Unusual Jobs
Read the passage about unusual jobs and mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the best answer to each of the following questions from 31 to 40.
Unusual Jobs
Around the world, there are some jobs that may seem quite strange and surprising to you.
[I] In Japan, the railway system is huge and everyone there uses trains. [II] This makes them overcrowded most of the time. [III] During rush hour, railway station attendants called pushers or oshiya perform a unique task - they push passengers into trains. [IV] This is necessary because of the large number of commuters who wish to arrive at their destinations on time.
Have you ever wondered how the world's tallest building, Burj Khalifa in Dubai, is cleaned? It takes a team of 36 window cleaners a total of three months to clean the tower's reflective windows. Working from a height of more than 800 meters, the cleaners face huge challenges, especially during bad weather. They must be the bravest cleaners in the world.
In the UK, millions of golf balls are lost every year in the lakes and ponds around golf courses. This has led to a demand for golf ball divers, who retrieve and clean the balls. Most divers are professionals, but they spend long hours crawling through mud and carrying heavy buckets. On average, they collect about 5,000 balls per lake, which are later resold or recycled.
Unusual Jobs
Around the world, there are some jobs that may seem quite strange and surprising to you.
[I] In Japan, the railway system is huge and everyone there uses trains. [II] This makes them overcrowded most of the time. [III] During rush hour, railway station attendants called pushers or oshiya perform a unique task - they push passengers into trains. [IV] This is necessary because of the large number of commuters who wish to arrive at their destinations on time.
Have you ever wondered how the world's tallest building, Burj Khalifa in Dubai, is cleaned? It takes a team of 36 window cleaners a total of three months to clean the tower's reflective windows. Working from a height of more than 800 meters, the cleaners face huge challenges, especially during bad weather. They must be the bravest cleaners in the world.
In the UK, millions of golf balls are lost every year in the lakes and ponds around golf courses. This has led to a demand for golf ball divers, who retrieve and clean the balls. Most divers are professionals, but they spend long hours crawling through mud and carrying heavy buckets. On average, they collect about 5,000 balls per lake, which are later resold or recycled.
Question 36. The word demand in paragraph 3 is OPPOSITE in meaning to _______.
Question 36. The word demand in paragraph 3 is OPPOSITE in meaning to _______.
Chọn một phương án bên dưới để kiểm tra đáp án ngay:
Đáp án chính thức: C
Hướng dẫn giải chi tiết
(AI giải đề cho tôi)
Trong đoạn 3, 'demand' nghĩa là nhu cầu/cầu (This has led to a demand for golf ball divers). Từ trái nghĩa với 'demand' (nhu cầu, yêu cầu) là 'rejection' (sự từ chối). 'Surplus' và 'abundance' là trái nghĩa với 'shortage/scarcity', còn 'opposition' là sự phản đối (khác nghĩa về ngữ cảnh). Đáp án khớp với đáp án nguồn (36-C).
Trong đoạn 3, 'demand' nghĩa là nhu cầu/cầu (This has led to a demand for golf ball divers). Từ trái nghĩa với 'demand' (nhu cầu, yêu cầu) là 'rejection' (sự từ chối). 'Surplus' và 'abundance' là trái nghĩa với 'shortage/scarcity', còn 'opposition' là sự phản đối (khác nghĩa về ngữ cảnh). Đáp án khớp với đáp án nguồn (36-C).