Hi there.
Glad to be joining you again to go through another lecture on the computer based test for reading comprehension.
The things I'm showing you in these videos apply to the general exam or the academic exam applies to
both.
Okay.
Again, we're talking about the what you're doing on the computer based tests in terms of the tools
that you have available to you.
If you want to really learn a lot more about strategy, we have a lot of videos in the general section
of the academic section that kind of go over strategy.
I'm kind of showing you in these videos how you really go about applying that strategy.
So here.
We're dealing with a multiple choice question.
We have questions one, two or three and four.
We have the time up here.
You can see how much time you have left.
All right.
That's how I would open the question to open question.
Three open question for passages on the left.
Questions are on the right.
So in this first one, it's really easy because it says in paragraph one.
The writer suggests the company should consider.
Right.
What does the writer suggest?
What does the writer suggest they should consider?
What does he suggest?
So I have to find that.
Now, remember what the multiple choice question the question is go in order and that to be able to
get your answer, you might have to read more than one sentence, more than one sentence.
When I'm looking for a language of tales of what the writer suggest.
What does he suggest?
The general assumption is that older workers are paid more and slightly because their productivity might
explain why they're under pressure.
They persuade them to take early retirement, take away seniority pay scales, and the workers may become.
Here we go.
Right here, where it talks about.
May become.
All right.
So you said it's an English test.
Where it talks about they may become.
All right.
That's that's a suggestion.
Right.
And this is a suggestion that's coming from the writer.
Take away singer base pay scales, take away seniority, bass pay scales.
And the older workers may become much more attractive.
Right.
So they're more attractive or you should consider them.
That's the language more attractive to be employed.
You should consider them if what?
Take away seniority base pay scales.
That means this is the answer right here.
Abolishing pay schemes, right?
It doesn't say avoiding pay.
That's based on peace rates.
I don't know what that is.
Does it say increasing pay?
It doesn't say giving them new skills.
It says what?
Take away their pay scales, take away their pay schemes that are based on age, based on seniority.
Right.
We have to find a synonym for that language.
All right.
Number two for number two, it says Skill Team is an example of a company which so these go in order,
right.
So I know for the next one it should be really easy.
And actually I could have started with number two because the word skill team is actually really easy
to find is right there, really, really easy to find.
And so with this one, we're looking at it in terms of skill team and it says faced with the need to
cut out face, with the need to cut staff cost and having decided to concentrate cuts on 55 to 60 year
olds, IBM set up a separate company called Skill Team, which.
So what does Skill Team do?
Right.
This is about the tell us what they did, which.
Right.
This is about the tell us exactly what they did.
Skill team which re employed any of the early retired who wanted to go on working to the age of 60.
So the team this company skill team re-employed anybody who early retired and wanted to go on working
that's what they did.
Okay.
And then the rest of this is not important because as I have told you several times, things go from
general to specific.
So they tell you what they did.
They re-employed these workers.
They re-employed them.
They work on a five year contract worth for 58% of his time.
80% of his salary.
So he doesn't get full salary.
So that one's not correct.
Allows people to continue working as long as they want.
Does not say that.
Allows expertise of older workers we put to use.
Yeah.
They re-employ them right.
It doesn't say anything about treating them equally.
All right.
So that's how you do this type of question.
Right.
That's how you do this type of question.
It's a multiple choice question.
And then you would do questions three and do questions four in terms of bridge jobs.
Again, we're looking at what it says, according to the rider.
What is the rider say about bridge jobs?
So here we have something about bridge jobs.
Here we have something about the bridge jobs.
And here we have something about bridge jobs.
Right.
So the best way to see, according to the right or bridge jobs, the best way to tempt the old to go
and work and maybe to build on such bridge jobs, part time or temporary employment that creates a more
gradual transition.
From full time work to retirement.
With this with this question where it says, according to the writer, what we're looking for is him
to give an opinion.
We're looking for a sentence that gives an opinion.
This first sentence where we see bridge jobs, it gives a definition of what a bridge job is.
This second set is where we see bridge job is talking about what studies have found.
So that's not according to the writer.
That's not him.
The first instance where we see bridge jobs is giving a definition of a bridge job.
The second sentence give telling us what studies have said about our bridge job.
Right now there seem to be two very types, two very different types of bridge jobs.
Those who continue working because they have to and those who continue working because they want to,
even though they could afford to retire.
So really, I'm looking at this guy, according to the writer.
What do you say about bridge jobs in this first sentence?
He gives us the definition of a bridge job.
So really, I would look at the first sentence and I will look at the last sentence.
I wouldn't look at this middle sentence because it's talking about a study.
Right.
So between the first sentence and the last sentence, if we look at it.
Right.
The last sentence, first sentence gives us definition.
The second sentence tells us that there are two types.
There are two different types, right?
There are some who work because they have to and those who work because they want to.
So we have two different groups.
It does not say it originated in the United States, does not say our better pay than we know.
It's not better paid than full time that releases this other paragraph and tend to attract people in
the middle salary ranges.
It doesn't say that also.
All right.
So that's how we do this type of question.
It's a multiple choice question, and that's how we have to be able to handle it.
Okay.
Thank you very much.
And I hope you've enjoyed me going through these these reading passages and kind of showing you how
you have to be able to answer these question types.
Okay.
Thanks a lot and have a great day.