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Read the following passage and mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the correct answer to each of the questions from 28 to 35.
Translators and interpreters for tech jobs of the future are expected to be one of the fastest growing occupations in the nation, according to a just released survey by Vietnamworks. Almost all positions for programmers, application developers, database and network administrators, engineers, designers, architects, scientists, technicians, and tech support will require bilingual or multilingual fluency. In just the last two years the demand for tech professionals with foreign language skills has increased more than two and one-half fold, said the survey, and the uptick shows no signs of abating anytime soon. Roughly 400,000 jobs are expected to open for interpreters (who focus on spoken language) and translators (who focus on written language) in the tech segment, between 2017 and 2020, says Tran Anh Tuan. Tuan, who works for the Centre for Forecasting Manpower Needs and Labour Market Information in Ho Chi Minh City doesn't include other industries in his prediction, which are also recruiting ferociously for more people with these same language skills.
While that claim might seem a bit overblown (and amounts to little more than a guess by Tuan), it is clear that innovative technologies like robotics, 3D printing, drones, artificial intelligence and virtual reality will create major upheavals in all sorts of labor markets, not just technology over the next few years. In the last month alone, most every job posted on employment websites throughout Vietnam included the word bilingual. Far higher salaries go to people who work in high tech positions and can speak a foreign language such as English in addition to Vietnamese, says Tran Quang Anh from the Posts and Telecommunications Institute of Technology.
Unfortunately, the surveys show that most graduating Vietnamese students are unable to do more than understand a few basic phrases of foreign languages, and practically none of them can speak any foreign language coherently, The good paying jobs with high salaries and benefits are only available to translators and interpreters who specialize in high tech jobs, says Anh. But it's not just English— graduates are needed with fluency in middle eastern languages like Arabic, Farsi and Pashto (Afghani) as well as German, Japanese and Korean to name just a few. Spanish is also in high demand in Vietnam, primarily because it is the second most common language in the US after English.
A recent tech expo in Hanoi sponsored by Vietnamworks and the Navigos Group attracted nearly 4,000 young tech graduates and recruiters from 14 leading companies looking to fill job vacancies with skilled bilingual workers. The job applicants were young and industrious, said the recruiters. However, missing were candidates with the requisite language skills and most lacked basic 'soft skills' such as written and verbal communication abilities to effectively communicate even in their native Vietnamese language.
Notably, the recruiters said they considered language abilities and soft skills just as, if not more important, than academic ability. Yet virtually all the prospective academically qualified employees lacked even the most basic of interpersonal communication abilities.
Câu hỏi:Which of the following could be the main idea of the passage?
- A. The most popular jobs in Vietnam's job markets.
- B. The necessity of foreign languages in most tech jobs.
- C. The skills needed in tech jobs nowadays
- D. Vietnamese students are not aware of the importance of learning foreign languages.
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Đáp án đúng: B
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- Indicate the word whose underlined part differs from the other three in pronunciation: foot, look, smooth, should
- Indicate the word whose underlined part differs from the other three in pronunciation: explained, disappointed, prepared, interviewed
- Indicate the word that differs from the other three in the position of primary stress: interview, impression, company, formally
- Indicate the word that differs from the other three in the position of primary stress: sponsor, spirit, announce, survey
- As it was getting late, the boys decided to ______the campfire and crept into their sleeping bags.
- Your brother hardly talks to anyone, ..............?
- The wine had made him a little.........and couldnt control his movement.
- Unless you.............well-trained, you.............to the company
- I..........Lan since she went abroad
- Failing to submit the proposal on time was.............for Tom
- It is of great importance to create a good impression..............your interviewer.
- She likes meeting people and travelling so she wants to apply for a ....... of a receptionist or tourist guide.
- Time was up, and the judges ............. the results.
- The winner of the contest was given a(n) .............. for her excellent performance.
- I work from Tuesday to Saturday, and Sunday and Monday are my
- You are not allowed to camp here without
- My parent warnings didnt deter me from choosing the job of my dreams.
- When being interviewed, you should concentrate on what the interviewer is saying or asking you
- At first no one believed she was a pilot, but her documents lent colour to her statements
- The cottage is surrounded by the most glorious countryside
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- Susan shared with her friend about her losing purse.Susan:
- I remember the interview as though it were yesterday
- Also, as a member of staff, I was
- When I eventually started, I was responsible
- They made working there fun even when we had to deal with customers
- got on our nerves
- Which of the following could be the main idea of this passage
- According to the passage, interpreters and translators are described as the jobs that .
- The word 'upheavals' in paragraph 3 is closest in meaning to _______.
- Which of the following is TRUE about employment in Vietnam according to Tran Quang Anh from the Posts and Telecommunications Institute of Technology?
- What does the word 'them' in paragraph 4 refer to?
- The word 'requisite' in paragraph 5 could best be replaced by _________.
- What can be inferred from this passage
- Which of the following most accurately reflects the attitude of the author towards improving foreign language skills?
- Which would be the most appropriate headline for the article?
- What is probably true about school picnics in recent years?
- The word formulaic is closest in meaning to ______.
- What type of band is NOT mentioned in the article?
- Why did the teachers ask each band to play two songs?
- According to the article, what is unusual about the band Four Square?
- According to the article, what does the band Four Square hope to do in the future?
- My father used to giving me some good advice whenever I had a problem.
- The woman of whom the red car is parked in front of the bank is a famous pop star.
- Weather and geography conditions may determine the type of transportation used in a region.
- If I hadnt had so much work to do, I would have gone to the movies.
- I thought she was the right person for the position, yet it turned out that she was quite useless.
- We couldnt solve the problem until our teacher arrived.
- You usually drive fast. You use more petrol than usual.
- The agreement ended six-month negotiation. It was signed yesterday.