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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 (29) is...
A. compared
B. compare
C. comparing
D. to compare
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 (29) is...
A. compared
B. compare
C. comparing
D. to compare
Đáp án A: compared
Kiến thức kiểm tra: Rút gọn mệnh đề
Giải thích chi tiết:
"as + P2" được dùng để rút gọn mệnh đề ở thể bị động, "as compared" nghĩa là "khi được so sánh với".
Ý nghĩa ngữ cảnh:
Bà phát hiện ra rằng những thanh niên bắt đầu làm việc nhà ở độ tuổi 3-4 có thiên hướng có mối quan hệ tốt đẹp hơn với gia đình và bạn bè, học hành tốt hơn và có sự nghiệp thành công sớm hơn, và tự lực hơn, khi so với những người đã không làm việc nhà hoặc đến tuổi niên thiếu mới bắt đầu làm việc nhà.
Kiến thức kiểm tra: Rút gọn mệnh đề
Giải thích chi tiết:
"as + P2" được dùng để rút gọn mệnh đề ở thể bị động, "as compared" nghĩa là "khi được so sánh với".
Ý nghĩa ngữ cảnh:
Bà phát hiện ra rằng những thanh niên bắt đầu làm việc nhà ở độ tuổi 3-4 có thiên hướng có mối quan hệ tốt đẹp hơn với gia đình và bạn bè, học hành tốt hơn và có sự nghiệp thành công sớm hơn, và tự lực hơn, khi so với những người đã không làm việc nhà hoặc đến tuổi niên thiếu mới bắt đầu làm việc nhà.
Đáp án A.