Reading quiz

Five items. Pass mark is 4. The passage is short on purpose so the item type is the work, not your stamina.

Pass mark 4/5. Pass mark is on the quiz. You can retake it. The best score is kept.

1. Main ideaA passage opens, “Many firms praise open offices,” and turns at “However, the praise measures satisfaction, not output.” What is the main idea?

The passage is about offices.이 지문은 사무실에 관한 것이다.Praise for open offices is weak evidence if it only measures how people feel.개방형 사무실 칭찬은 사람들의 기분만 재면 약한 증거다.Open offices always raise output.개방형 사무실은 언제나 산출을 올린다.

2. Vocabulary“The note was thin on facts.” In this sentence, thin is closest to

lacking부족한printed on narrow paper좁은 종이에 인쇄된angry화난

3. Negative detailA paragraph lists three costs of a long memo: delayed decisions, missed dates, and extra meetings. Which is NOT listed?

delayed decisions늦어진 결정lower salaries for the writers쓴 사람의 급여 하락extra meetings추가 회의

4. Inference“Teams that only tracked whether mail was answered could not see whether the answer used the attached figure.” What follows?

A reply, by itself, is not proof that the figure entered the decision.답장 자체는 그 숫자가 결정에 들어갔다는 증거가 아니다.Teams should stop answering email.팀은 이메일 답장을 멈춰야 한다.Attachments are illegal in internal mail.사내 메일에서 첨부는 불법이다.

5. PurposeAn author describes one plant that counted speaking turns. Why is the plant there?

As an example of a measure that can see a gap a clock cannot.시계가 못 보는 격차를 볼 수 있는 측정의 예로.To advertise the plant’s product.그 공장의 제품을 광고하려고.To define the word factory.factory라는 단어를 정의하려고.

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