Teens B1 T5 – Reading Part 3 p. 106 and 107

Book pages 106 and 107

Book pages 106 and 103

For each question, choose the correct answer.

Working at home or in the office?
Which is better?

By Serge V G

The rushing of getting work done may depend on many different factors, from motivation to getting well-paid. It all may pass without affecting people’s productivity and product quality. However, things like spending two to three hours getting ready and moving around before you can start your working day, and then, after a work shift, spending two more hours to get home may be the worst of the worst, and people even pay for it!!!

Can’t that much time be spent on doing the hobby activity people are lacking to keep balance in life or even to sleep more if they like?

First of all, working from home is good for me. People sometimes have the appreciation that I don’t do anything, but I do work, like a lot! It’s just that working from home helps me save time and money, and the best part, I think, is that I can do exercise, read more, take some courses and spend more time with people I love.

I can prove that being true every time I am called in the office for a meeting or to give a presentation of some sort, but I guess it is OK if I go there once or twice a month – work or any other activity wouldn’t get affected too much.

On the other hand, I must admit that, at the beginning, it was kind of confusing and hard to manage it responsibly. It was like letting everything be a distractor, welcome visitors or go to the convenience store whenever I felt like craving.

There was a point when I noticed I was getting behind duty on work, so I thought I had to do something and change the way I was managing my time; working from home is kind of a benefit and I got allowed to work like this due to the reliability I have always projected to the company I work for, and I love it, so if I wanted to keep my freedom and work any way I wanted, I had to keep getting the great results I had been getting.

It’s something like “Freedom comes along with responsibilities!” You know... you want to have the right, then do the right!

11. What’s the writer trying to do with the text?

A. Explain why he likes working in his office.

B. Explain why he prefers not to work from home.

C. Explain why working from home is better for him.

D. Explain why working from the office is difficult.

12. What does the writer mean by “...and people even pay for it!”?

A. People get paid better when they work from home.

B. People get paid better when they work from an office.

C. People don’t get paid back when they spend on extra materials use at home.

D. Commuting requires people to spend money and time on it.

13.What does the writer mean by “...doing the hobby activity people are lacking to keep balance in life or even to sleep more if they like”?

A. People should do more things they like instead of spending too much time moving around, from home to work and back so.

B. People should have the right to sleep more during work time if they like that.

C. People should have the right to have hobby activities at work and then go back home to sleep.

D. People should not work too much and go out with friends more often if they want.

14. Why did the writer say, “I can prove that being true...”?

A. To express that he can’t go to the office very often.

B. To express that whenever he goes to the office, he feels OK.

C. To express that when he goes to the office, he can’t do other things.

D. To express that he hates going to the office.

15. What does the writer mean by “...whenever I felt like craving.”?

A. Whenever he had a strong feeling of eating nothing.

B. Whenever he had the feeling of going out to eat.

C. Whenever he had the feeling to eat something, but a meal.

D. Whenever he had a strong feeling of inviting the people he loved to eat out.