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May Day |
Read the passage and answer the questions 1 and 2.
May Day or international Workers’ Day is observed on May 1 all over the world today commemorate the historical struggle and sacrifices of the working people to establish an eight-hour workday. It is a public holiday in almost all the countries of the world.
Since the industrial Revolution (1)
in the 18th centuries in Europe and the US, the workers in mills and
factories had been working long shift, fourteen or even more hours a day.
On May 1st 1886, inspired
by the trade unions (2), half of the workers at the McCormick Harvesting
Machine Company in Chicago went on strike demanding an eight-hour workday .Two
days later, a workers’ rally was held near the McCormick Harvesting Machine
Company and about 6000 workers to stand together, to go on with their struggle
and not to give in to their bosses. At the point of the rally, some
strikebreakers started leaving the meeting place. They strikers went down the
street to bring them back. Suddenly about 200 policemen attacked them with
clubs and revolvers. One striker was killed instantly; five or six others were injured.
The events of May 1, 1886 are a reminded that workers will to be exploited
until they stand up and gain better
workings, better pay and better lives.
1. Choose the correct answer from the following alternative.
A. Historical means-
i. traditional ii. Historic
iii. Primitive iv. Inception
b. May Day events occurred in – century.
i. 17th ii.20th
iii.19th iv.18th
c. ’’And not go give in their bosses”-what does ‘give in’
i. agrees to stop struggling ii.
Refuse
iii. Dominative iv. Agree
to continue struggling
c. The policemen attacked the strikers on-
I .May 1st ii. May 4th
iii. May 3rd iv. May
2nd
d. To stop exploitation workers should not-
i. thinks of their privilege ii. Speak meekly
iii. rule out any unfair condition by their bosses
iv. Express them in public
e. The workers’ demand was to –work time.
i. upgrade ii. Reduce
iii. Assign iv. Sustain
f .Club and revolvers were used upon-
i. Strike breakers ii. Strikers
iii. Policemen iv. Trade union leaders
g. The word ‘commemorate’ means-
i. honor ii. Remind
iii. Commemorate iv. Identify
2. Answer the following questions
a. Why is the event of May 1, 1886 a
reminder for the workers?
b. What does May Day commemorate?
c. What happened and when the
policemen attacked the strikers?
d. Which demand did workers struggle
for?
e. what happened when the policemen
attacked the strikers?
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