tailieunhanh - Ebook Câu hỏi trắc nghiệm kỹ năng đọc hiểu - Phần 2

Nội dung của ebook "Câu hỏi trắc nghiệm chuyên đề kỹ năng đọc hiểu" trình bày những bài văn thuộc các đề tài nằm trong phạm vi kiến thức phổ thông về kỹ năng đọc hiểu tiếng Anh, là tài liệu phục vụ cho ôn việc ôn thi đại học môn tiếng Anh cho học sinh do Vĩnh Bá - giáo viên chuyên Anh, trường Quốc học Huế biên soạn. | 78 HƯ NG ĐẠ O TP .Q UY NH ƠN Although Ju lie had been with Mrs W orthington ju s t three days, she h ad already learnt th a t her boss w as the kind of person one h ad to be careful with. Her changes of mood could be rapid, she definitely did not tolerate failure, laziness or poor work an d she firmly believed th a t everyone’s highest priority should be their work for the com pany. Ju lie w as enjoying h e r job a s Mrs W orthington’s personal secretary, b u t she knew th a t today would be tough. For several days, Ju lie had been experiencing toothache. At first, it w as merely a m inor annoyance th a t could be ignored. “It’ll probably go away by itself,” Ju lie told herself. “If not, 111 see the d entist w hen I’m m ore settled here a t work. It’s not that-u rg ent.” ẦN It d id n ’t disappear, however, and after an extremely uncom fortable night, Julie awoke to severe dental pain. “T hat’s ju s t w hat I need,” she said to herself. “Maybe I can get a d en tist’s appointm ent for this evening, after w ork.” 00 B TR . Ju lie called the dentist's. “I’m afraid the only tim e th e dentist has available today is a t pm this afternoon,” said th e receptionist. Julie h ad to m ake an im m ediate decision. “I’ll take it,” she said. Í- HÓ A CẤ P2 +3 10 The question was, how was Mrs W orthington going to react? Would she say, “Of course you can leave early, Julie. In fact, leave a t lunchtim e and don’t come back until you're completely better,”? Julie knew a far more likely response would be som ething along the lines of: “Well, that really is m ost inconvenient. Couldn’t you have arranged to see the dentist in your own time? You have to think about the com pany as well, you know. We c a n ’ all take time off whenever we feel like it. We’d never get t any work done if we all spent the day running around seeing doctors and dentists. C an't you change the time of your appointm ent?” TO ÁN -L The pain w as .