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Câu hỏi: Read the following passage and mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to choose the word or phrase that best fits each of the numbered blanks from 26 to 30.
Take exercise: we used to think that the longer we spent on, say, a pleasurable walk in the countryside, the more good it did us. Not anymore. The new (34) _______ is for HIIT – short for High-Intensity Interval Training – (35) _______ just twelve minutes of very intense activity is supposed to be every bit as beneficial as conventional exercise. Get on that rowing machine and keep it short and sharp! It's supposed to get you fitter in a considerably shorter period of time than conventional exercise routines. Advocates of HIIT training claim that it can burn fat up to 50% more effectively than low-intensity exercise. They also maintain that it speeds up metabolism and so makes you burn more calories throughout the day. However, some recent research would appear to (36) ______ these claims.
(37) _______ have our personalities changed, too? Smartphones allow us to access information in no time at all. Research demonstrates that 80% of people will not wait more than 30 seconds for a video to load. A recent survey suggests we now walk 10% faster than we did ten years ago. It seems we even start to get annoyed after five seconds waiting for the car in front of us to start moving when the traffic light turns green. Overtime, we come to expect (38) _ to be available infinitely more quickly than in the past. We have far less patience. We've forgotten how to slow down. Welcome to modern life.
A. engender
B. subscribe
C. dispute
D. cease
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Does this sound like your life? Do you get the feeling that everything is accelerating? Not only are activities getting significantly quicker, but our assumptions are changing, too.Take exercise: we used to think that the longer we spent on, say, a pleasurable walk in the countryside, the more good it did us. Not anymore. The new (34) _______ is for HIIT – short for High-Intensity Interval Training – (35) _______ just twelve minutes of very intense activity is supposed to be every bit as beneficial as conventional exercise. Get on that rowing machine and keep it short and sharp! It's supposed to get you fitter in a considerably shorter period of time than conventional exercise routines. Advocates of HIIT training claim that it can burn fat up to 50% more effectively than low-intensity exercise. They also maintain that it speeds up metabolism and so makes you burn more calories throughout the day. However, some recent research would appear to (36) ______ these claims.
(37) _______ have our personalities changed, too? Smartphones allow us to access information in no time at all. Research demonstrates that 80% of people will not wait more than 30 seconds for a video to load. A recent survey suggests we now walk 10% faster than we did ten years ago. It seems we even start to get annoyed after five seconds waiting for the car in front of us to start moving when the traffic light turns green. Overtime, we come to expect (38) _ to be available infinitely more quickly than in the past. We have far less patience. We've forgotten how to slow down. Welcome to modern life.
(Adapted from Navigate by Mark Bartram and Kate Pickering)
The word or phrase which best fits the gap (36) is...A. engender
B. subscribe
C. dispute
D. cease
Giải thích:
Kiến thức về từ vựng
A. engender (v): gây ra
B. subscribe (v): đồng tình, đăng ký
C. dispute (v): tranh cãi, tranh luận
D. cease (v): chấm dứt
Thông tin: They also maintain that it speeds up metabolism and so makes you burn more calories throughout the day. However, some recent research would appear to dispute these claims.
Tạm dịch: Họ cũng xác nhận rằng nó tăng tốc độ trao đổi chất và do đó khiến bạn đốt cháy nhiều calo hơn trong suốt cả ngày. Tuy nhiên, một số nghiên cứu gần đây dường như không không tình với những tuyên bố này.
→ Chọn đáp án C
Kiến thức về từ vựng
A. engender (v): gây ra
B. subscribe (v): đồng tình, đăng ký
C. dispute (v): tranh cãi, tranh luận
D. cease (v): chấm dứt
Thông tin: They also maintain that it speeds up metabolism and so makes you burn more calories throughout the day. However, some recent research would appear to dispute these claims.
Tạm dịch: Họ cũng xác nhận rằng nó tăng tốc độ trao đổi chất và do đó khiến bạn đốt cháy nhiều calo hơn trong suốt cả ngày. Tuy nhiên, một số nghiên cứu gần đây dường như không không tình với những tuyên bố này.
→ Chọn đáp án C
Đáp án C.