Omar Bashir is in his twenties

Giải SBT Tiếng Anh 11 trang 53 Unit 6F. Reading - Friends Global

2. Read the newspaper article. Are the sentences true (T) or false (F)?

(Đọc bài báo. Các câu này đúng (T) hay sai (F)?)

1 Omar Bashir is in his twenties. ☐

2 He doesn't have a university qualification. ☐

3 He finally got a job. ☐

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WOULD YOU STAND OUTSIDE THE LONDON UNDERGROUND LOOKING FOR A JOB? THAT IS PRECISELY WHAT 23-YEAR-OLD OMAR BASHIR DID LAST SUMMER. ¹______HE STAYED THERE FROM 7 A.M. HOLDING UP A BIG SIGN WHICH READ: “economics graduate with experience. Looking for career opportunies. Could you help me? Grab my CV here.”

Omar had qualified with a good degree in economics from City University, London, and had been working in a basic marketing job for some time. In order to further his career, he had applied for nearly 100 jobs, but without success. He said, ‘The graduate job market is extremely competitive and good grades are not good enough. ²______’

So he took advice from his father, who he greatly admired. His father and uncle used to have market stalls in Petticoat Lane which sold women’s clothes and mobile phone accessories. ³______ ‘I picked up a lot of my selling skills from there,’ Omar said. His father told him, ‘You can sell anything.’ So then Omar decided that the time had come to tell himself.

On the second day, Omar stood outside another underground station, this time Cannon Street, with the same sign. ⁴______Early on the second day, however, he was noticed by the CEO of a top insurance firm, who took his CV. He was called in for an interview that afternoon, and at the end of the day he had a job. David Ross, who gave Omar the interview, said, ‘Omar’s work ethic, inclusive nature, willingness to learn and humility means that he has fitted straight into the organisation.’

Lời giải chi tiết:

1 Omar Bashir is in his twenties.

(Omar Bashir đang ở độ tuổi hai mươi.)

Thông tin: “THAT IS PRECISELY WHAT 23-YEAR-OLD OMAR BASHIR DID LAST SUMMER.”

(đó chính xác là những gì omar bashir 23 tuổi đã làm mùa hè năm nay.”)

=> Chọn True

2 He doesn't have a university qualification.

(Anh ấy không có bằng đại học.)

Thông tin: “Omar had qualified with a good degree in economics from City University, London,”

(Omar có bằng tốt nghiệp loại giỏi về kinh tế tại Đại học City, London,)

=> Chọn False

3 He finally got a job.

(Cuối cùng anh ấy cũng có được việc làm.)

Thông tin: “He was called in for an interview that afternoon, and at the end of the day he had a job.”

(Chiều hôm đó anh ấy được gọi đến phỏng vấn, và cuối ngày anh ấy có việc làm.)

=> Chọn True

Reading Strategy

When you are doing a gapped-sentence task:

1 Fill in the easiest gaps first.

2 When you have filled all the gaps, try the extra sentences in each gap again to make sure they don't fit.

(Chiến lược đọc

Khi bạn đang làm bài tập có chỗ trống trong câu:

1 Điền vào những khoảng trống dễ dàng nhất trước tiên.

2 Khi bạn đã điền hết các chỗ trống, hãy thử lại các câu bổ sung ở mỗi chỗ trống để đảm bảo chúng không khớp.)