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JARGON - THE UPSIDE

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.
JARGON - THE UPSIDE
The reality is that everyone uses jargon. It is an essential part of the network of occupations and pursuits which make up society. All jobs have an element of jargon, which workers learn as they (25)_______ their expertise. All hobbies require mastery of a jargon. Each society grouping has its jargon. The phenomenon turns (26) )_______to be universal and valuable. It is the jargon element, which, in a job, can promote economy and precision and thus help make life easier for the workers.
When we have learned to command it, jargon is something we readily take (27) )_______ in whether the subject is motorcycling, baseball or computers. It can add pace, variety and humor to speech - as when, with an important event approaching, we might slip into the related jargon. We enjoy the mutual showing off which stems from a fluent use of terminology, we enjoy the in-jokes (28) )_______ shared linguistic experience permits. (29) )_______, we are jealous of this knowledge. We are quick to demean anyone who tries to be part our group without being prepared to take on its jargon. And we resent it when some other group, sensing our lack of linguistic awareness, refuses to let us in.
The word or phrase which best fits the gap (26) is...
A. in
B. on
C. out
D. up
Kiến thức: Cụm động từ
Giải thích:
turn in: đi ngủ; gửi đi
turn on: bật lên
turn out: hóa ra là, trở nên, tham gia
turn up: tăng âm lượng, xuất hiện
The phenomenon turns (26) out to be universal and valuable.
Tạm dịch: Hiện tượng trở nên phổ biến và có giá trị.
Đáp án C.
 

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