Trắc nghiệm Tiếng Anh 11 Global Success Unit 8 Reading (có đáp án)

Questions 1-8. Read the text carefully then answer the following questions.

Time management: two words that have me breaking out in a cold sweat. Why should I suddenly have to learn how to manage my time? Surely time had got on perfectly well for several millennia without requiring management, let alone by me. But my university tutor was adamant: time needed some managing and apparently it was up to me to do it.

First of all, let's be clear. I do have plenty of time to manage. As an arts student, I generally have 23 hours in the day that aren't given over to going to lectures. But I generally need somebody to tell me what I should be writing, so I go to lectures.

Perhaps I had "taken on too much"? I'd been elected to four committees, produced a play, applied for a part time job, hung around the college bar with my friends, and written the odd essay. But I thought I was coping well. Sure, there was the day when I did the research for an essay on the morning of deadline day and wrote it that afternoon, but that was a one off.

On second thoughts, maybe my tutor is right. It's difficult to give up what you're involved in but perhaps it's a good idea to sit back and have a breather once in a while. Even an arts student has to get down to some real work!

Questions 9-15. Read the text carefully then answer the following questions.

Teenage years are filled with all kinds of problems-lack of self-confidence, nagging parents, peer pressure, doing well in the exams and getting into university. Some of their problems result from the emotional and physical changes teenagers are going through.

Teenagers are extremely concerned about their appearance. So, it's no wonder they spend so much time in front of the mirror! They notice every single thing about themselves - their body changing shape,

hair appearing in unlikely places, annoying spots breaking out. Teenagers are rarely happy about these changes which can affect how they feel about themselves.

Sometimes, parents hurt their teenage children's feelings by making jokes about their appearance. They also tend to pay little attention to teenage worries and think of them as being silly. Your daughter may be convinced that her nose looks awful and that plastic surgery is the only solution even though everybody else fails to notice the problem. By trying to explain that other people do not normally pay as much attention to our physical features as we do ourselves, we can help teenagers feel better about themselves and become more confident.

Teenagers also tend to avoid doing things they don't like, especially helping around the house. They are likely to try to get out of doing household chores - and certainly don't respond well to orders. The more you discuss the type of household chore your teenage son or a daughter might not mind doing, the better. He or she, for example, may be happy to go to the supermarket, but hate the idea of washing dishes.

It also works better if your children can, at least to some degree, do things in their own way and time. This might seem annoying, but if all you do is order them around, you can be sure that next time they will not do a thing. Always thank your children for their effort. And if they do something that's more than just a simple chore - decorating, perhaps you might want to pay them.

Questions 16-20. Read the text carefully then answer the following questions.

It is important that you develop effective strategies for managing your time to balance the conflicting demands of time for study, leisure, and work. Time-management skills are valuable not only in job-hunting, but also in many other aspects of life: from revising for examinations to working in a vacation job.

Sometimes it may seem that there isn't enough time to do everything that you need to. This can lead to a build-up of stress. When revising for examinations, or during your final year when you have to combine the pressures of intensive study with finding time to apply for jobs, good management of your time can be particularly important. Once we have identified ways in which we can improve the management of our time, we can begin to adjust our routines and patterns of behaviour to reduce any time-related stress in our lives.

Some of these skills include setting clear goals, breaking your goals down into several steps, and reviewing your progress towards your goals.

Other skills involved include prioritising - focusing on urgent and important tasks rather than those that are trivial or don't move you towards your goals; organising your work schedule; list making to remind you of what you need to do.