HOMEWORK 1

READING 1

Name: Daniel Silva______________ Date: 09/01/20_________

Teacher:____Mr. Tume__________ Class:_______________

Objective:
- To read for main idea and for particular information
- To link ideas

Reading strategy 1: Use context clues from the context to help you identify the missing words.

A. Read the following text and fill in the blanks with the words in the box.
learn - have - take - visit - make - works - is - feel

Take Your Parents to Work Day

Google has "Take Your Parents to Work Day." On this day, parents (1) visit…… their adult
children at work. They take workshops to (2) learn…………… about Google. They see what
their "kids" do at work. They (3) take……………. a tour of the company, and (4)
have……………. lunch in a company cafe.

Many Google employees are in their 20s. They do high-tech jobs. Many of their parents don't
understand these jobs.

Workers in their 20s like to get their parents' advice and support when they (5) make………
decisions. But it's hard for parents to support something they don't understand.

Hector Hernandez (6) is……………. 31-years-old. He (7) works……… at the company

LinkedIn. Hernandez says his parents don't approve of his job because they don't "get it."
They want him to be a doctor or lawyer, or to choose another profession they understand.

When parents visit their children at work, they (8) feel……… a connection to the company. If
they like the company, they encourage their children to keep working there.

Other companies followed Google. They made their own parents' days. LinkedIn has "Bring in
Your Parents Day."

Danielle Restivo also works at LinkedIn. She says workers are happier when their parents
approve of their jobs. Hector Hernandez hopes Bring in Your Parents Day will help his parents
feel good about what he does.

But some companies don't want parents at work. They say workers in their 20s need to be
independent. They need to make their own decisions.

B. Choose the correct alternative:

1. What is the main idea of the text?
a) Parents don’t like their children work for Google.
b) Parents visit their children at work to understand what they do.

2. At “Take your parents to work day,” Parents DO NOT …

a) take a tour of Google.
b) learn about Linkedln
c) have lunch in a company café
d) take workshops

3. What is the reason for “Take your parents to work day”?

a) So, parents will feel closer to their children
b) So parents can help their children make decisions at work.
c) So parents understand what their children do at work.
d) So companies can tell their parents if their children are working well.

4. What does Danielle Restivo say in the article?

a) workers are happier when their parents approve of what they do.
b) Her parents want her to be a doctor or a lawyer.
c) Workers in their 20s need to be independent.
d) Parents who visit their children at work feel a connection with the company.

C. Answer the following questions:

1. What are the names of the two companies in the text?

a) ………………………………………….. b) …………………………………………..

2. What kind of job do people do at Google?

…………………………………………………………………………………………………………..

3. Where does Hector Hernandez work?

…………………………………………………………………………………………………………..

4. What is the name of the program in LinkedIn?

…………………………………………………………………………………………………………..

5. Do all the companies like having parents at work?

…………………………………………………………………………………………………………..