Answer Key
Staff – Comprehension Check
- When something is RARE, it means [it is unusual]
rare – unusual; uncommon - When something is ELABORATE, it means [it is carefully prepared]
elaborate - worked out with great care and details - Which of the options best completes this sentence? “He then took his successful formula to Los Angeles and New York,...” [where celebrities can regularly be seen]
He then took his successful formula to Los Angeles and New York, where celebrities can regularly be seen - Who can you see in Chow's restaurants? [famous people]
Chow opened his first restaurant, serving Chinese food, in London in 1968. He then took his successful formula to Los Angeles and New York, where celebrities can regularly be seen, including George Clooney, Tobey McGuire, Robert DeNiro and Gwyneth Paltrow. - Mr Chow degraded his staff. Which of the options gives the example of degradation from the article? [a waiter had to lie on the floor]
For example, a waiter was made to lie on the floor in the middle of the staff meeting for about 40 minutes. - What was Mr Chow like, according to the lawyer of one of the waiters? [a dictator]
But Louis Pechman, the lawyer for one of the waiters, claims in the lawsuit that Chow was in fact "a dictator," who demanded "cult-like attention" from his staff. - Who is a FORMER company employee? [an employee who worked in the company before]
former – earlier; preceding; before - Where do the waiters get their uniforms? [they buy them with their own money]
The $5 million lawsuit, filed Monday by three former waiters, also accuses Chow of reducing waiters' tips for not listening attentively to him and not wearing a uniform, which they buy with their own money. - “To MISTREAT staff” means [to act badly to staff]
to mistreat – act or behave badly or wrongly to somebody - There is a grammar mistake in this sentence: “Michael Chow, which restaurants in New York, Los Angeles and London attract celebrities, regularly degraded his staff.” Which of the options has the mistake? [Michael Chow, which restaurants]
Michael Chow, whose restaurants in New York, Los Angeles and London attract celebrities, regularly degraded his staff.