If parents bring up a child with the sole aim

If parents bring up a child with the sole aim

Đề bài: 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

If parents bring up a child with the sole aim of turning the child into a genius, they will cause a disaster. According to several leading educational psychologists, this is one of the biggest mistakes which ambitious parents make. Generally, the child will be only too aware of what his parents expect, and will fail. Unrealistic parental expectations can cause great damage to children. However, if parents are not too unrealistic about what they expect their children to do, but are ambitious in a sensible way, the child may succeed in doing very well – especially if the parents are very supportive of their child. Michael Collins is very lucky. He is crazy about music, and his parents help him a lot by taking him to concerts and arranging private piano and violin lessons for him. They even drive him 50 kilometers twice a week for violin lessons. Michael’s mother knows very little about music, but his father plays the trumpet in a large orchestra. However, he never makes Michael enter music competitions if he is unwilling. Winston Smith, Michael’s friend, however, is not so lucky. Both his parents are successful musicians, and they set too high a standard for Winston. They want their son to be as successful as they are and so they enter him for every piano competition held. They are very unhappy when he does not win. Winston is always afraid that he will disappoint his parents and now he always seems quiet and unhappy.

Câu 1: One of the serious mistakes parents can make is to _____.

A. push their child into trying too much

B. help their child to become a genius

C. make their child become a musician

D. neglect their child’s education

Câu 2: Michael Collins is fortunate in that ______.

A. his father is a musician

B. his parents are quite rich

C. his mother knows little about music

D. his parents help him in a sensible way

Câu 3: The phrase "crazy about" in the passage mostly means ______.

A. "surprised at"

B. "extremely interested in"

C. "completely unaware of"

D. "confused about"

Câu 4: The word “They” in the second paragraph refers to ______.

A.  competitions

B. concerts

C. Michael’s parents

D. Michael’s lessons

Câu 5: The two examples given in the passage illustrate the principle that _______.

A. successful parents always have intelligent children

B. successful parents often have unsuccessful children

C. parents should let the child develop in the way he wants

D. parents should spend more money on the child’s education

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1. Thông tin: If parents bring up a child with the sole aim of turning the child into a genius, they will cause a disaster. According to several leading educational psychologists, this is one of the biggest mistakes which ambitious parents make. Generally, the child will be only too aware of what his parents expect, and will fail. Unrealistic parental expectations can cause great damage to children. (Nếu cha mẹ nuôi dạy con cái với mục đích duy nhất là biến đứa trẻ thành thiên tài, họ sẽ gây ra tai họa. Theo một số nhà tâm lý học giáo dục hàng đầu, đây là một trong những sai lầm lớn nhất mà các bậc cha mẹ quá tham vọng mắc phải. Nói chung, đứa trẻ sẽ chỉ biết quá rõ về những gì cha mẹ mong đợi, và sẽ thất bại. Những kỳ vọng không thực tế của cha mẹ có thể gây ra thiệt hại lớn cho trẻ.)

2. Thông tin: Michael Collins is very lucky. He is crazy about music, and his parents help him a lot by taking him to concerts and arranging private piano and violin lessons for him. They even drive him 50 kilometers twice a week for violin lessons. (Michael Collins rất may mắn. Anh ấy say mê âm nhạc, và cha mẹ anh ấy đã giúp anh ấy rất nhiều bằng cách đưa anh ấy đến các buổi hòa nhạc và sắp xếp các buổi học piano và violin riêng cho anh ấy. Họ thậm chí còn chở anh ấy đi 50 km hai lần một tuần để học violin.)

3. crazy about: cuồng, cực kỳ thích thú, say mê

4. Thông tin: He is crazy about music, and his parents help him a lot by taking him to concerts and arranging private piano and violin lessons for him. They even drive him 50 kilometers twice a week for violin lessons. (Anh ấy say mê âm nhạc, và cha mẹ anh ấy đã giúp anh ấy rất nhiều bằng cách đưa anh ấy đến các buổi hòa nhạc và sắp xếp các buổi học piano và violin riêng cho anh ấy. Họ thậm chí còn chở anh ấy đi 50 km hai lần một tuần để học violin.)

5. Thông tin: Michael Collins is very lucky. He is crazy about music, and his parents help him a lot by taking him to concerts and arranging private piano and violin lessons for him. They even drive him 50 kilometers twice a week for violin lessons. Michael’s mother knows very little about music, but his father plays the trumpet in a large orchestra. However, he never makes Michael enter music competitions if he is unwilling. Winston Smith, Michael’s friend, however, is not so lucky. Both his parents are successful musicians, and they set too high a standard for Winston. They want their son to be as successful as they are and so they enter him for every piano competition held. They are very unhappy when he does not win. (Michael Collins rất may mắn. Anh ấy say mê âm nhạc, và cha mẹ anh ấy đã giúp anh ấy rất nhiều bằng cách đưa anh ấy đến các buổi hòa nhạc và sắp xếp các buổi học piano và violin riêng cho anh ấy. Họ thậm chí còn chở anh ấy đi 50 km hai lần một tuần để học violin. Mẹ của Michael biết rất ít về âm nhạc, nhưng bố anh ấy chơi kèn trong một dàn nhạc lớn. Tuy nhiên, anh ấy không bao giờ bắt Michael tham gia các cuộc thi âm nhạc nếu anh ấy không muốn. Tuy nhiên, Winston Smith, bạn của Michael, lại không may mắn như vậy. Cha mẹ anh đều là những nhạc sĩ thành công và họ đặt ra tiêu chuẩn quá cao cho Winston. Họ muốn con trai mình cũng thành công như họ nên họ mời cậu tham gia mọi cuộc thi piano được tổ chức. Họ rất không vui khi anh ấy không giành chiến thắng.)