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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.
Left-handers are the odd ones out. Sure, lefties (25) ____________ up about 10 percent of the population - but, frankly, it seems like society has forgotten about them. Just consider all of the right-handed gadgets, awkwardly designed desks, and cooking tools that fit comfortably only in your right hand. What (26) ____________ someone to become a left hand? Scientists aren't exactly sure, but research points to a complex (27) ____________ between genes and environment. While no exact set of "leftie genes" have been discovered, people who dominantly use their left hands do have more left-handed family members. And researchers have found different brain wirings in righties vs. lefties. But no matter (28) ____________it is that drives someone to use their antipodal paw, science has also uncovered a particular set of personality traits that left-handed people tend to have. So for all of you lefties, leftie-loving righties, and ambidextrous folks out there - it's time to brush up on your left-handed knowledge and help (29) ____________an end to leftie discrimination once and for all.
The word or phrase which best fits the gap (25) is...
A. consist
B. account
C. hold
D. make
Left-handers are the odd ones out. Sure, lefties (25) ____________ up about 10 percent of the population - but, frankly, it seems like society has forgotten about them. Just consider all of the right-handed gadgets, awkwardly designed desks, and cooking tools that fit comfortably only in your right hand. What (26) ____________ someone to become a left hand? Scientists aren't exactly sure, but research points to a complex (27) ____________ between genes and environment. While no exact set of "leftie genes" have been discovered, people who dominantly use their left hands do have more left-handed family members. And researchers have found different brain wirings in righties vs. lefties. But no matter (28) ____________it is that drives someone to use their antipodal paw, science has also uncovered a particular set of personality traits that left-handed people tend to have. So for all of you lefties, leftie-loving righties, and ambidextrous folks out there - it's time to brush up on your left-handed knowledge and help (29) ____________an end to leftie discrimination once and for all.
The word or phrase which best fits the gap (25) is...
A. consist
B. account
C. hold
D. make
Đáp án D: make
Kiến thức kiểm tra: Từ vựng/ cụm động từ
Giải thích chi tiết:
Cụm động từ "make up" có nghĩa là "chiếm tỷ lệ bao nhiêu %".
Ý nghĩa ngữ cảnh:
Những người thuận tay trái là những người thường bị lạc lõng. Chắc chắn rồi, những người thuận tay trái chiếm khoảng 10% dân số - nhưng thẳng thắn mà nói, dường như xã hội đã lãng quên sự hiện diện của họ.
Kiến thức mở rộng:
• make up = consitute = account for (v): chiếm tỷ lệ bao nhiêu
• Consist of (v): bao gồm
Kiến thức kiểm tra: Từ vựng/ cụm động từ
Giải thích chi tiết:
Cụm động từ "make up" có nghĩa là "chiếm tỷ lệ bao nhiêu %".
Ý nghĩa ngữ cảnh:
Những người thuận tay trái là những người thường bị lạc lõng. Chắc chắn rồi, những người thuận tay trái chiếm khoảng 10% dân số - nhưng thẳng thắn mà nói, dường như xã hội đã lãng quên sự hiện diện của họ.
Kiến thức mở rộng:
• make up = consitute = account for (v): chiếm tỷ lệ bao nhiêu
• Consist of (v): bao gồm
Đáp án D.