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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 (29) is...
A. fee
B. suspense
C. charge
D. expense
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 (29) is...
A. fee
B. suspense
C. charge
D. expense
Đáp án D: expense
Kiến thức kiểm tra: Cụm từ cố định
Giải thích chi tiết:
"at the expense of": hy sinh/ảnh hưởng
Ý nghĩa cả câu: "but this growth has been at the expense of the amount of financial support given to individual students." – Tuy nhiên, sự tăng trưởng này lại ảnh hưởng đến mức hỗ trợ tài chính cho từng sinh viên.
Đáp án A, B, C không phù hợp với nghĩa của câu đề bài cho.
• Phương án A: fee (n): phí (tiền phải trả khi sử dụng dịch vụ tư vấn hoặc dịch vụ chuyên nghiệp nào đó). Ví dụ: legal fees - phí tư vấn pháp lý
• Phương án B: suspense (n): cảm giác lo lắng, hồi hộp
• Phương án C: charge (n): phí (tiền phải trả khi sử dụng hàng hóa/dịch vụ). Ví dụ: delivery charge - phí vận chuyển.
Kiến thức kiểm tra: Cụm từ cố định
Giải thích chi tiết:
"at the expense of": hy sinh/ảnh hưởng
Ý nghĩa cả câu: "but this growth has been at the expense of the amount of financial support given to individual students." – Tuy nhiên, sự tăng trưởng này lại ảnh hưởng đến mức hỗ trợ tài chính cho từng sinh viên.
Đáp án A, B, C không phù hợp với nghĩa của câu đề bài cho.
• Phương án A: fee (n): phí (tiền phải trả khi sử dụng dịch vụ tư vấn hoặc dịch vụ chuyên nghiệp nào đó). Ví dụ: legal fees - phí tư vấn pháp lý
• Phương án B: suspense (n): cảm giác lo lắng, hồi hộp
• Phương án C: charge (n): phí (tiền phải trả khi sử dụng hàng hóa/dịch vụ). Ví dụ: delivery charge - phí vận chuyển.
Đáp án D.