Reading Cam 14 - Test 2 - Passage 3

We have more [strategies] for time management, project management and self-organisation than at any other time in human history.

• Plans of action or policies designed to achieve a major or overall aim
• Random acts or impulsive decisions
• Simple routines or habits
• Theoretical concepts without practical application

Answer explanation

Strategies: Các kế hoạch hành động hoặc chính sách được thiết kế để đạt được một mục tiêu chính hoặc tổng thể.

We are told that we ought to organize our company, our home life, our week, our day and even our sleep, all [as a means] to becoming more productive.

• As a method or way of achieving something
• As an end goal in itself
• As a challenge to overcome
• As an undesirable consequence

Answer explanation

As a means: Như một phương tiện hoặc cách để đạt được điều gì đó. Tổ chức là phương tiện để trở nên năng suất hơn.

We are told that we ought to organize our company, our home life, our week, our day and even our sleep, all as a means to becoming more [productive].

• Achieving a significant amount or result; efficient
• Idle or inactive
• Uninspired or uncreative
• Disorganized or chaotic

Answer explanation

Productive: Có năng suất, đạt được một lượng hoặc kết quả đáng kể; hiệu quả.

Every week, countless seminars and workshops take place around the world to tell a [paying public] that they ought to structure their lives in order to achieve this.

• People who pay for a service or product
• People who attend for free
• People who are employed by the organizers
• People who are forced to attend

Answer explanation

Paying public: Công chúng trả tiền, những người trả tiền cho một dịch vụ hoặc sản phẩm (ở đây là các hội thảo).

This [rhetoric] has also crept into the thinking of business leaders and entrepreneurs, much to the delight of self-proclaimed perfectionists with the need to get everything right.

• Language designed to persuade or impress
• A set of facts and figures
• A scientific theory
• A casual conversation

Answer explanation

Rhetoric: Lời lẽ hoặc diễn văn được thiết kế để thuyết phục hoặc gây ấn tượng.

This rhetoric has also [crept into the thinking] of business leaders and entrepreneurs, much to the delight of self-proclaimed perfectionists with the need to get everything right.

• Gradually and almost imperceptibly become part of the thought process
• Suddenly and forcefully entered the mind
• Been openly debated and discussed
• Been completely rejected by

Answer explanation

Crept into the thinking: Dần dần và hầu như không thể nhận thấy đã trở thành một phần của quá trình tư duy.

This rhetoric has also crept into the thinking of business leaders and [entrepreneurs], much to the delight of self-proclaimed perfectionists with the need to get everything right.

• People who set up businesses, taking on financial risks in the hope of profit
• People who work as employees in large corporations
• People who invest in existing businesses
• People who provide consulting services to businesses

Answer explanation

Entrepreneurs: Doanh nhân, những người thành lập doanh nghiệp, chấp nhận rủi ro tài chính với hy vọng kiếm lời.

This rhetoric has also crept into the thinking of business leaders and entrepreneurs, much to the [delight] of self-proclaimed perfectionists with the need to get everything right.

• Great pleasure or satisfaction
• Disappointment or frustration
• Indifference or apathy
• Confusion or uncertainty

Answer explanation

Delight: Niềm vui lớn hoặc sự hài lòng. Các nhà lãnh đạo kinh doanh rất vui mừng với ý tưởng này.

This rhetoric has also crept into the thinking of business leaders and entrepreneurs, much to the delight of [self-proclaimed] perfectionists with the need to get everything right.

• Declared by oneself without official recognition
• Officially recognized or certified
• Humbly acknowledged by others
• Modestly understated

Answer explanation

Self-proclaimed: Tự xưng, tự tuyên bố mà không có sự công nhận chính thức.

Why is it that on paper the drive for organisation seems a sure shot for [increasing productivity], but in reality falls well short of what is expected?

• Enhancing output or efficiency
• Decreasing output or efficiency
• Maintaining current output levels
• Stabilizing work processes

Answer explanation

Increasing productivity: Tăng năng suất, nâng cao sản lượng hoặc hiệu quả.