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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 end of the numbered blanks.
The combination of music and study has long been a source of disagreement between adults and children. Parents and teachers alike maintain that silence is important when learning, (46) _______ youngsters insist that their favorite sounds help them concentrate.
Now a study shows that the grown-ups have been right all along. Psychologists in Florida tested how fast students wrote essays with and without music in the (47) _______. They found that the sounds slowed progress down by about sixty words per hour. "This demonstrates clearly that it is difficult to cope with listening and writing at the same time," said Dr. Sara Randall. She also (48) _______ to the conclusion that it is a myth that instrumental music is less distracting than vocals." All types of music had the same effect," she said in her report. One's ability to pay attention and write fluently is likely to be disturbed by both vocal and instrumental music," she added.
Dr. Randal claimed the research (49) _______ that the idea that music could improve performance was wrong. "Writing an essay is a complex task. You are recalling information and putting it in order. An additional stimulus in the form of music is bound to distract. But music is not the only distractor. What is (50) ______ worrying is that that more and more teenagers are studying in front of the television.
The word or phrase which best fits the gap (48) is...
A. came
B. drew
C. reached
D. arrived
The combination of music and study has long been a source of disagreement between adults and children. Parents and teachers alike maintain that silence is important when learning, (46) _______ youngsters insist that their favorite sounds help them concentrate.
Now a study shows that the grown-ups have been right all along. Psychologists in Florida tested how fast students wrote essays with and without music in the (47) _______. They found that the sounds slowed progress down by about sixty words per hour. "This demonstrates clearly that it is difficult to cope with listening and writing at the same time," said Dr. Sara Randall. She also (48) _______ to the conclusion that it is a myth that instrumental music is less distracting than vocals." All types of music had the same effect," she said in her report. One's ability to pay attention and write fluently is likely to be disturbed by both vocal and instrumental music," she added.
Dr. Randal claimed the research (49) _______ that the idea that music could improve performance was wrong. "Writing an essay is a complex task. You are recalling information and putting it in order. An additional stimulus in the form of music is bound to distract. But music is not the only distractor. What is (50) ______ worrying is that that more and more teenagers are studying in front of the television.
The word or phrase which best fits the gap (48) is...
A. came
B. drew
C. reached
D. arrived
Giải thích:
Kiến thức từ vựng:
Cấu trúc: come to/arrive at/reach a conclusion = decide something: đi đến kết luận
Tạm dịch: She also came to the conclusion that it is a myth that instrumental music is less distracting than vocals.
(Cô ấy cũng đưa ra kết luận rằng đó là điều hoang đương khi âm nhạc từ nhạc khí thì ít làm phân tâm hơn khi có giọng hát.)
Kiến thức từ vựng:
Cấu trúc: come to/arrive at/reach a conclusion = decide something: đi đến kết luận
Tạm dịch: She also came to the conclusion that it is a myth that instrumental music is less distracting than vocals.
(Cô ấy cũng đưa ra kết luận rằng đó là điều hoang đương khi âm nhạc từ nhạc khí thì ít làm phân tâm hơn khi có giọng hát.)
Đáp án A.