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.
Have you ever thought about the impact your name has on the way others perceive you? A recent study by Dr Simon Laham from the University of Melbourne and Dr Adam Alter from New York University Stern Business School reveals that people with easy to pronounce" names tend to be (1)…. more positively than those with "difficult to pronounce" names. The researchers found that people with more easily pronounceable names were more likely to be (2)….. upon favourably for political office, and that lawyers with easier sounding names made their way up the career (3)…... faster. Surnames from a wide range of nationalities were used in the study, and researches stressed that preferences were not (4)…... due to the length of a name or how unusual it was, but rather how easy it was to say. Dr Laham believes the research highlights the kind of (5)….. that our everyday thinking is subject to.
The word or phrase which best fits the gap (2) is...
A. called
B. looked
C. come
D. put
Have you ever thought about the impact your name has on the way others perceive you? A recent study by Dr Simon Laham from the University of Melbourne and Dr Adam Alter from New York University Stern Business School reveals that people with easy to pronounce" names tend to be (1)…. more positively than those with "difficult to pronounce" names. The researchers found that people with more easily pronounceable names were more likely to be (2)….. upon favourably for political office, and that lawyers with easier sounding names made their way up the career (3)…... faster. Surnames from a wide range of nationalities were used in the study, and researches stressed that preferences were not (4)…... due to the length of a name or how unusual it was, but rather how easy it was to say. Dr Laham believes the research highlights the kind of (5)….. that our everyday thinking is subject to.
The word or phrase which best fits the gap (2) is...
A. called
B. looked
C. come
D. put
Kiến thức: Cụm động từ
Giải thích:
call upon: yêu cầu, mời (phát biểu) look upon: cân nhắc
come upon: tình cờ gặp put upon (adj): bị áp đặt
The researchers found that people with more easily pronounceable names were more likely to be (2) looked upon favourably for political office,
Tạm dịch: Các nhà nghiên cứu phát hiện ra rằng những người có tên dễ phát âm hơn có xu hướng được ưu ái cân nhắc cho các văn phòng chính trị hơn,
Giải thích:
call upon: yêu cầu, mời (phát biểu) look upon: cân nhắc
come upon: tình cờ gặp put upon (adj): bị áp đặt
The researchers found that people with more easily pronounceable names were more likely to be (2) looked upon favourably for political office,
Tạm dịch: Các nhà nghiên cứu phát hiện ra rằng những người có tên dễ phát âm hơn có xu hướng được ưu ái cân nhắc cho các văn phòng chính trị hơn,
Đáp án B.