Câu hỏi: Read the following passage and mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the correct answer to each of the questions from 35 to 42.
Herman Melville, an American best known today for his novel Moby Dick, was actually more popular during his lifetime for some of his other works. He traveled extensively and used his knowledge gained during his travels as a basis for his early novels. In 1837, at the age of eighteen, Melville signed as a cabin boy on a merchant ship that was to sail from his Massachusetts home to Liverpool, England. His experiences on this trip served as a basis for the novel Redburn (1849). In 1841, Melville set out on a whaling ship headed for the South Seas. After jumping ship in Tahiti, he wandered around the islands of Tahiti and Moorea. This South Sea island sojourn was a backdrop to the novel Omoo (1847). After three years away from home, Melville joined up with a U.S. naval frigate that was returning to the eastern United States around Cape Horn. The novel White Jacket (1850) describes this lengthy voyage as a navy seaman.
With the publication of these early adventure novels, Melville developed a strong and loyal following among readers eager for his tales of exotic places and situations. However, in 1851, with the publication of Moby Dick, Melville's popularity started to diminish. Moby Dick, on one level the saga of the hunt for the great white whale, was also a heavily symbolic allegory of the heroic struggle of humanity against the universe. The public was not ready for Melville's literary metamorphosis from romantic adventure to philosophical symbolism. It is ironic that the novel served to diminish Melville's popularity during his lifetime is the one for which he is best known today.
The passage implies that Melville stayed in Tahiti because ____________
A. He had unofficially left his shift.
B. He was on leave while his ship was in port.
C. He had finished his term of duty.
D. He had received permission to take a vacation in Tahiti.
Herman Melville, an American best known today for his novel Moby Dick, was actually more popular during his lifetime for some of his other works. He traveled extensively and used his knowledge gained during his travels as a basis for his early novels. In 1837, at the age of eighteen, Melville signed as a cabin boy on a merchant ship that was to sail from his Massachusetts home to Liverpool, England. His experiences on this trip served as a basis for the novel Redburn (1849). In 1841, Melville set out on a whaling ship headed for the South Seas. After jumping ship in Tahiti, he wandered around the islands of Tahiti and Moorea. This South Sea island sojourn was a backdrop to the novel Omoo (1847). After three years away from home, Melville joined up with a U.S. naval frigate that was returning to the eastern United States around Cape Horn. The novel White Jacket (1850) describes this lengthy voyage as a navy seaman.
With the publication of these early adventure novels, Melville developed a strong and loyal following among readers eager for his tales of exotic places and situations. However, in 1851, with the publication of Moby Dick, Melville's popularity started to diminish. Moby Dick, on one level the saga of the hunt for the great white whale, was also a heavily symbolic allegory of the heroic struggle of humanity against the universe. The public was not ready for Melville's literary metamorphosis from romantic adventure to philosophical symbolism. It is ironic that the novel served to diminish Melville's popularity during his lifetime is the one for which he is best known today.
The passage implies that Melville stayed in Tahiti because ____________
A. He had unofficially left his shift.
B. He was on leave while his ship was in port.
C. He had finished his term of duty.
D. He had received permission to take a vacation in Tahiti.
Đáp án A: He had unofficially left his shift.
Kỹ năng đọc hiểu: Câu hỏi suy luận
Giải thích chi tiết:
Bài đọc ám chỉ rằng Melville ở lại Tahiti vì ____________
A. ông đã trốn khỏi tàu
B. ông đang nghỉ phép trong khi tàu của ông đang đậu tại cảng
C. ông đã xong ca trực
D. ông đã được phép đi nghỉ ở Tahiti.
Từ khóa giúp tìm ra đáp án trong bài chính là "jumping ship" (rời khỏi tàu mà không được phép), như vậy, phương án A là phù hợp nhất.
Kỹ năng đọc hiểu: Câu hỏi suy luận
Giải thích chi tiết:
Bài đọc ám chỉ rằng Melville ở lại Tahiti vì ____________
A. ông đã trốn khỏi tàu
B. ông đang nghỉ phép trong khi tàu của ông đang đậu tại cảng
C. ông đã xong ca trực
D. ông đã được phép đi nghỉ ở Tahiti.
Từ khóa giúp tìm ra đáp án trong bài chính là "jumping ship" (rời khỏi tàu mà không được phép), như vậy, phương án A là phù hợp nhất.
Đáp án A.