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The phrase “a dog chasing its tail” in the last...

Câu hỏi: Read the following passage and mark the letter A, B, C, or D to indicate the correct answer to each of the questions from 44 to 50.
There has always been a problem with teachers being from a different generation to their pupils, particularly older educators. But the dominance of digital technology has spread that generation gap even wider, as young people become conversant with mobile digital devices, games and social media that didn't exist when their teachers were growing up. Teachers now face pupils using devices and online systems that they don't use themselves, and don't really understand either. The generation gap is more prevalent than ever, but teachers can bridge that gap if they receive the right guidance with appropriate technology.
Some schools and teachers have particular trouble grasping the role of social media and mobile devices in teenage life. They consider Facebook a threat and warn parents against it at parent-teacher evenings, without realizing that preventing teenagers from using social media like this, or messaging apps such as Snapchat and Instagram, is nearly impossible. Online social media and network gaming are now such an integral part of teenage behavior that any attempt to prize the mobile devices out of the hands of young people is likely to widen the generation gap rather than narrow it.
The generation gap in education isn't just between pupils and teachers – it exists within the staffroom, too. A teaching career can span more than 40 years, and those towards the end of their working life will not have grown up with digital technology, whereas teaching staff in their 20s and 30s could well be "digital natives".
Keeping up with the latest online trend is like a dog chasing its tail; every time you think you've caught up, kids move on. However, it's not beneficial to get fixated on how young people are using social networks that are, in the case of Snapchat, hard for the older generation to understand. The key factor to consider is that today's school students now take for granted that a lot of their communication with their peers will be online, and predominantly using smartphones and other mobile devices. Young people expect their educational experience to be similarly interactive, and partially delivered via these kinds of devices.
(Adapted from https://www.alphr.com/)
The phrase "a dog chasing its tail" in the last paragraph most probably means _________.
A. keeping on doing something futile
B. moving around a circle
C. doing harm to yourself
D. getting tired of your behavior
Cụm từ "a dog chasing its tail" trong đoạn cuối có thể có nghĩa là ___________.
A. tiếp tục làm điều gì đó vô ích
B. chuyển động quanh một đường tròn
C. làm hại bản thân
D. cảm thấy mệt mỏi với hành vi của bạn
=> Căn cứ vào ngữ cảnh của câu:
"Keeping up with the latest online trend is like a dog chasing its tail; every time you think you've caught up, kids move on."
(Bắt kịp xu hướng trực tuyến mới nhất giống như một hành động vô ích; mỗi khi bạn nghĩ rằng mình đã bắt kịp thì bọn trẻ sẽ còn tiếp tục (trở nên thành thạo hơn).)
=> Do đó: a dog chasing its tail (idm): một con chó đuổi theo đuôi của nó => Làm việc gì đó vô ích mà không có kết quả như mong đợi ~ keeping on doing something futile
Đáp án A.
 

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