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 (27) is...
A. notice
B. control
C. grant
D. pleasure
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 (27) is...
A. notice
B. control
C. grant
D. pleasure
Kiến thức: Sự kết hợp từ
Giải thích:
A. notice (n): thông báo, lời báo trước
B. control (n): sự kiểm soát
C. grant (n): tài trợ, trợ cấp
D. pleasure (n): niềm vui thích, điều thú vị
=> take pleasure in sth: thích làm gì
When we have learned to command it, jargon is something we readily take (27) pleasure in whether the subject is motorcycling, baseball or computers.
Tạm dịch: Khi chúng ta đã học cách bao quát nó, biệt ngữ là thứ dễ dàng khiến chúng ta thích thú xem liệu rằng môn học đó là lái xe máy, bóng chày hay máy tính.
Giải thích:
A. notice (n): thông báo, lời báo trước
B. control (n): sự kiểm soát
C. grant (n): tài trợ, trợ cấp
D. pleasure (n): niềm vui thích, điều thú vị
=> take pleasure in sth: thích làm gì
When we have learned to command it, jargon is something we readily take (27) pleasure in whether the subject is motorcycling, baseball or computers.
Tạm dịch: Khi chúng ta đã học cách bao quát nó, biệt ngữ là thứ dễ dàng khiến chúng ta thích thú xem liệu rằng môn học đó là lái xe máy, bóng chày hay máy tính.
Đáp án D.