Tham khảo tài liệu 'certificate in proficiency english tests oxford phần 5', ngoại ngữ, ngữ pháp tiếng anh phục vụ nhu cầu học tập, nghiên cứu và làm việc hiệu quả | PART 2 You are going to read four extracts which are all concerned in some way with people s work and careers. For questions 19-26 choose the answer A B c or D which you think fits best according to the text. Mark your answers on the separate answer sheet. How I Work All my life I have swung between industry and indolence between bouts of non-stop activity and utter lethargy and I tell myself that it is to get back into the womb-like torpor of the latter state that I line 2 whip myself into the former. Both of these extremes can take many days to burn or fizzle themselves line 3 out I can work two or three days non-stop except for minimal sleep but then this furious period will line 4 be followed by a week or ten days of zombie-like ennui so total that not only do telephone calls and letters go unanswered but the accumulation of uncleared detritus on my desk will take on the glassy line 6 permanence of a still life. I tell myself that this is a process of recharging the batteries but at heart I know the reverse is the truth and that I have a need to run my batteries down. When friends profess to marvel at the quantity of my output - it is not as great as all that -1 think of the small inner voice that is telling me for heaven s sake to get off my back and get some work done - the real inspiration. It has always been fortunate for me that guilt at being unoccupied has continued as a last resort to drive me back to my work. 19 Which of these words does the writer use to describe how hard he sometimes works A torpor line 2 B fizzle line 3 c furious line 4 D detritus line 6 20 The writer feels that the truth about his working habits is that A he feels driven to prove himself to other people. B he fears having nothing to occupy him. c it is essential for him to exhaust himself. D his desire to work is stronger than he sometimes realizes. Page 92 Test 4 Paper 1 Reading PART 2 You are going to read four extracts which are all concerned in some way with people s work and .
