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 25 to 29.
Higher Education in the UK
Students who have successfully completed an A-level course may go to university to do a three or four-year course leading to a first degree such as Bachelor of Arts (BA), Bachelor of Science (BSC), etc. They apply to several universities which then (25) ___________ an offer of a place specifying the minimum grades the student needs to obtain in the A level subjects studied. Higher education is not (26) ___________ . In principle, students have to pay a contribution to the cost of teaching tuition fees) and have also to pay their living costs (maintenance). The government provides loans to help them pay for university education which have to be paid back from earnings once their income reaches a certain (27) ___________ In recent years, government policy has been to increase the percentage of 18-year olds (28) ___________ go to university, which is now, at 40%, double the 1990 figure, but this growth has been at the (29) ___________ of the amount of financial support given to individual students.
Universities receive money from the state for each student and are responsible for employing staff and deciding which courses to offer. The head of a university, who is responsible for its management, is called a vice-chancellor.
The word or phrase which best fits the gap (27) is...
A. grade
B. level
C. mark
D. rank
Higher Education in the UK
Students who have successfully completed an A-level course may go to university to do a three or four-year course leading to a first degree such as Bachelor of Arts (BA), Bachelor of Science (BSC), etc. They apply to several universities which then (25) ___________ an offer of a place specifying the minimum grades the student needs to obtain in the A level subjects studied. Higher education is not (26) ___________ . In principle, students have to pay a contribution to the cost of teaching tuition fees) and have also to pay their living costs (maintenance). The government provides loans to help them pay for university education which have to be paid back from earnings once their income reaches a certain (27) ___________ In recent years, government policy has been to increase the percentage of 18-year olds (28) ___________ go to university, which is now, at 40%, double the 1990 figure, but this growth has been at the (29) ___________ of the amount of financial support given to individual students.
Universities receive money from the state for each student and are responsible for employing staff and deciding which courses to offer. The head of a university, who is responsible for its management, is called a vice-chancellor.
The word or phrase which best fits the gap (27) is...
A. grade
B. level
C. mark
D. rank
Đáp án B: level
Kiến thức kiểm tra: Sự lựa chọn từ đúng/danh từ
Giải thích chi tiết:
"reach a certain level": đạt đến được một mức nhất định.
Ý nghĩa cả câu: "The government provides loans to help them pay for university education which have to be paid back from earnings once their income reaches a certain level." – Chính phủ cho vay để giúp họ chi trả cho việc học đại học, Khoản vay sẽ phải trả lại một khi thu nhập của họ đã đạt đến được một mức nhất định.
Các phương án A, C, D không phù hợp về nghĩa.
• Phương án A: grade: điểm số
• Phương án C: mark: điểm số
• Phương án D: rank: thứ hạng
Kiến thức kiểm tra: Sự lựa chọn từ đúng/danh từ
Giải thích chi tiết:
"reach a certain level": đạt đến được một mức nhất định.
Ý nghĩa cả câu: "The government provides loans to help them pay for university education which have to be paid back from earnings once their income reaches a certain level." – Chính phủ cho vay để giúp họ chi trả cho việc học đại học, Khoản vay sẽ phải trả lại một khi thu nhập của họ đã đạt đến được một mức nhất định.
Các phương án A, C, D không phù hợp về nghĩa.
• Phương án A: grade: điểm số
• Phương án C: mark: điểm số
• Phương án D: rank: thứ hạng
Đáp án B.