tailieunhanh - A resource for reading and words part 4

Tham khảo tài liệu 'a resource for reading and words part 4', ngoại ngữ, kỹ năng đọc tiếng anh phục vụ nhu cầu học tập, nghiên cứu và làm việc hiệu quả | PASSAGE 24 CHILDMINDING When the children were very young John worked full-time and Pam had a part time job but when Pam was offered the opportunity of a responsible fulltime job they didn t want to hire child minders and so John decided it should be he who reduced his working hours to look after the children. Although John does occasionally resent getting so little financial reward for his work and misses the responsibility he lost he feels he is well suited to the arrangement he and Pam now have. VOCABULARY Childminder Someone whose job is to look after children To reduce To decrease to cut To resent To feel bitter about to have hard feelings about To reward To give a prize To miss To long for Well-suited Suitable well-matched EXERCISES Complete the sentences with a suitable form of the words defined above. 1. Grandparents are sometimes parents are out at work. 2. At last we are getting our hard work and we will be challenging for the world title ourselves in a couple of years he said. 3. Megan s been married for 18 years and still loves her husband but . .his meanness. 4. To our community care workers also provide clean needles and syringes to those clients who are known injectors. 5-. Mr. Burberry the task for he is best known as the editor of history books. READING COMPREHENSION 1. When his wife was offered a full-time job John decided to look after the children because. A he enjoyed being with them more than his wife did B he didn t want a stranger to care for them. C his wife would earn more money than he could. D he only had a part time job E his working hours were more than Pam s. 2. We understand from the passage that John. A doesn t have any responsibility. B had experience of helping in the house before. C takes pleasure in housework. D would rather have a full-time job than look after his children E earns little money. One regret that John sometimes has is that he A feels satisfied with his situation. B sees so .