Skills reading text

Second reading test

Skills for the 21st-century workplace

Multiple Choice

21st-century skills are not taught in schools in the UK.

• True

• False

Multiple Choice

Employers like workers to be imaginative.

• True

• False

Multiple Choice

Employers want workers to think about possible problems.

• True

• False

Multiple Choice

Employers like workers to be original when solving problems.

• True

• False

Multiple Choice

Future workers will need to be able to write concisely.

• True

• False

Multiple Choice

People communicate with each other less in the 21st century.

• True

• False

Multiple Choice

Employers believe it is useful to know a lot of information about

• True

• False

Multiple Choice

Employers don’t want workers to make decisions without asking them.

• True

• False

Skills for the 21st-century workplace

Fill the gaps with a word from the box.

Multiple Choice

UK schools and colleges ______ ICT skills.

• develop

• value

• solve

• discuss

• teach

Multiple Choice

Employers _____ people with ideas for new approaches.

• develop

• value

• solve

• discuss

• teach

Multiple Choice

Employers like workers who can ______ problems.

• develop

• value

• solve

• discuss

• teach

Multiple Choice

Workers need to be able to____ their work with their team.

• develop

• value

• solve

• discuss

• teach

Multiple Choice

It is important that workers can _______ between truth and lies.

• develop

• value

• differentiate

• discuss

• teach

Multiple Choice

Employees in the 21st century ______ more responsibility

• develop

• have

• differentiate

• discuss

• teach

Multiple Choice

Employers like their workers to ______ decisions.

• develop

• have

• differentiate

• discuss

• make

Choose the option(s) which are NOT possible.​

​abilities

Multiple Choice

I _____ swim until I was nearly ten

• couldn´t

• can't

• wasn't able to

Multiple Choice

However, I still _____ swim very far

• couldn't

• can't

• can

Multiple Choice

I _____ pass my driving test the third time I took it

• could

• succeeded in

• managed to

Which verb can be used with each group of phrases?​

work skills​

Multiple Choice

_____a good leader, confident in yourself, reliable

• be

• have

Multiple Choice

_____a team, tight schedules

• deal

• manage

Multiple Choice

_____hard, well under pressure.

• make

• work