The sportswear company Nike gave its (1) ____ workers a holiday to help them

de-stress from life's challenges and worries caused (2) ____ the COVID-19
pandemic. The clothing giant gave its employees a week-long mental health break.
It closed its offices from August the 23rd to the 30th so that its employees could
"enjoy additional time (3) ____ to rest and recover". Nike said it wanted to focus
(4) ____ helping to combat "burnout". Nike's senior manager of global marketing
science Matt Marrazzo said: "Our senior leaders are (5) ____ sending a clear
message - take the time to unwind, de-stress and spend time with your loved ones.
Do not work." Nike's retail stores are still open and store workers are working (6)
____ usual.
1. (a) officials (b) office (c) officer (d) officialdom
2. (a) on (b) by (c) at (d) of
3. (a) on (b) over (c) up (d) off
4. (a) of (b) on (c) up (d) at
5. (a) whole (b) every (c) entire (d) all
6. (a) was (b) has (c) as (d) 'twas

Mr Marrazzo said the company was taking the (7) ____ in considering the mental
health of its workers. He said: "Taking time for rest and recovery is (8) ____ to
performing well and staying sane. This past year has been rough. We're all human
and living through a traumatic event." He added: "I'm hopeful that the empathy and
(9) ____ we continue to show our team-mates will have a positive impact on the
culture of work moving forward." Marrazzo said the week off was "an
acknowledgment that we can prioritize mental health and (10) ____ get work
done". He said it was important (11) ____ a company to think about its workers.
He wrote: "Support your people. It's good business, but it's also the right thing to
(12) ____."
1. (a) lead (b) gold (c) iron (d) steel
2. (a) lock (b) safe (c) key (d) chain
3. (a) grate (b) grape (c) grade (d) grace
4. (a) still (b) must (c) plus (d) time
5. (a) for (b) on (c) at (d) by
6. (a) do (b) seem (c) appear (d) time
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New research suggests / suggestions that our DNA helps us to decide
whether we preference / prefer coffee or tea. Researchers from the
University of Queensland in Australia studied how our jeans / genes affected
our taste and why we like some tastes / tasty more than others. Following
the research, researchers believe / belief they know why some of us prefer
coffee while others like tea more / many. The researchers found that people
who like more bitter tastes are more liked / likely to drink coffee. The
researchers said they found something strange on / in their research. People
who were more sensitive to the bitter taste of caffeine was / were more
likely to prefer coffee to tea. They were also more likely to drink more coffee
than them / those who were not so sensitive to caffeine.
Researchers looked at / that data on more than 400,000 men and women in
the United Kingdom. They also looking / looked at an Australian study that
comparison / compared the tastes of 1,757 twins with their siblings /
sobbing. The researchers said genes aren't the only factor / factors affecting
people's tastes. Other things like our / hour changing environment, social
factors or the effects of taking medicine can also twist / turn us on or off
coffee or tea. The researchers said we can learn to like coffee. Dr Liang-Dar
Hwang said: "Bitter taste perception is shaped not only at / by genetics, but
also environmental factors. Even though / through humans naturally dislike
bitterness, we can learn to like or enjoy bitter-tasting food after being
exposed / exposure to environmental factors."