Second Part: READING
Read the text below and choose the best word to fill each gap from A, B, C
or D below.
American President J.F. Kennedy and British Prime Minister Winston
Churchill were both ‘nappers’. They had short sleeps – ‘naps’ – during the day
to help them work . It might be just what you need to wake up your company
and improve your (1) ____.
Do energy levels drop in the afternoon? Do your (2) ____ seem a bit slow
and sleepy after lunch? In Spain the traditional siesta is making a comeback in
good companies who want their workers to work smarter, not (3) ____. These
companies are realizing that their (4) ____ work better with a rest in the
afternoon. They are more productive, make fewer mistakes and are happier. It’s
not a case of decreasing their (5) ____ – they do even more work.
In California’s Silicon Valley, hi-tech companies provide chill-out rooms
for employees to relax in, along with pool tables and gyms. Even family pets,
such as dogs, are allowed to go to work (6) ____ their owners. A New Zealand
company achieved change in the whole company by encouraging staff in one (7)
____ to go home when they had done all the assignments they could do that day,
without any loss of pay.
Other employers want their employees to take responsibility (8) ____
their own success by letting them set their personal work (9) ____. Like all these
ideas, this only works when everyone in the company (10) ____ believes in the
changes. Even the best intentions of written (11) ____ can mean nothing if one
person does not follow them. Everyone from the (12)____ on down should (13)
____ the new rules and follow them themselves.
But perhaps the most important thing to remember is to have a good life-
work (14) ____. Go home at five, on time, and enjoy the rest of your life. Take
control. Life’s too short to let anyone else (15) ____ it for you.
1
A. attitudes B. profitability
C. working
D. shareholders
2
A. employersB. employed C. employ
D. employees
3
A. hard B. harder
C. hardest
D. well
4
A. company B. managers C. staff
D. interns
5
A. workforceB. workspace
C. working
D. workload
6
A. by
B. with
C. for
D. together
7
A. company B. organization
C. unit
D. place
8
A. in
B. with
C. to
D. for
9
A. ideas
B. objectives
C. criteria
D. jobs
10
A. corporationB. structure
C. subsidiary
D. department
11
A. guidelines B. rule
C. complaints
D. instructions
12
A. project leaderB. director
C. manager
D. supervisor
13
A. write
B. ensure
C. focus
D. enforce
14
A. situation B. routine
C. balance
D. plan
15
A. set B. run
C. rule
D. decide
Dostları ilə paylaş: