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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.
HOME LIFE
"Parents today want their kids spending time on things that can bring them success, but (25) ___________ we've stopped doing one thing that's actually been a proven predictor of success-and that's household chores," says Richard Rende, a (26) ___________ psychologist in Paradise Valley, Ariz, and co-author of forthcoming book "Raising Can-Do Kids." Decades of studies show the benefits of chores-academically, emotionally and even professionally. Giving children household chores at an early age (27) ___________ to build a lasting sense of mastery, responsibility and self-reliance, according to research by Marty Rossmann, professor emeritus at the University of Minnesota. In 2002, Dr. Rossmann analyzed data from a longitudinal study (28) ___________ followed 84 children across four periods in their lives-in preschool, around ages 10 and 15, and in their mid-20s. She found that young adults who began chores at ages 3 and 4 were more likely to have good relationships with family and friends, to achieve academic and early career success and to be self-sufficient, as (29) ___________ with those who didn't have chores or who started them as teens. Chores also teach children how to be empathetic and responsive to others' needs, notes psychologist Richard Weissbourd of the Harvard Graduate School of Education.
The word or phrase which best fits the gap (25) is...
A. ironically
B. especially
C. brutally
D. bitterly
HOME LIFE
"Parents today want their kids spending time on things that can bring them success, but (25) ___________ we've stopped doing one thing that's actually been a proven predictor of success-and that's household chores," says Richard Rende, a (26) ___________ psychologist in Paradise Valley, Ariz, and co-author of forthcoming book "Raising Can-Do Kids." Decades of studies show the benefits of chores-academically, emotionally and even professionally. Giving children household chores at an early age (27) ___________ to build a lasting sense of mastery, responsibility and self-reliance, according to research by Marty Rossmann, professor emeritus at the University of Minnesota. In 2002, Dr. Rossmann analyzed data from a longitudinal study (28) ___________ followed 84 children across four periods in their lives-in preschool, around ages 10 and 15, and in their mid-20s. She found that young adults who began chores at ages 3 and 4 were more likely to have good relationships with family and friends, to achieve academic and early career success and to be self-sufficient, as (29) ___________ with those who didn't have chores or who started them as teens. Chores also teach children how to be empathetic and responsive to others' needs, notes psychologist Richard Weissbourd of the Harvard Graduate School of Education.
The word or phrase which best fits the gap (25) is...
A. ironically
B. especially
C. brutally
D. bitterly
Đáp án A: ironically
Kiến thức kiểm tra: Sự lựa chọn từ
Giải thích chi tiết:
Trạng từ "ironically" nghĩa là "trớ trêu thay", dùng để nói về một điều trái ngược với điều mình mong muốn.
Ý nghĩa ngữ cảnh: Các ông bố bà mẹ ngày nay muốn con cái của họ đầu tư thời gian vào những thứ có thể mang lại sự thành công cho chúng sau này, nhưng trớ trêu thay, chúng ta lại dừng làm một điều đã được chứng minh là mang lại sự thành công - đó là "việc nhà".
Các phương án khác nghĩa không phù hợp:
B. especially (adv): đặc biệt là
C. brutally (adv): một cách dã man tàn bạo
D. bitterly (adv): rất/ một cách cay đắng
Kiến thức kiểm tra: Sự lựa chọn từ
Giải thích chi tiết:
Trạng từ "ironically" nghĩa là "trớ trêu thay", dùng để nói về một điều trái ngược với điều mình mong muốn.
Ý nghĩa ngữ cảnh: Các ông bố bà mẹ ngày nay muốn con cái của họ đầu tư thời gian vào những thứ có thể mang lại sự thành công cho chúng sau này, nhưng trớ trêu thay, chúng ta lại dừng làm một điều đã được chứng minh là mang lại sự thành công - đó là "việc nhà".
Các phương án khác nghĩa không phù hợp:
B. especially (adv): đặc biệt là
C. brutally (adv): một cách dã man tàn bạo
D. bitterly (adv): rất/ một cách cay đắng
Đáp án A.