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 (28) is...
A. whom
B. that
C. what
D. when
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 (28) is...
A. whom
B. that
C. what
D. when
Đáp án B: that
Kiến thức kiểm tra: Mệnh đề quan hệ
Giải thích chi tiết:
Trước chỗ trống là cụm danh từ "a longitudinal study" – một nghiên cứu trải dài qua nhiều năm nên ta cần đại từ "that" để thay thế.
Ý nghĩa ngữ cảnh: Vào năm 2002, Tiến sĩ Rossmann đã phân tích dữ liệu từ một nghiên cứu trải dài qua nhiều năm theo sát 84 trẻ em qua 4 giai đoạn của cuộc đời, tuổi mẫu giáo, tầm 10 tuổi, 15 tuổi và giữa những năm 20 tuổi.
Kiến thức kiểm tra: Mệnh đề quan hệ
Giải thích chi tiết:
Trước chỗ trống là cụm danh từ "a longitudinal study" – một nghiên cứu trải dài qua nhiều năm nên ta cần đại từ "that" để thay thế.
Ý nghĩa ngữ cảnh: Vào năm 2002, Tiến sĩ Rossmann đã phân tích dữ liệu từ một nghiên cứu trải dài qua nhiều năm theo sát 84 trẻ em qua 4 giai đoạn của cuộc đời, tuổi mẫu giáo, tầm 10 tuổi, 15 tuổi và giữa những năm 20 tuổi.
Đáp án B.