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 30 to 35.
For more than six million American children, coming home after school means coming back to an empty house. Some deal with the situation by watching TV. Some may hide. But all of them have something in common. They spend part of each day alone. They are called "latchkey children". They are children who look after themselves while their parents work. And their bad condition has become a subject of concern.
Lynette Long was once the principal of an elementary school. She said, "We had a school rule against wearing jewelry. A lot of kids had chains around their necks with keys attached. I was constantly telling them to put the keys inside shirts. There were so many keys; it never came to my mind what they meant." Slowly, she learned that they were house keys.
She and her husband began talking to the children who had keys. They learned of the effect working couples and single parents were having on their children. Fear was the biggest problem faced by children at home alone. One in three latchkey children the Longs talked to reported being frightened. Many had nightmares and were worried about their own safety
The most common way latchkey children deal with their fears is by hiding. They may hide in a shower stall, under a bed or in a closet. The second is TV. They often turn the volume up. It's hard to get statistics on latchkey children, the Longs have learned. Most parents are slow to admit that they leave their children alone.
The phrase "latchkey children" in the passage means children who:
A. look after themselves while their parents are not at home
B. close doors with keys and watch TV by themselves
C. like to carry latches and keys with them everywhere
D. are locked inside houses with latches and keys
For more than six million American children, coming home after school means coming back to an empty house. Some deal with the situation by watching TV. Some may hide. But all of them have something in common. They spend part of each day alone. They are called "latchkey children". They are children who look after themselves while their parents work. And their bad condition has become a subject of concern.
Lynette Long was once the principal of an elementary school. She said, "We had a school rule against wearing jewelry. A lot of kids had chains around their necks with keys attached. I was constantly telling them to put the keys inside shirts. There were so many keys; it never came to my mind what they meant." Slowly, she learned that they were house keys.
She and her husband began talking to the children who had keys. They learned of the effect working couples and single parents were having on their children. Fear was the biggest problem faced by children at home alone. One in three latchkey children the Longs talked to reported being frightened. Many had nightmares and were worried about their own safety
The most common way latchkey children deal with their fears is by hiding. They may hide in a shower stall, under a bed or in a closet. The second is TV. They often turn the volume up. It's hard to get statistics on latchkey children, the Longs have learned. Most parents are slow to admit that they leave their children alone.
The phrase "latchkey children" in the passage means children who:
A. look after themselves while their parents are not at home
B. close doors with keys and watch TV by themselves
C. like to carry latches and keys with them everywhere
D. are locked inside houses with latches and keys
Đáp án A: look after themselves while their parents are not at home
Kỹ năng đọc hiểu: Xác định nghĩa của từ dựa vào định nghĩa cho sẵn trong bài
Giải thích chi tiết:
Cụm từ "latchkey children" trong bài đọc ám chỉ những đứa trẻ mà ____________
A. tự chăm sóc bản thân chúng trong khi bố mẹ đi vắng
B. đóng cửa bằng chìa khóa và xem TV một mình
C. thích mang then cài cửa và chìa khóa theo người đến bất kỳ đâu
D. bị khóa bên trong nhà bằng then cửa và chìa khóa
Cụm từ "latchkey children" được định nghĩa bằng câu xuất hiện ngay sau đó ở trong bài đọc là: "They are children who look after themselves while their parents work." - Chúng là những đứa trẻ tự chăm sóc bản thân trong khi bố mẹ đi làm.
Kỹ năng đọc hiểu: Xác định nghĩa của từ dựa vào định nghĩa cho sẵn trong bài
Giải thích chi tiết:
Cụm từ "latchkey children" trong bài đọc ám chỉ những đứa trẻ mà ____________
A. tự chăm sóc bản thân chúng trong khi bố mẹ đi vắng
B. đóng cửa bằng chìa khóa và xem TV một mình
C. thích mang then cài cửa và chìa khóa theo người đến bất kỳ đâu
D. bị khóa bên trong nhà bằng then cửa và chìa khóa
Cụm từ "latchkey children" được định nghĩa bằng câu xuất hiện ngay sau đó ở trong bài đọc là: "They are children who look after themselves while their parents work." - Chúng là những đứa trẻ tự chăm sóc bản thân trong khi bố mẹ đi làm.
Đáp án A.