Câu hỏi:
23/01/2025 4Read the passage carefully and choose the correct answer.
Family conflict
The generation gap, which refers to a broad difference between one generation and another, especially between young people and their parents, usually leads to numerous conflicts. Such family conflicts can seriously threaten the relationship between parents and children at times. It goes without saying that, however old their children are, parents still regard them as small kids and keep in mind that their offspring are too young to protect themselves cautiously or have wise choices. Therefore, they tend to make a great attempt to help their children to discover the outside world. Nevertheless, they forget that as children grow up, they want to be more independent and develop their own identity by creating their own opinions, thoughts, styles and values about life. One common issue that drives conflicts is the clothes of teenagers. While teens are keen on wearing fashionable clothes which try to catch up with the youth trends, parents who value traditional clothes believe that those kinds of attire violate the rules and the norms of the society. It becomes worse when the expensive brand name clothes teens choose seem to be beyond the financial capacity of parents. Another reason contributing to conflicts is the interest in choosing a career path or education between parents and teenagers. Young people are told that they have the world at their feet and that dazzling future opportunities are just waiting for them to seize. However, their parents try to impose their choices of university or career on them regardless of their children's preference. Indeed, conflicts between parents and children are the ever lasting family phenomena. It seems that the best way to solve the matter is open communication to create mutual trust and understanding.
Which can be the best title for the passage?
A. Where do parent-child conflicts come from?
B. How are children different from their parents?
C. How do we bridge the generation gap?
D. X
Trả lời:
Đáp án A
Theo thông tin bài văn cung cấp, ta thấy:
- "The generation gap, which refers to a broad difference between one generation and another, especially between young people and their parents, usually leads to numerous conflicts."
- "One common issue that drives conflicts is the clothes of teenagers."
- "Another reason contributing to conflicts is the interest in choosing a career path or education between parents and teenagers."
Dịch nghĩa:
“Xung đột gia đình
Khoảng cách thế hệ, ám chỉ sự khác biệt rõ rệt giữa các thế hệ, đặc biệt là giữa giới trẻ và cha mẹ của họ, thường dẫn đến nhiều xung đột. Những xung đột gia đình như vậy có thể đe dọa nghiêm trọng đến mối quan hệ giữa cha mẹ và con cái. Không cần phải nói, dù con cái họ bao nhiêu tuổi đi nữa, cha mẹ vẫn coi chúng như những đứa trẻ nhỏ và luôn nghĩ rằng con cái họ quá trẻ để tự bảo vệ mình một cách cẩn thận hoặc đưa ra những lựa chọn khôn ngoan. Do đó, họ thường cố gắng giúp con cái khám phá thế giới bên ngoài. Tuy nhiên, họ quên rằng khi con cái lớn lên, chúng muốn trở nên độc lập hơn và phát triển bản sắc của riêng mình bằng cách tạo ra các ý kiến, suy nghĩ, phong cách và giá trị về cuộc sống. Một vấn đề phổ biến dẫn đến xung đột là quần áo của thanh thiếu niên. Trong khi thanh thiếu niên rất thích mặc những bộ quần áo thời trang để theo kịp xu hướng giới trẻ, cha mẹ lại coi trọng trang phục truyền thống và cho rằng những trang phục như vậy vi phạm các quy tắc và chuẩn mực xã hội. Điều này càng tồi tệ hơn khi những bộ quần áo hiệu đắt tiền mà thanh thiếu niên chọn dường như vượt quá khả năng tài chính của cha mẹ. Một lý do khác góp phần vào xung đột là sự quan tâm đến việc chọn lựa con đường nghề nghiệp hoặc giáo dục giữa cha mẹ và thanh thiếu niên. Giới trẻ được nói rằng chúng có cả thế giới dưới chân và cơ hội tương lai tươi sáng đang chờ đợi chúng nắm bắt. Tuy nhiên, cha mẹ cố gắng áp đặt sự lựa chọn trường đại học hay nghề nghiệp của họ lên con cái, bất chấp sở thích của con cái. Thực sự, xung đột giữa cha mẹ và con cái là hiện tượng gia đình vĩnh viễn. Dường như cách tốt nhất để giải quyết vấn đề này là giao tiếp cởi mở để tạo ra sự tin tưởng và hiểu biết lẫn nhau.”
CÂU HỎI HOT CÙNG CHỦ ĐỀ
Câu 2:
Which notice (A-H) says this (1-5)? Do the matching.
1. This is not for adults.
2. You can’t drive this way.
3. We can help you day and night.
4. You can have dinner here.
5. Come here to book a holiday.
Your answer:
4________
2. You can’t drive this way.
3. We can help you day and night.
4. You can have dinner here.
5. Come here to book a holiday.
Your answer:
4________
Câu 5:
Choose the best answer.
The man _______ the door and _________ pieces of paper.
Câu 6:
Read the following passage and mark the letter A, B, C or D on your answer sheet to indicate the correct word or phrase for each of the blanks.
School exams are, generally speaking, the first kind of test we take. They find out how much knowledge we have gained. But do they really show how intelligent we are? After all, isn’t it a__________(23)__________that some people who are very academically successful don’t have any common sense. Intelligence is the speed__________(24)__________which we can understand and react to new situations and it is usually tested by logic puzzles. Although scientist are now preparing__________(25)__________computer technology that will be able to “read” our brains,__________(26)__________tests are still the most popular ways of measuring intelligence.
A person’s IQ is their intelligence__________(27)__________it is measured by a special test. The most common IT tests are run by Mensa, an organization that was found in England in 1946. By 1976, it had 1,300 members in Britain. Today there are 44,000 in Britain and 100,000 worldwide , largely inthe US.
Điền vào số (24)
Câu 7:
Decide T (true)/ F (false) for each statement.
Last year I visited the Somerset Levels, a coastal plain and wetland area in Somerset, South West England. This area is home to one of Somerset’s oldest traditional crafts - willow basket making. Basket making began in the area a long time ago. At the beginning of the 19th century, more than three thousand acres of willow trees were planted commercially there because the area provided an excellent natural habitat for their cultivation. I’d seen willow baskets before I visited the Levels, but I was still amazed at the numerous products created by the basket makers there. They make lobster pots, bread trays, and even passenger baskets for hot air balloons. Although the arrival of plastics in the 1950s caused the basket making industry to decline, willow growing and basket making have continued to play a significant role in Somerset’s rural economy. Willow growers and basket makers have dealt with this challenge by finding new markets and innovative ways of using willow. They make willow charcoal for artists and bower seats for gardens. Some even weave willow coffins. Therefore, people here can still live on the craft that their great-grandparents passed down to them.
Willows can grow well in the area because of its favourable natural conditions.
Câu 8:
Read the following passage and mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the correct answer to each of the questions from 36 to 42
Today, Snyder is seeing the fruits of the collaboration. In a recent issue of the Journal of Comparative Psychology (Vol. 117, No. 3), the research group published the first study of giant panda cub-rearing and separation. The study is the first step in examining the impact of a common breeding practice in China: separating captive cubs before they are six months old so that the mothers will be able to reproduce again sooner. Cubs in the wild stay with their mothers for 1.5 to 2.5 years.
Snyder and her co-authors, including Maple and psychologist Mollie Bloomsmith, PhD, theorize that separating cubs from their mothers too early may harm their social development, and could underlie why so many captive pandas fail to breed. Captive males often show little sexual interest in females or are too aggressive.
The research team has also conducted urinary and behavioral analyses of female giant pandas during the breeding season, which is generally in the spring, and is examining the behavior of giant panda mothers. Graduate student Megan Wilson, who also has worked in Chengdu, is investigating sequences of play-fighting for her dissertation. And former graduate student and Chengdu researcher Loraine Tarou, PhD, examined giant panda cognition.
Tarou, now an assistant professor at Grand Valley State University in Michigan, is the first to examine how captive pandas forage for food and learn to adapt to changes in their environment. She compared her findings with the cognition of the spectacled bear and found that while both use spatial memory to find food, the spectacled bears used visual cues the pandas did not pick up on.
The finding indicates that giant pandas' reliance on spatial memory alone may cause them to have difficulty when their food sources are abruptly changed or moved--a big problem for an animal that consumes nearly 30 pounds of bamboo a day.
While such basic research may not have immediate application, says Tarou, it is contributing to scientists' growing knowledge of the species.
(Adapted from https://www.apa.org/)
The word “conducted” in paragraph 3 is closest in meaning to ______.
Câu 9:
Read the passage below and choose one correct answer for each question.
Global warming and cooling have occurred naturally throughout history. But in the last 200 years, humans’ uses of fossil fuels and clear cutting of forests have increased the amount of carbon dioxide and other gases in the atmosphere. These gases trap some of the radiation from the sun which then increases the Earth’s temperature. Given the current state of environmental pollution caused by human activities, scientists believe the average temperature of the earth may increase 1-2 degrees Celsius which put simply, means some places will get much hotter and some much colder. At the same time, this overall warming effect means more frequent and more intense weather systems, especially in terms of flooding and drought.
Viet Nam is one of the most vulnerable environments due to its location on the planet. It is already subject to some of the earth’s most powerful weather systems and the increased frequency and intensity of storms will affect it often and directly, especially in coastal areas where most people live. Various estimates have been made as to the possible impacts. The most directly affected sector will be agriculture, which is very sensitive to flooding and the effects of extreme weather.
Viet Nam has the advantage of coming relatively late into the industrialization, urbanization, and modernization process. This means it can avoid many of the mistakes made by wealthier industrial countries. For example, wireless communication networks can be built from the start rather than installing lines that can easily be destroyed in extreme weather. Cities can be designed and located in less vulnerable locations. Climate-friendly building codes and standards can be created that are both more efficient and less prone to heat stress, wind damage, and flooding. Climate friendly transport systems, especially public transport, can be adopted.
The vast, humid expanse of the delta is home to more than 17 million people, who (4)_______ for generations on its thousands of river arteries.
Câu 11:
She worked hard. She passed her exam.
→ She worked ..........................................
Câu 14:
Choose the underlined word or phrase (A, B, C or D) that needs correcting.
If one is invited out to a dinner, it is perfect proper to go either with or without a gift.
A B C D
Câu 15:
The woman next door, to _______ I talked last week, is moving next month.