Business English reading comprehension exercise 12

TOPIC: Pending nurses' strike in New York City


STEP 1 - Read the following article: READING COMPREHENSION ARTICLE 12


STEP 2 - Answer these questions (choose the best answer):

1. When was the last nurses' strike in New York?
  Last year
  About five years ago
  Three years ago

2. How many nurses could walk off the job?
  Under 10,000
  Over 10,000
  About 10,000

3. Which one of these things are the nurses NOT asking for?
  Guardrails on the use of AI
  More security
  More vacation time

4. The article points out that some of the hospitals think the nurses' union's demands are ______________.
  too expensive to carry out
  ridiculous
  all completely reasonable

5. Ultimately, the main problem seems to be that ______________.
  there is a surplus of nurses in hospitals
  hopitals aren't hiring enough nurses
  nurses are generally overpaid

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