МГИМО ДВИ Английский язык / Задание 1

МГИМО ДВИ Английский язык
Задание 1


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    Thousands of UK ... [residents/citizens/people/habitants]  are participating in the world's largest-ever pilot program to try out a shorter work week. For the next six months, 3,300 workers at 70 companies will work four days a week ... [rather/instead/more/for]  than five to  ... [assess/mark/calculate/count]  their levels of productivity and happiness.

    Employees will work 32 hours  ... [instead of/despite/in spite of/in comparison with]  the usual 40, but they will be responsible for the same  ... [amount/sum/number/figure]  of work and receive their full salary. The program will  ... [look at/look for/look out/look to]  whether workers are less stressed, better rested, and more fulfilled when they work fewer hours, and whether that leads to greater job productivity and satisfaction. The experiment is being .... [run/done/made/managed]  by nonprofit groups 4 Day Week Global and 4 Day Week UK Campaign, the UK based research  ... [group/band/part/campaign]  Autonomy, and researchers from Cambridge and Oxford universities in the UK and Boston College in the US. People  ... [taking part/organising/holding/assessing]  range from healthcare workers to emploees in fast-food restauranrs.

    Advocates have been  ... [arguing/brawling/speaking/quarelling]  for a shorter work week for many years. They believe that fewer hours on the job  ... [leads to/result in/comes to/approaches to]  better work-life balance and makes emploees more productive. This is especially important  ... [to/into/on/for]  employers now because many people left their  ... [jobs/work/places/occupations]  during the pandemic as part of what's  ... [known as/known for/known because/known like]  the "Great Resignation". Many people said they were burned  ... [out/up/into/for]  and unsatisfied with their work and wanted to do something different.

 

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