Read the article and select the best answer. Article: In 2007.five young people in the American state of Massachusetts developed an idea. The team knew that the world is filled with mobile phones.About eighty percent of all people are said to live within reach of a wireless telephone signal. The idea was to use mobile phones and the Internet to connect job seekers with employers.The young people wrote a business plan and formed a company called Assured Labor. Assured Labor won a development competition at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT).Three of the founders were graduate students there. ' Assured Labo is an electronic market place.It has two parts.One is for;the United States.That operation was launched in January in Boston.It links people with employees offering temporary jobs. The other arm of the business is for developing markets.That operation is meant to help people get mbfe permanent jobs.A representative is currently building partnerships with universities,and international companies in Central America. Assured Labor's president David Reich,says the companies now place job advertisements on radio or in newspapers.Some even drive around in cars with loudspeakers announcing that jobs are available.He says the companies are interested.in having more modem hiring practices. Through Assured Labor, companies will list open positions on the Internet.People who think they could do the job could reply by text messages or on their cellophanes. This is how the system works inprefix = st1 /Boston. The jobs available include house cleaning.Dog walking and home repay. People who want their house cleaned,for example,can look online at a list of twenty housekeepers.The list tells what services.they offer,and how much they want to be paid.People need two letters praising their work to get on the list of service providers. The employer chooses workers they would like jot hire ,The company then sends the workers a text or e-mail message so they can respond quickly to an offer. After a job is completed,the... Question: What can be inferred from the passage? Options: A: The present hiring practices need to be improved. B: Employers don't need to pay Assured Labour. C: Universities also join Assured Labor for financial help D: Assured Labor only offers household jobs.
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Read the article and select the best answer. Article: "You are going abroad and will live there? Oh, wonderful! You are so lucky." Perhaps your family and friends said similar things to you when you left home. But is it true all the time? Is your life in the new country always wonderful and exciting? Specialists say that it isn't that easy to get used to life in a new culture. "Culture shock" is the term specialists use when talking about the feelings that people have in a new environment. "There are three stages of culture shock," say the specialists. In the first stage, the newcomers like their new environment. Then, when the fresh experience dies, they begin to hate the city, the country, the people, and everything else. In the last stage, the newcomers adapt to their surroundings and finally enjoy their life there. Culture shock arises from many obvious factors. The weather may be unpleasant. The customs may be different. The public service systems such as the telephone, post office, or transportation may be difficult to work out. Even the simplest things become headaches. Still worse, the language may be difficult. Who feels culture shock? Everyone does in this way or that. But culture shock surprises most people. Very often the people having the worst culture shock are those who never had any difficulties in their home countries and were successful in their community. Coming to a new country, these people find they do not have the same established positions. They find themselves without a role, almost without an identity. They have to build a new selfimage. Culture shock leads to a feeling of disorientation . This feeling may be homesickness. When homesick, people feel like staying inside all the time. They want to protect themselves from the strange environment, and create and escape inside their room for a sense of security. This escape does solve the problem of culture shock for the short term, but it does nothing to make the person familiar with the culture. Getting to know the new environment and gaining experience are the long term solutions to... Question: Based on the passage, which of the following results from culture shock? Options: A: weather conditions and customs B: public service and transportation C: feeling homesick and disoriented D: language communication issues
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Read the article and select the best answer. Article: Although international students want to dive into American culture, it is easier to stay close to the families. "Most international students told me that they want to meet and make friends with as many Americans as they can," said Mark Galloway, Institute for International Studies (IIS) student adviser at prefix = st1 /StateUniversity. "But in reality, they are comfortable with being around people from their own country, if possible. " Testing of English as a Foreign Language (TOEFL) is an admission test for international students enrolling in American universities. Galloway said students' scores decreased when they spend less time with American students. More than 450 international students are on campus at MurrayStateUniversity. Thailand, Japan,South Korea,ChinaandGermanyare countries with the most students this semester, according to an IIS report. Wichien Eampromate, Thai Student Association President, said poor English ability and cultural differences make it difficult for Thai students to spend time with Americans. "We eat different things; we do different kinds of things," said Eampromate. On the other hand, Joon-Seong Bae, an exchange student from KoreaUniversity, said he tried to avoid hanging around other Koreans. But it is not easy for him. He said he is less comfortable with Americans because he cannot say everything he wants to say, and not all Americans are patient with his limited English. "There were two or three Americans and me," Bae said. "We talked about something. As time went by, I was kind of excluded because they talked to each other. While international students venture outside their comfort zones, American students also have the opportunity to be exposed to other cultures. "I know there are a lot ( of American students) who want to get to know international students," said Philip Lee, senior from Boonville,Indiana. "They are just uncomfortable. " Lee said he has learned about life from his international friends, although it is sometimes a challenge. " I can't live a... Question: What Bae has experienced tells us that _ . Options: A: he is willing to help Koreans with their English B: he prefers to stay home rather than meet Americans C: he can't express himself well with American students. D: He doesn't have any chance to meet American students
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