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 33 to 39
Until relatively recently, newspapers were our primary source of daily news. They must now compete, however, with online news, social media and television in a progressively digital age. The internet is changing the way people get their news, leaving a dwindling audience willing to pay for their daily paper. But given that the form first emerged in early-17th century Europe, it's probably about time the medium got overhauled. Newspapers have witnessed an extraordinary era of change: from the evolution of democratic institutions and political parties to the reshaping of whole countries and continents.
By the end of the 19th century, newspapers were using a visual template not unlike those of today, and had become the source of not only large profits but also unaccountable political and social influence for their owners – a trend that has continued to the present day. Newspapers prospered in this form for more than 150 years, and in many countries, daily life would have been inconceivable without access to one. But in many places, the continuing existence of newspapers is under threat.
Circulation figures for all types of newspapers, local, regional and national, bear out the fact that, in many Western nations at least, sales of printed newspapers had been falling for many years prior to the emergence of the internet. What is also beyond question, though, is that the arrival and exponential growth of the World Wide Web, leading to near-universal coverage, has accelerated this process greatly. Observing the rapidity and extent of this process around the world provides a fascinating insight into social change.
We now live in an age where speed and convenience have gained precedence over reliability and quality in most aspects of our existence. Regarding the former, newspapers only allow getting updated about events some considerable time after they have actually happened, while online users can access them more or less at the moment at which they occur. Printed newspapers, therefore, provide a less efficient source of news and, furthermore, do so in a less environmentally-friendly way than the internet, and at a direct cost to the consumer. Moreover, with news also available on tap through social media, consumers are continually bombarded from all sides, and therefore may not wish to have each story explained in great detail, as is the case in much of the printed media. Social media sites have also proven to be one of the most effective means of getting information out rapidly, and on a huge scale: news can now be tweeted before the mainstream media have even started their coverage.
A. Social media platforms are able to release news in a much more enjoyable fashion.
B. Twitter is the most favoured place for people to access their news today.
C. Readers nowadays take a keen interest in how news are specifically presented.
D. People don't seem to pay much attention to whether there is any inccurate news or not.
Until relatively recently, newspapers were our primary source of daily news. They must now compete, however, with online news, social media and television in a progressively digital age. The internet is changing the way people get their news, leaving a dwindling audience willing to pay for their daily paper. But given that the form first emerged in early-17th century Europe, it's probably about time the medium got overhauled. Newspapers have witnessed an extraordinary era of change: from the evolution of democratic institutions and political parties to the reshaping of whole countries and continents.
By the end of the 19th century, newspapers were using a visual template not unlike those of today, and had become the source of not only large profits but also unaccountable political and social influence for their owners – a trend that has continued to the present day. Newspapers prospered in this form for more than 150 years, and in many countries, daily life would have been inconceivable without access to one. But in many places, the continuing existence of newspapers is under threat.
Circulation figures for all types of newspapers, local, regional and national, bear out the fact that, in many Western nations at least, sales of printed newspapers had been falling for many years prior to the emergence of the internet. What is also beyond question, though, is that the arrival and exponential growth of the World Wide Web, leading to near-universal coverage, has accelerated this process greatly. Observing the rapidity and extent of this process around the world provides a fascinating insight into social change.
We now live in an age where speed and convenience have gained precedence over reliability and quality in most aspects of our existence. Regarding the former, newspapers only allow getting updated about events some considerable time after they have actually happened, while online users can access them more or less at the moment at which they occur. Printed newspapers, therefore, provide a less efficient source of news and, furthermore, do so in a less environmentally-friendly way than the internet, and at a direct cost to the consumer. Moreover, with news also available on tap through social media, consumers are continually bombarded from all sides, and therefore may not wish to have each story explained in great detail, as is the case in much of the printed media. Social media sites have also proven to be one of the most effective means of getting information out rapidly, and on a huge scale: news can now be tweeted before the mainstream media have even started their coverage.
(Adapted from Exam Booster Advanced by Carole Allsop, Mark Little and Anne Robinson)
Which of the following can be inferred from the passage?A. Social media platforms are able to release news in a much more enjoyable fashion.
B. Twitter is the most favoured place for people to access their news today.
C. Readers nowadays take a keen interest in how news are specifically presented.
D. People don't seem to pay much attention to whether there is any inccurate news or not.
Giải thích:
Điều nào sau đây có thể được suy ra từ đoạn văn?
A. Các nền tảng truyền thông xã hội có thể phát hành tin tức theo cách thú vị hơn nhiều.
B. Twitter là nơi ưa thích nhất để mọi người truy cập tin tức của họ ngày hôm nay.
C. Người đọc ngày nay quan tâm nhiều đến cách tin tức được trình bày cụ thể.
D. Mọi người dường như không chú ý nhiều đến việc liệu có bất kỳ tin tức nào chính xác hay không.
Thông tin: We now live in an age where speed and convenience have gained precedence over reliability and quality in most aspects of our existence.
Tạm dịch: Hiện nay chúng ta đang sống trong thời đại mà tốc độ và sự tiện lợi đã được ưu tiên hơn độ tin cậy và chất lượng trong hầu hết các khía cạnh sống của chúng ta.
Điều nào sau đây có thể được suy ra từ đoạn văn?
A. Các nền tảng truyền thông xã hội có thể phát hành tin tức theo cách thú vị hơn nhiều.
B. Twitter là nơi ưa thích nhất để mọi người truy cập tin tức của họ ngày hôm nay.
C. Người đọc ngày nay quan tâm nhiều đến cách tin tức được trình bày cụ thể.
D. Mọi người dường như không chú ý nhiều đến việc liệu có bất kỳ tin tức nào chính xác hay không.
Thông tin: We now live in an age where speed and convenience have gained precedence over reliability and quality in most aspects of our existence.
Tạm dịch: Hiện nay chúng ta đang sống trong thời đại mà tốc độ và sự tiện lợi đã được ưu tiên hơn độ tin cậy và chất lượng trong hầu hết các khía cạnh sống của chúng ta.
Đáp án D.