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 (27) is...
A. help
B. helps
C. helped
D. has helped
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 (27) is...
A. help
B. helps
C. helped
D. has helped
Đáp án B: helps
Kiến thức kiểm tra: Cách sử dụng của thì hiện tại đơn
Giải thích chi tiết:
Câu này dùng thì hiện tại đơn vì nói về một việc gần như là luôn luôn đúng.
Ý nghĩa ngữ cảnh: Theo một nghiên cứu của bà Marty Rossman, giáo sư danh dự của Đại học Minnesota thì giao cho trẻ làm việc nhà khi còn bé giúp xây dựng ý thức lâu dài về sự làm chủ, tinh thần trách nhiệm, và sự tự lực.
Kiến thức kiểm tra: Cách sử dụng của thì hiện tại đơn
Giải thích chi tiết:
Câu này dùng thì hiện tại đơn vì nói về một việc gần như là luôn luôn đúng.
Ý nghĩa ngữ cảnh: Theo một nghiên cứu của bà Marty Rossman, giáo sư danh dự của Đại học Minnesota thì giao cho trẻ làm việc nhà khi còn bé giúp xây dựng ý thức lâu dài về sự làm chủ, tinh thần trách nhiệm, và sự tự lực.
Đáp án B.