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Employers are often reluctant to hire candidates who have no internship experience, even when their academic records are strong. This creates a loop that is hard to break for fresh graduates.

The word "reluctant" in the passage is closest in meaning to:

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The software firm in Poitiers announced its six-month trial of a four-day week with the nervous energy of a company expecting to regret it. Twenty staff kept their full pay and lost their Fridays. Six months later, managers published the numbers they had hardly dared hope for: slightly lower output, shorter meetings, and staff who took about half less sick leave than in the previous year. The mechanics mattered more than the slogan. Friday was not squeezed out of a longer Monday; instead the company cut its longest meeting, killed a weekly report nobody read and let two projects lapse. Nobody missed the report, and the lapsed projects, managers admit, were more habit than necessity. Employees describe the change as less about rest than about respect — time became something the workplace planned for rather than something to be stolen from evenings. The sceptics' case is concrete rather than cultural. A hospital ward or a bakery cannot simply close on Fridays, and covering the missing day costs money. Care rotas, delivery schedules and seasonal work do not shrink because a spreadsheet looks elegant, and for such workplaces the trial's tidy results say little. The firm, to its credit, does not preach. Its directors speak at business events, but they present the trial as an experiment with boundaries, not a movement. A rested team is not a luxury; it is equipment. He four-day week is a tool, not a creed, the managing director told a local chamber of commerce — then wished everyone a restful weekend, having earned it on a Thursday.

Which statement best sums up the passage about Poitiers?

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Remote work has proved most effective for employees who already know the job and need little guidance. For new hires, however, informal learning — overhearing a colleague's call, asking a quick question — is difficult to replace.

What can be inferred from the passage about remote work?

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The software firm in Poitiers announced its six-month trial of a four-day week with the nervous energy of a company expecting to regret it. Twenty staff kept their full pay and lost their Fridays. Six months later, managers published the numbers they had hardly dared hope for: slightly lower output, shorter meetings, and staff who took about half less sick leave than in the previous year. The mechanics mattered more than the slogan. Friday was not squeezed out of a longer Monday; instead the company cut its longest meeting, killed a weekly report nobody read and let two projects lapse. Nobody missed the report, and the lapsed projects, managers admit, were more habit than necessity. Employees describe the change as less about rest than about respect — time became something the workplace planned for rather than something to be stolen from evenings. The sceptics' case is concrete rather than cultural. A hospital ward or a bakery cannot simply close on Fridays, and covering the missing day costs money. Care rotas, delivery schedules and seasonal work do not shrink because a spreadsheet looks elegant, and for such workplaces the trial's tidy results say little. The firm, to its credit, does not preach. Its directors speak at business events, but they present the trial as an experiment with boundaries, not a movement. A rested team is not a luxury; it is equipment. He four-day week is a tool, not a creed, the managing director told a local chamber of commerce — then wished everyone a restful weekend, having earned it on a Thursday.

What does the passage about Poitiers say about the change in sick leave?

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The campaigns have clearly reduced waste in dining halls, and that is worth celebrating. Yet measuring success only by weight of discarded food may push kitchens to serve smaller portions rather than to plan better.

The author's attitude towards campus food waste campaigns is:

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The software firm in Poitiers announced its six-month trial of a four-day week with the nervous energy of a company expecting to regret it. Twenty staff kept their full pay and lost their Fridays. Six months later, managers published the numbers they had hardly dared hope for: slightly lower output, shorter meetings, and staff who took about half less sick leave than in the previous year. The mechanics mattered more than the slogan. Friday was not squeezed out of a longer Monday; instead the company cut its longest meeting, killed a weekly report nobody read and let two projects lapse. Nobody missed the report, and the lapsed projects, managers admit, were more habit than necessity. Employees describe the change as less about rest than about respect — time became something the workplace planned for rather than something to be stolen from evenings. The sceptics' case is concrete rather than cultural. A hospital ward or a bakery cannot simply close on Fridays, and covering the missing day costs money. Care rotas, delivery schedules and seasonal work do not shrink because a spreadsheet looks elegant, and for such workplaces the trial's tidy results say little. The firm, to its credit, does not preach. Its directors speak at business events, but they present the trial as an experiment with boundaries, not a movement. A rested team is not a luxury; it is equipment. He four-day week is a tool, not a creed, the managing director told a local chamber of commerce — then wished everyone a restful weekend, having earned it on a Thursday.

In the passage about Poitiers, why do some critics question the four-day week?

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In the Poitiers passage, what is the author's attitude toward the four-day week?

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In the passage about Poitiers, what does the author mean by "a rested team is not a luxury; it is equipment"?