải tỏa - một trận golf hay mát xa - mà là đánh giá lại khối lượng công việc).

* 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 questions from 43 to 50.Cooperation is the common endeavor of two or more people to perform a task or reach a jointly cherished goal. Like competition and conflict, there are different forms of cooperation, based on group organization and attitudes.In the first form, known as primary cooperation, group and individual fuse. The group contains nearly all of each...

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Dương Minh

31 tháng 7 2018

* 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 questions from 43 to 50.

Cooperation is the common endeavor of two or more people to perform a task or reach a jointly cherished goal. Like competition and conflict, there are different forms of cooperation, based on group organization and attitudes.

In the first form, known as primary cooperation, group and individual fuse. The group contains nearly all of each individual’s life. The rewards of the group’s work are shared with each member. There is an interlocking identity of individual, group and task performed. Means and goals become one, for cooperation itself is valued.

While primary cooperation is most often characteristic of preliterature societies, secondary cooperation is characteristic of many modem societies. In secondary cooperation, individuals devote only part of their lives to the group. Cooperation itself is not a value. Most members of the group feel loyalty, but the welfare of the group is not the first consideration. Members perform tasks so that they can separately enjoy the fruits of their cooperation in the form of salary, prestige, or power. Business offices and professional athletic teams are examples of secondary cooperation.

In the third type, called tertiary cooperation or accommodation, latent conflict underlies the shared work. The attitudes of the cooperating parties are purely opportunistic: the organization is loose and fragile. Accommodation involves common means to achieve antagonistic goals: it breaks down when the common means cease to aid each party in reaching its goals. This is not, strictly speaking, cooperation at all, and hence the somewhat contradictory term antagonistic cooperation is sometimes used for this relationship.

Which of the following is NOT given as a name for the third type of cooperation?

A. Accommodation

B. Latent conflict

C. Tertiary cooperation

D. Antagonistic cooperation

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Nguyen Hoang Hai

31 tháng 7 2018

ĐÁP ÁN B

Thông tin: In the third type, called tertiary cooperation or accommodation, latent conflict underlies the shared work ... This is not, strictly speaking, cooperation at all, and hence the somewhat contradictory term antagonistic cooperation is sometimes used for this relationship.

Dịch nghĩa: Trong loại thứ ba, gọi là hợp tác thứ ba hoặc sự thỏa thuận, xung đột tiềm ẩn là cơ sở cho công việc chung ... Đây không phải là, nói một cách nghiêm khắc, sự hợp tác một chút nào, và vì thế thuật ngữ hơi đối lập là hợp tác đối kháng thỉnh thoảng được dùng cho mối quan hệ này.

Như vậy “tertiary cooperation”, “accommodation” và “antagonistic cooperation” đều là tên gọi cho sự hợp tác loại 3. Chỉ có “latent conflict” là không phải, mà là sự giải thích về bản chất của loại hợp tác này.

* 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 questions from 43 to 50.Cooperation is the common endeavor of two or more people to perform a task or reach a jointly cherished goal. Like competition and conflict, there are different forms of cooperation, based on group organization and attitudes.In the first form, known as primary cooperation, group and individual fuse. The group contains nearly all of each...

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Dương Minh

10 tháng 7 2019

* 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 questions from 43 to 50.

Cooperation is the common endeavor of two or more people to perform a task or reach a jointly cherished goal. Like competition and conflict, there are different forms of cooperation, based on group organization and attitudes.

In the first form, known as primary cooperation, group and individual fuse. The group contains nearly all of each individual’s life. The rewards of the group’s work are shared with each member. There is an interlocking identity of individual, group and task performed. Means and goals become one, for cooperation itself is valued.

While primary cooperation is most often characteristic of preliterature societies, secondary cooperation is characteristic of many modem societies. In secondary cooperation, individuals devote only part of their lives to the group. Cooperation itself is not a value. Most members of the group feel loyalty, but the welfare of the group is not the first consideration. Members perform tasks so that they can separately enjoy the fruits of their cooperation in the form of salary, prestige, or power. Business offices and professional athletic teams are examples of secondary cooperation.

In the third type, called tertiary cooperation or accommodation, latent conflict underlies the shared work. The attitudes of the cooperating parties are purely opportunistic: the organization is loose and fragile. Accommodation involves common means to achieve antagonistic goals: it breaks down when the common means cease to aid each party in reaching its goals. This is not, strictly speaking, cooperation at all, and hence the somewhat contradictory term antagonistic cooperation is sometimes used for this relationship.

Which of the following is an example of the third form of cooperation as it is defined in the fourth paragraph?

A. Members of a farming community share work and the food that they grow

B. Two rival political parties temporarily work together to defeat a third party

C. Students form a study group so that all of them can improve their grades

D. A new business attempts to take customers away from an established company

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NH

Nguyen Hoang Hai

10 tháng 7 2019

ĐÁP ÁN B

Thông tin: In the third type, called tertiary cooperation or accommodation, latent conflict underlies the shared work. The attitudes of the cooperating parties are purely opportunistic: the organization is loose and fragile. Accommodation involves common means to achieve antagonistic goals; it breaks down when the common means cease to aid each party in reaching its goals.

Dịch nghĩa: Trong loại thứ ba, gọi là hợp tác thứ ba hoặc sự thỏa thuận, xung đột tiềm ẩn là cơ sở cho công việc chung. Thái độ của các bên hợp tác hoàn toàn mang tính cơ hội: tổ chức lỏng lẻo và dễ vỡ. Sự thỏa thuận liên quan đến phương tiện chung để đạt được các mục tiêu đối kháng: nó sụp đổ khi các phương tiện chung không còn hỗ trợ mỗi bên trong việc đạt được mục tiêu của mình.

Như vậy bản chất của hợp tác loại ba là hai bên vốn đối đầu nhau, nhưng tạm thời hợp tác để đạt được một mục tiêu chung, sau khi đạt được lại quay trở lại quan hệ ban đầu.

Phương án B. Two rival political parties temporarlly work together to defeat a third party = Hai đảng chính trị đối thủ tạm thời làm việc với nhau để đánh bại một bên thứ ba; là phương án chính xác nhất.

A. Members of a farming community share work and the food that they grow = Thành viên của một cộng đồng nông nghiệp chia sẻ công việc và thực phẩm mà họ trồng.

Đây là ví dụ của hợp tác cơ bản.

C. Students form a study group so that all of them can improve their grades = Học sinh tạo thành một nhóm nghiên cứu để tất cả trong số họ có thể cải thiện điểm số.

Đây là ví dụ của hợp tác thứ cấp.

D. A new business attempts to take customers away from an established company = Một doanh nghiệp mới cố gắng để đưa khách hàng đi từ một công ti đã thành lập.

Đây không phải ví dụ phù hợp cho bất cứ loại hợp tác nào được nhắc đến trong bài