Questions 21-25
- Read the text and questions below.
- For each question, mark the letter next to the correct answer - A, B, C
or D -on your answer sheet,
The shoemaker
Bill Bird is a shoemaker who cannot make shoes fast enough for his
growing number of customers - and he charges more than f.300 for a pair.
Customers travel hundreds of kilometers to his London shoe clinic or lo his
workshop in the countryside to have their feet measured. He makes shoes for
people with feet of unusual sizes: very large, very small, very broad or very
narrow. The shoes are at least as fashionable as those found in ordinary
shops.
Mr. Bird says: 'My problem is that I cannot find skilled workers. Young
people all seem to prefer to work with computers these days. We will lose the
necessary skills soon because there are fewer and fewer shoemakers
nowadays. I am 45, and now I want to leach young people everything I know
about making shoes. It's a good job, and a lot of people want to buy beautiful
shoes specially made for them'. He started in the business 19 years ago and
now he employs three other people. His customers pay about f.500 for their
first pair of shoes. He says: tour customers come because they want
comfortable shoes which are exactly the right size. Extra pairs of shoes cost
between f.320 and f.450, as it takes one employee a whole week to make just
one shoe.
21. What is the writer trying to do in the text?
A. describe where Mr. Bird finds his staff
B. encourage people to wear comfortable shoes
C. advertise a job selling expensive shoes
D. show Mr. Bird's worries about his trade
22. What can readers find out from this text?
A. how many customers Mr. Bird has
B. how to make shoes like Mr. Bird
C. how to get to Mr. Bird's London shop
D. how much Mr. Bird's shoes cost
23. What is Mr. Bird’s opinion of young people?
A. They want too much money.
B. They are difficult to train.
C. They prefer other jobs.
D. They don’t work hard enough.
24. Customers choose Mr. Bird because his shoes
A. are the most fashionable.
B. fit perfectly.
C. look very unusual.
D. are traditional in design.
25. Which advertisement would Mr. Bird put in a newspaper?
A. Wanted - experienced shoemakers to work in large shoe company in
London. Good rates of pay.
B. Wanted - young people to train as shoemakers. Must be able to use
a computer
C. Wanted - young people to train as shoemakers. Good job with small
company
D. Wanted - country workshop needs people for unskilled jobs working
with shoes
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