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HOW MUCH ARE YOU WORTH? One of the most difficult questions to answer is how much a job is worth. We naturally expect that a doctor’s salary will be higher than a bus driver’s. But the question becomes much more difficult to answer when we compare, say, a miner and an engineer, or an unskilled man working on an oil rig in the North Sea with a teacher in a secondary school. What the doctor, the engineer and the teacher have in common is that they have devoted several years of their lives to studying in order to obtain the necessary qualifications for their professions. We feel instinctively that these skills and years when they were studying instead or earning money should be rewarded. At the same time, we recognise that the work of the miner and the oil rig labourer is both hard and dangerous, and they must be highly paid for the risks they take. However, you can argue that a man who does a job which brings him personal satisfaction is already receiving part of the reward in the form of the so called "psychic wage", and that it is the man with Mostrar preguntas de una en una 1. True or False. Quote the evidence from the text. Working on an oil rig requires high qualifications and a special training. Comprobar respuesta Hint Mostrar respuesta 2. True or False. Quote the evidence from the text. The argument of the "psychic wage" is used to explain why people who do socially important work are not always well paid. Índice de ejercicios SELECTIVIDAD EXAM (1) Examen de Selectividad (1) (Lee las instrucciones para el examen) Un ejercicio para 2º Bachillerato (An exercise for Advanced students.) Lee el texto y contesta las preguntas. Cuidado con la puntuación y las mayúsculas. (Read the text and answer the questions. Pay attention to punctuation and capital letters.)
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HOW MUCH ARE YOUWORTH?
One of the most difficult questionsto answer is how much a job isworth. We naturally expect that adoctor’s salary will be higher thana bus driver’s. But the questionbecomes much more difficult toanswer when we compare, say, aminer and an engineer, or anunskilled man working on an oil rigin the North Sea with a teacher ina secondary school. What thedoctor, the engineer and theteacher have in common is thatthey have devoted several yearsof their lives to studying in orderto obtain the necessaryqualifications for their professions.We feel instinctively that theseskills and years when they werestudying instead or earning moneyshould be rewarded. At the sametime, we recognise that the workof the miner and the oil riglabourer is both hard anddangerous, and they must behighly paid for the risks they take.However, you can argue that aman who does a job which bringshim personal satisfaction is alreadyreceiving part of the reward in theform of the so called "psychicwage", and that it is the man with
Mostrar preguntas de una en una
1. True or False. Quote the evidence fromthe text.Working on an oil rig requires highqualifications and a special training.
Comprobar respuesta Hint
Mostrar respuesta
2. True or False. Quote the evidence fromthe text.The argument of the "psychic wage"is used to explain why people who dosocially important work are notalways well paid.
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SELECTIVIDAD EXAM (1)
Examen de Selectividad (1)
(Lee las instrucciones para el examen)
Un ejercicio para 2º Bachillerato
(An exercise for Advanced students.)
Lee el texto y contesta las preguntas. Cuidado con la puntuación y lasmayúsculas.
(Read the text and answer the questions. Pay attention to punctuation and capitalletters.)
the boring, repetitive job whoneeds more money to make up forthe soul destroying monotony ofhis work. It is significant thatthose jobs which are raditionallyregarded as "vocations" –nursing,teaching and the Church, forexample– continue to be poorlypaid, while others, such as thosein the world of sport orentertainment, carry financialrewards out of all proportion totheir social worth.
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3. True or False. Quote the evidence fromthe text.Some jobs are overpaid.
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4. Rewrite the sentences without changingthe meaning.You should work harder, otherwiseyou’ll be fired.You'd...
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5. Rewrite the sentences without changingthe meaning."Why don’t you get up earlier? Thenyou won’t miss the bus" Mary askedTom.Mary suggested that...
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6. Rewrite the sentences without changingthe meaning.I haven’t attended a conference fortwo months.It’s...
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7. Rewrite the sentences without changingthe meaning.The boss gave him the sack lastweek.He...
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