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Câu hỏi: 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 39 to 43.
Thomas Edison is famous for inventing the light bulb. But not many people know that in the 1920s he invented the first employment test to recruit staff for his research laboratory. It had questions in it like, ‘Who killed President Lincoln?’ and ‘Where is the Sargasso Sea?’. It was difficult to answer the questions and only a few people managed to pass the test. Nowadays we would ask: Is it really necessary to know things like this if you want to work for an inventor?
Now, a hundred years later, employment tests are still used by companies, but are very different in what they test. The way that companies recruit new staff has also changed. One recent trend in recruitment is ‘gamification’. Gamification, in general, means using characteristics of games (e.g. scoring points, competing with others and rules of play) to add some fun to situations that are usually more serious. One of the first companies which has used gamification to recruit new staff is the cosmetics company, L'Oréal. L'Oréal created an online computer game called Reveal, where you try to solve real-life problems in a virtual environment. The best players were invited for an interview.
Another company, the international hotel group Marriott, developed a Facebook game, My Marriott HotelTM to attract young people to a career in the hotel industry. In the game, players managed a virtual hotel kitchen. The game could be played in English, Spanish, French, Arabic and Mandarin. It was designed to recruit staff in markets outside the USA. The game was a great success and brought thousands of people to the Marriott Facebook career page. Experts believe gamification is likely to become so common in recruitment that perhaps we should all train as game designers!
A. Some companies nowadays use games to recruit new employees.
B. People often refer to Thomas Edison as the father of the light bulb.
C. My Marriott HotelTM by Marriot wasn’t as popular as Reveal by L'Oréal.
D. Marriott introduced a game to take on more staff outside the USA.
Thomas Edison is famous for inventing the light bulb. But not many people know that in the 1920s he invented the first employment test to recruit staff for his research laboratory. It had questions in it like, ‘Who killed President Lincoln?’ and ‘Where is the Sargasso Sea?’. It was difficult to answer the questions and only a few people managed to pass the test. Nowadays we would ask: Is it really necessary to know things like this if you want to work for an inventor?
Now, a hundred years later, employment tests are still used by companies, but are very different in what they test. The way that companies recruit new staff has also changed. One recent trend in recruitment is ‘gamification’. Gamification, in general, means using characteristics of games (e.g. scoring points, competing with others and rules of play) to add some fun to situations that are usually more serious. One of the first companies which has used gamification to recruit new staff is the cosmetics company, L'Oréal. L'Oréal created an online computer game called Reveal, where you try to solve real-life problems in a virtual environment. The best players were invited for an interview.
Another company, the international hotel group Marriott, developed a Facebook game, My Marriott HotelTM to attract young people to a career in the hotel industry. In the game, players managed a virtual hotel kitchen. The game could be played in English, Spanish, French, Arabic and Mandarin. It was designed to recruit staff in markets outside the USA. The game was a great success and brought thousands of people to the Marriott Facebook career page. Experts believe gamification is likely to become so common in recruitment that perhaps we should all train as game designers!
(Adapted from Navigate by Caroline Krantz and Julie Norton)
Which of the following is NOT mentioned in the passage?A. Some companies nowadays use games to recruit new employees.
B. People often refer to Thomas Edison as the father of the light bulb.
C. My Marriott HotelTM by Marriot wasn’t as popular as Reveal by L'Oréal.
D. Marriott introduced a game to take on more staff outside the USA.
Giải thích:
Điều nào sau đây không được đề cập trong đoạn văn?
A. Ngày nay một số công ty sử dụng trò chơi để tuyển dụng nhân viên mới.
B. Mọi người thường nhắc đến Thomas Edison như là cha đẻ của bóng đèn.
C. My Marriott HotelTM của Marriot không nổi tiếng bằng Reveal của L'Oréal.
D. Marriott đã giới thiệu một trò chơi để tuyển thêm nhân viên bên ngoài Mỹ.
Thông tin:
+ The way that companies recruit new staff has also changed. One recent trend in recruitment is ‘gamification’. (Cách mà các công ty tuyển dụng nhân viên mới cũng đã thay đổi. Một xu hướng tuyển dụng gần đây chính là “game hóa”.) → A đúng
+ Thomas Edison is famous for inventing the light bulb. (Thomas Edison nổi tiếng với việc phát minh ra bóng đèn.) → B đúng
+ Another company, the international hotel group Marriott, developed a Facebook game, My Marriott HotelTM to attract young people to a career in the hotel industry. It was designed to recruit staff in markets outside the USA. (Một công ty khác, tập đoàn khách sạn quốc tế Marriott, đã phát triển một trò chơi Facebook, My Marriott HotelTM để thu hút những người trẻ làm việc trong ngành khách sạn. Nó được thiết kể nhằm tuyển dụng nhân viên ở các thị trường ngoài Hoa Kỳ.) → D đúng
Điều nào sau đây không được đề cập trong đoạn văn?
A. Ngày nay một số công ty sử dụng trò chơi để tuyển dụng nhân viên mới.
B. Mọi người thường nhắc đến Thomas Edison như là cha đẻ của bóng đèn.
C. My Marriott HotelTM của Marriot không nổi tiếng bằng Reveal của L'Oréal.
D. Marriott đã giới thiệu một trò chơi để tuyển thêm nhân viên bên ngoài Mỹ.
Thông tin:
+ The way that companies recruit new staff has also changed. One recent trend in recruitment is ‘gamification’. (Cách mà các công ty tuyển dụng nhân viên mới cũng đã thay đổi. Một xu hướng tuyển dụng gần đây chính là “game hóa”.) → A đúng
+ Thomas Edison is famous for inventing the light bulb. (Thomas Edison nổi tiếng với việc phát minh ra bóng đèn.) → B đúng
+ Another company, the international hotel group Marriott, developed a Facebook game, My Marriott HotelTM to attract young people to a career in the hotel industry. It was designed to recruit staff in markets outside the USA. (Một công ty khác, tập đoàn khách sạn quốc tế Marriott, đã phát triển một trò chơi Facebook, My Marriott HotelTM để thu hút những người trẻ làm việc trong ngành khách sạn. Nó được thiết kể nhằm tuyển dụng nhân viên ở các thị trường ngoài Hoa Kỳ.) → D đúng
Đáp án C.