Câu hỏi: Read the following passage and mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the correct word or phrase that best fits each of the numbered blanks from 23 to 27.
Father's Day was created to complement Mother's Day. Like Mother's Day (23)honors mothers and motherhood, Father's Day celebrates fatherhood and paternal bonds; it highlights the (24) ________ of fathers in society. Many countries celebrate it on the third Sunday of June, but it is also celebrated widely on other days. Historically, Sonora Smart Dodd was the woman behind the celebration of male parenting. Her father, the Civil War veteran William Jackson Smart, was a single parent who (25) _______ his six children there. After hearing a sermon about Jarvis' Mother's Day in 1909, she told her pastor that fathers should have a similar holiday honoring them. Although she initially suggested June 5, her father's birthday, the pastors did not have enough time to prepare their sermons, and the celebration was deferred to the third Sunday of June. The first celebration was in Spokane. Washington at the YMCA Young Men's Christian Association) on June 19, 1910. Since then it has become a traditional day (26) _________year.
In recognition of what fathers do for their families, on this day people may have a party celebrating male parenting or simply make a phone call or send a greeting card. (27)_____, schools help children prepare handmade gifts for their fathers many days before the celebration.
The word or phrase which best fits the gap (24) is...
A. impact
B. influence
C. conquest
D. effect
Father's Day was created to complement Mother's Day. Like Mother's Day (23)honors mothers and motherhood, Father's Day celebrates fatherhood and paternal bonds; it highlights the (24) ________ of fathers in society. Many countries celebrate it on the third Sunday of June, but it is also celebrated widely on other days. Historically, Sonora Smart Dodd was the woman behind the celebration of male parenting. Her father, the Civil War veteran William Jackson Smart, was a single parent who (25) _______ his six children there. After hearing a sermon about Jarvis' Mother's Day in 1909, she told her pastor that fathers should have a similar holiday honoring them. Although she initially suggested June 5, her father's birthday, the pastors did not have enough time to prepare their sermons, and the celebration was deferred to the third Sunday of June. The first celebration was in Spokane. Washington at the YMCA Young Men's Christian Association) on June 19, 1910. Since then it has become a traditional day (26) _________year.
In recognition of what fathers do for their families, on this day people may have a party celebrating male parenting or simply make a phone call or send a greeting card. (27)_____, schools help children prepare handmade gifts for their fathers many days before the celebration.
The word or phrase which best fits the gap (24) is...
A. impact
B. influence
C. conquest
D. effect
Giải thích:
Kiến thức về từ vựng:
A. impact (n): sự tác động mạnh mẽ lên ai/cái gì
B. influence (n): sự ảnh hưởng (làm thay đổi suy nghĩ, thái độ, hành vi)
C. conquest (n): sự chinh phục
D. effect (n): sự thay đổi hoặc kết quả, hậu quả mà một ai đó/một việc gì đó ảnh hưởng lên người khác/việc khác (vừa tích cực, vừa tiêu cực)
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Kiến thức về từ vựng:
A. impact (n): sự tác động mạnh mẽ lên ai/cái gì
B. influence (n): sự ảnh hưởng (làm thay đổi suy nghĩ, thái độ, hành vi)
C. conquest (n): sự chinh phục
D. effect (n): sự thay đổi hoặc kết quả, hậu quả mà một ai đó/một việc gì đó ảnh hưởng lên người khác/việc khác (vừa tích cực, vừa tiêu cực)
Tạm dịch: Nó làm nổi bật ảnh hưởng của những người cha trong xã hội.
Đáp án B.