Practice 5 A: What is important when...? Choosing offices to rent ●Location ●Cost ●Facilities B: What is important when...? Choosing packaging for a new product ●Design of packaging ●Materials used ●Cost of packaging
Which of the following factors is the MOST important to consider when choosing an uninterruptible power supply (UPS) for a single server? ()
When choosing extinguishers to fight a Class “B” fire do NOT use().
Practice 4 A: What is important when...? Choosing a conference center ●Facilities ●Accommodations ●Location B: What is important when...? Selecting an employee ●Qualification ●Personality ● Creativity
When choosing a hostname, which of the following naming conventions is most important to consider?()
Passage 5 ● Read the text below about choosing a career in the field of human resource management.
● Choose the best sentence from the opposite page to fill each of the gaps.
● For each gap 9-14, mark one letter (A-H) on your Answer Sheet.
● Do not use any letter more than once.
● There is an example at the beginning (0).
The Role of an HR Manager Fundamentally, a human resource manager develops a company’s culture, maintains benefits and payroll, and recruits new hires. The HR manager is a crucial position for any corporation, in every industry. HR professionals enjoy a range of career options from recruiting, to training and development, to labor relations and benefits administration.
It is important to understand what your various HR career options are and how they work. (9)______. HR specialists focus their efforts in a single area, such as recruiting or training. Generalists are less focused and handle a number of areas and tasks simultaneously. As a rule of thumb, small organizations and companies have one or more HR generalists who handle all HR issues. Larger organizations, on the other hand, have many specialists devoted to particular areas and services.
According to the Society of Human Resource Management (SHRM), specialists play roles in four main areas. They may be involved in recruiting and managing new employees. (10)______. They are professionals handling employee and labor relations. They are responsible for company health, safety and security. SHRM defines a generalist’s position to include everything from staffing the organization, to managing a diverse work force, to developing personnel policies and procedures.
You can switch between a generalist position and specialist position. (11)______. As you spend more time in the industry, your skills and interests will become more focused and your expertise in certain areas will be valued, so career changes may become more challenging. Therefore, it is a good idea to explore all possibilities as early as possible in your HR career.
Matt Aspin, a board member of the Society of Human Resource Management says that many junior positions are in recruiting and administrative roles. ‘As recruiters,’ Aspin says, ‘young HR professionals will most likely be able to interact with HR generalists and decide whether it is something they are interested in.’ But there is no set path to follow;it is all about what you want to do. (12)______. For example, a junior recruiter can work his or her way up to a senior position, such as Director of Recruiting or Vice President of Talent Acquisition.
(13)______. Training and development can also be another rewarding area of specialty. Here you can enjoy the excitement of ensuring that employees stay updated with the latest developments in technology and workplace practices. (14)______. It is popularly believed that generalists who have their hands in multiple areas often stay the sharpest. But ultimately, Aspin concludes, our area of concentration will ‘depend on your interests’—and ‘you will naturally be attracted by it and move toward it’.
Example:
A. They may specialize in training and developing new employees.
B. He adds that some HR professionals start and end their careers in highly specialized roles.
C. The opportunities in HR management are truly varied and plentiful.
D. Two key terms in the human resource management sector are ‘generalist’ and ‘specialist’.
E. A larger organization may also have HR generalists devoted to managing employee relations.
F. For those who enjoy being a ‘jack-of-all-trades’, becoming a generalist is the way to go.
G. However, it is always easier to make such moves early in your career.
H. For those with enthusiasm and an aptitude for working well with people, HR can offer many exciting choices.
Practice 3 A: What is important when...? Choosing a computer skills course ●Topics ●Size of group ●Qualification offered B: What is important when...? Choosing a business club to join in ●Entertainment Facilities ●Type of Events ●Cost
A customer asks for help choosing their WAN technology, the customer is looking for A solution that can be used across very long distances, provides QoS and VPN support, and is sensitive to their budgeting needs , which WAN technology would you recommend?()
Practice 2 A: What is important when...? Choosing a business-training course ●Fees ●Size of group ●Subjects covered B: What is important when...? Choosing a magazine to buy regularly ●Contents ●Cost ●Printing quality
Passage 6Questions 34—45
● Read the article about choosing an agent.
● In most of the lines 34—45 there is one extra word. It is either grammatically incorrect or does not fit in with the sense of the text. Some lines, however, are correct.
● If a line is correct, write CORRECT on your Answer Sheet.
●If there is an extra word in the line, write the extra word in CAPITAL LETTERS on your Answer Sheet.
Government’s Role in Trade
0. The government could either encourage or discourage certain industries, both
00. domestic and foreign. In general, most government actions are to taken to
34. protect domestic industries and to restrict the activities and of foreign
35. industries in the host country. Government competition participation in
36. business activities varies widely. Many governments profitable own or
37. control key domestic industries such as on energy, communication, and
38. transportation. As a percentage of gross national product, government
39. expenditures in l 989 range from 25% to 60% in most non-socialist countries.
40. A nation with a large government spending population in its gross national
41. product has a strong government role in economic consumer activities.
42. According to the theory of comparative advantage, free trade among all
43. nations increases of the total production and availability of goods in the world
44. market. Free maintain trade and international competition should promote
45. efficiency in production and allocation of resources, improve the quality of goods, expand the worldwide market, and raise the living standards of all nations concerned.