מבחן הבנת הנקרא: Is Thursday the New Friday? · מבחן באנגלית 1 — Is Thursday the New Friday? · כיתה י״ב

יש לקרוא את הטקסט ולענות באנגלית על השאלות בחלק A (70 נקודות). אחר כך עונים על חלק אוצר המילים (30 נקודות). אין להשתמש במילון: רשימת המילים שמתחת לטקסט מסבירה את המילים הקשות. אפשר לענות במילים שלך, אלא אם השאלה מבקשת להעתיק מהטקסט.

Read the text and answer the questions in Part A in English (70 points). Then do the Vocabulary part (30 points). You may NOT use a dictionary; the word list under the text explains difficult words. Answer in your own words if the question does not ask for words from the text.

A report on the four-day work week

For most of the last hundred years, the five-day work week has been

normal in many countries. Now a growing number of companies are asking a

simple question: what would happen if employees worked four days instead of

five, but for the same salary?

One of the best-known experiments took place in the United Kingdom in

2022. About sixty companies, from small shops to software firms, gave their

workers a paid day off every week for six months. When the trial ended, most

of the companies decided to continue with the shorter week. Managers

reported that their businesses had not lost money, and many employees said

they felt less stressed and slept better.

Similar trials have also been carried out in other countries. At

Brightline, an Israeli design company with forty employees, the staff have

worked from Sunday to Wednesday since last year. "We were worried at first,"

admits the company's director, Ronit Shalev. "But people are more focused

now. We have fewer long meetings, and people don't waste time, because they

know they have only four days to finish their work."

For many workers, the extra day has changed their lives. Avi Cohen, a

graphic designer at Brightline, uses his Thursdays to look after his two

young children. "Before, I hardly saw them during the week," he says. "Now I

take them to the park, and my wife can go back to her studies." Other

employees use the day for sport, hobbies or simply to rest.

However, the four-day week does not suit every job. Hospitals, schools

and shops need people every day, so they cannot simply close for an extra

day. In some trials, employees had to work much longer hours on the four

days, and they ended up more tired than before. Critics also warn that

customers may become annoyed if they cannot reach a company on Thursdays.

Experts agree that the shorter week works best when companies change the

way they work, and not only the number of days. "If you try to fit five days

of work into four, you will fail," explains Ronit Shalev. "You have to

decide what really matters and stop doing the rest."

Whether the four-day week will become the new normal is still not clear.

For now, though, the workers at Brightline have no plans to go back.

תרגילים

Part A — Reading comprehension

תרגיל 1

What question are a growing number of companies asking? Choose the correct answer. (lines 1–4)

Should companies close on Fridays and Saturdays?
Should employees work four days and earn less money?
Should employees work five days for a higher salary?
Could employees work four days instead of five for the same salary?

להציג את התשובה והפתרון

התשובה: ד Could employees work four days instead of five for the same salary?

תרגילים

Part A — Reading comprehension

Part B — Vocabulary

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