11th Test Employment and Young People (Working Teen)

11th Form – Level 7 Reading Comprehension and Grammar Test Name: ________________________________ Number: ___ Class: __ Date: _________   !ar": ______________________ Tea#her: _____________ Tutor: _________________ 

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Last Last Sept Septem embe ber r, we ask asked so some me youn young g Euro Europe pean ans s the the following question: Why is it harder for most young Europeans to nd a job nowadays? And this is what Sharmin had to say: “It’s hard for everyone!” The problem of finding a job isn’t just the case for young Europeans; it seems to be the current trend everywhere. I think this is because of the importance attached to qualifications and I don’t feel there is anything wrong with that. ore qualifications mean that people are more qualified for the career market and that can only be a good thing for everyone involved. ore people people nowadays! nowadays! anyway anyway!! are gaining gaining qualificati qualifications ons than they were twenty or thirty years years ago! ago! so I don’t feel people are struggling to take a diploma. "or e#ample! it is very common for young people to attend university. This means! however! that there are more people with the same qualifications as you! applying for the same job as you and so there is increasing competition. $erhaps the problem is that while many of us may have university degrees! we don’t have the specific qualifications for specific jobs. This is the complaint of %laus angol of &E'I( )&aimler*'en+ Inter (ervices,. -e feels that the yawning skills gap’ has left many jobs unfilled across the region of 'erlin. In 'ritain alone! where more than /00!000 people are employed in IT jobs! some  positions go begging because of lack of available people with programming skills. 'ut this is a pan*European  problem. 1nother 1nother e#planation e#planation for the reason reason why young young Europeans Europeans may find it difficult difficult to find a job is because because of  slower growth in the world economy. The economic slowdown is making it harder for young people just out of  school to find a job. The problem seems to be so bad in the 2etherlands that they have devised a plan to ensure that within si# months every unemployed young person either starts work or goes back to school. I do feel in general that employers are looking for quite a lot in their potential employees! more than in the  past. They should have qualifications! have a packed 34 and have relevant work e#perience. -owever! young  people only have limited work e#perience e#perience because they have only been in the the labour market for a short time.

I feel as long as we leave school )and preferably university, with qualifications! have e#tra curricular activities and perhaps some work e#perience! all we can do is go out into the real world and look for a job. 'ecause! eventually we will find one. http566www.generation*europe.eu.com6  )adapted,

Group ( – Reading Comprehension ) – !at#h the *ords ta"en +rom the te,t *ith its meaninge,planation1. pan-European ____

a) general direction in which a situation is changing or developing

2. slowdown _____

b) associated with

3. trend _____

c) reason for not being satisfied

4. to ensure _____

d) connected with all European countries

5. attached _____

e) decline in (econoic) activit!

". devised _____

f) to a#e sure of certain

. / )re these senten#es true or +alse0 Corre#t the +alse ones-

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$t is hard for ever!one to find a %ob nowada!s.

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2. &he ost iportant reuireents for a %ob are acadeic ualifications. '  '

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*eople used to be ore ualified for their %obs than the! are now.

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&here are ore people with the sae ualifications.

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Education does not atch copanies+ needs.

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". &here is no lin# between !outh uneplo!ent and the current econoic crisis. '  '

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 _____________________________________________________________  C – Complete the senten#es a##ording to the in+ormation given in the te,t1. $n ,eran! lots of %obs have reained unfilled  _________________________________  2. &he sae happened in ____________ where __________________________________  3. &he utch want uneplo!ed !oung people _____________________________________  4. /fter leaving school !oung people __________________________________________  D – )ns*er the uestions1. /ccording to 0harin what are the reasons that a! eplain !oung people+s difficulties in finding a %ob  _________________________________________________________________________   _________________________________________________________________________   _________________________________________________________________________  2. o !ou agree with 0harin+s view on the atter ustif! !our answer.  _________________________________________________________________________   _________________________________________________________________________   ________________________________________________________________________ 

Gr oupI I–Gr ammar ) – ) – )#tive or 'assive0 Thi#" the #orre#t option-

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)#t ". &he report ust be copleted b! net rida!.

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2. &his roo has been painted blue.

. &he! were singing a song in the lesson !esterda!.

3. 6ric#et is pla!ed in /ustralia.

7. / letter was written to her soe da!s ago.

4. $ a given a boo#.

8. &he blac# bi#e is being repaired at the oent.

5. 9e have lost our #e!s.

1:. ;ou ight see dolphins here.

. / Re*rite the +ollo*ing senten#es in the passive voi#e starting *ith the *ords provided . 1. ;ou will have copleted all !our wor# b! five o+cloc# this evening. /ll _______________________________________________________________________  2. &he! have changed the date of the eeting. &he _____________________________________________________________________  3. 0he uses the coputer to do all the paper wor#. &he coputer _______________________________________________________________  4. &he enterprise owner inaugurated a new factor! last !ear. / ________________________________________________________________________  5. *eople sa! that teachers will be replaced b! robots. $t is said __________________________________________________________________  ". &he governent is tr!ing to solve the econoic crisis. $t _______________________________________________________________________  . &he! showed her the easiest wa! to do the pro%ect wor#. 0he ______________________________________________________________________  7.
Gr oupI I I–Wr i t i ng

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