Câu hỏi: 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.
Indulging oneself is a common coping strategy that proves of almost no value in helping us deal with problems. Consider the example of Doug: whose girlfriend of 18 months has just broken up with him. In response, Doug has dived into a number of self- indulgent habits that he had previously held to a minimum. He is smoking at least a pack of cigarettes a day. As soon as he is home from work, he pours himself a slug of Corona Extra – a beverage he continues to sip through the evening until he passes out. On the weekends, he hits a nearby casino with some fellow single friends and gambles far more than he can afford to lose.
Doug would describe each of these behaviors – smoking, drinking and gambling – as pleasurable. And yet, when practiced to excess, each of them has a negative effect on his overall well-being. None of them addresses the problem that is the source of his stress – why his relationship with his girlfriend has ended.
People who respond to stressful events by indulging themselves are attempting to compensate for a lack of satisfaction in one area of their lives by providing themselves with an alternate form of satisfaction. Drinking, smoking, binge eating, shopping sprees, drug use, and gambling are all forms of one- indulgence commonly used to compensate for stressful events. Not surprisingly, this form of coping leads to its own problems, in the shape of poor physical health, addiction, and financial problems.
A recent form of this maladaptive coping style is seen in people who respond to the stress of daily life by spending excessive amount of time online. Some people become so immersed in the virtual world of online games, websites, social networking, and so on, that it seems no exaggeration to call them "Internet addicts". People who spend an inordinate amount of time on the Internet often describe themselves as feeling empty, lost, depressed and anxious when they are not able to be online. Their real-life relationships, as well as their ability to function at work or at school, suffer as they become more immersed in their online activities. Like other forms of self-indulgence as coping strategy, Internet overuse can end up creating, rather than solving problems in the subject's life.
According to the passage, smoking, drinking and gambling _____.
A. are pleasurable
B. are harmful when excessively practiced
C. have an adverse impact on people's well-being
D. are less harmful than being addicted to the Internet.
Indulging oneself is a common coping strategy that proves of almost no value in helping us deal with problems. Consider the example of Doug: whose girlfriend of 18 months has just broken up with him. In response, Doug has dived into a number of self- indulgent habits that he had previously held to a minimum. He is smoking at least a pack of cigarettes a day. As soon as he is home from work, he pours himself a slug of Corona Extra – a beverage he continues to sip through the evening until he passes out. On the weekends, he hits a nearby casino with some fellow single friends and gambles far more than he can afford to lose.
Doug would describe each of these behaviors – smoking, drinking and gambling – as pleasurable. And yet, when practiced to excess, each of them has a negative effect on his overall well-being. None of them addresses the problem that is the source of his stress – why his relationship with his girlfriend has ended.
People who respond to stressful events by indulging themselves are attempting to compensate for a lack of satisfaction in one area of their lives by providing themselves with an alternate form of satisfaction. Drinking, smoking, binge eating, shopping sprees, drug use, and gambling are all forms of one- indulgence commonly used to compensate for stressful events. Not surprisingly, this form of coping leads to its own problems, in the shape of poor physical health, addiction, and financial problems.
A recent form of this maladaptive coping style is seen in people who respond to the stress of daily life by spending excessive amount of time online. Some people become so immersed in the virtual world of online games, websites, social networking, and so on, that it seems no exaggeration to call them "Internet addicts". People who spend an inordinate amount of time on the Internet often describe themselves as feeling empty, lost, depressed and anxious when they are not able to be online. Their real-life relationships, as well as their ability to function at work or at school, suffer as they become more immersed in their online activities. Like other forms of self-indulgence as coping strategy, Internet overuse can end up creating, rather than solving problems in the subject's life.
According to the passage, smoking, drinking and gambling _____.
A. are pleasurable
B. are harmful when excessively practiced
C. have an adverse impact on people's well-being
D. are less harmful than being addicted to the Internet.
Theo đoạn văn, hút thuốc, uống rượu và đánh bạc _____.
A. rất vui.
B. có hại khi thực hiện quá mức.
C. có tác động xấu đến sức khỏe con người.
D. ít gây hại hơn là nghiện Internet.
Căn cứ vào thông tin sau trong đoạn 2:
Doug would describe each of these behaviors – smoking, drinking and gambling – as pleasurable. And yet, when practiced to excess, each of them has a negative effect on his overall well-being. None of them addresses the problem that is the source of his stress – why his relationship with his girlfriend has ended. (Doug sẽ mô tả từng hành vi này - hút thuốc, uống rượu và đánh bạc - là thú vị. Chưa hết, khi thực hiện quá mức, mỗi cái trong số chúng đều có ảnh hưởng tiêu cực đến sức khỏe tổng thể của anh ta. Không cái nào trong số chúng giải quyết vấn đề mà là nguồn gốc của sự căng thẳng của anh ấy – lí do tại sao mối quan hệ của anh ấy với bạn gái đã kết thúc.)
*Note: Đáp án C không đúng vì theo thông tin được highlight thì việc hút thuốc, uống rượu và đánh bạc nó chỉ có tác động xấu đến sức khỏe (của con người) khi sử dụng quá mức mà thôi. Còn nếu dùng có chừng mực, mức độ thì chưa chắc nó sẽ có "adverse impact".
=> Đáp án C thiếu ý "sử dụng quá mức" nên không chọn được.
A. rất vui.
B. có hại khi thực hiện quá mức.
C. có tác động xấu đến sức khỏe con người.
D. ít gây hại hơn là nghiện Internet.
Căn cứ vào thông tin sau trong đoạn 2:
Doug would describe each of these behaviors – smoking, drinking and gambling – as pleasurable. And yet, when practiced to excess, each of them has a negative effect on his overall well-being. None of them addresses the problem that is the source of his stress – why his relationship with his girlfriend has ended. (Doug sẽ mô tả từng hành vi này - hút thuốc, uống rượu và đánh bạc - là thú vị. Chưa hết, khi thực hiện quá mức, mỗi cái trong số chúng đều có ảnh hưởng tiêu cực đến sức khỏe tổng thể của anh ta. Không cái nào trong số chúng giải quyết vấn đề mà là nguồn gốc của sự căng thẳng của anh ấy – lí do tại sao mối quan hệ của anh ấy với bạn gái đã kết thúc.)
*Note: Đáp án C không đúng vì theo thông tin được highlight thì việc hút thuốc, uống rượu và đánh bạc nó chỉ có tác động xấu đến sức khỏe (của con người) khi sử dụng quá mức mà thôi. Còn nếu dùng có chừng mực, mức độ thì chưa chắc nó sẽ có "adverse impact".
=> Đáp án C thiếu ý "sử dụng quá mức" nên không chọn được.
Đáp án B.