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 28 to 34.
China - Missing Women
In China the growing difference between the genders is giving signals of alarm to Government authorities. According to the latest census figures, 119 boys are born for every 100 girls. [A■] This striking difference is expected to shoot up by the year 2020 with almost 40 million unsettled bachelors. This distribution of the social ecology would create havoc in the future. The social leaders are trying to pressurize the masses into producing more females. The Government has embarked on policies extending innumerable incentives to the families bearing girls.
Monetary support, free education, guaranteed employment is being gifted to parents who gift the country with a girl child. The Government is trying to persuade people to suppress their personal preferences and regulate their community behavior according to the new blueprint to stimulate the girl ratio. [B■] Sometimes the Government tries to woo them and sometimes it uses stein policies to force them into it
Consequent to the population explosion, the Government introduced, in the 80's, one child policy in China. Any additional pregnancy had to be terminated. This was aimed to put a check on the teeming millions. [C■] The policy had no relation to extermination of girl child in the womb. But the policymakers had no idea about its long term impact. People, with a patriarchic mindset, came up with their preference for a single male child. The idea of a happy family became 'parents with a single male child'.
The Chinese culture has always promoted sons over daughters because the society has been dominated by males. In villages, where hard work is needed to sustain the agriculture, a boy is always preferable due to his superior physical strength compared to that of a girl. [D■] In such circumstances, looking forward to a male baby seems justified. If people have to limit their families, it is obvious they would prefer a boy over a girl child. This problem has been accentuated by the use of ultrasound scanning which helps determine the sex of the fetus. This technology has played a crucial role in creating gender imbalance.
Question 28: The word "havoc" in paragraph 1 is closest in meaning to?
A. ordinary problem
B. great destruction and trouble
C. serious dispute
D. an infectious disease
Đáp án B
CHỦ ĐỀ POPULATION
Từ “havoc” trong đoạn 1 gần nghĩa nhất với ___________.
A. vấn đề bất thường B. hủy hoại lớn và rắc rối
C. tranh chấp nghiêm trọng D. một bệnh truyền nhiễm
“havoc” = great destruction and trouble: tan phá, huỷ hoại nghiêm trọng
Dựa vào ngữ cảnh của câu sau:
“This distribution of the social ecology would create havoc in the future.”
(Sự phân bố này của hệ sinh thái xă hội sẽ gây ra sự tàn phá trong tương lai.)
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Question 8: ______ the flood has receded, people can move back into their homes.
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Question 7: Some scientists say that there are enough resources to ______ 8 billion people.
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Question 5: People are not aware ______ the problem of overpopulation.
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Question 14: We have had a 2% _______ in salary this year, which is higher than it used to be.
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Question 6: Television can make things ________ because it presents information in an things effective way.
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Question 10: The world work is developing very quickly. If you don't self-learn continuously, we will not ______ social movements.
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Question 20: The world population is now widely distributed all over the planet.
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Question 16: A ______ is a film with factual information, often about a problem in society.
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Question 18: The population growth trends to increase in developing countries and decline in developed ones.
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Question 15: Which channel do you ______ to someone who likes animals?
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Question 3
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Question 11: I wish you ______ me a new one instead of having it _______ as you did.
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Question 44: All the candidates for the scholarship will be equally treated aarding of their sex, age, or nationality.
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Question 47: I don't think Max broke your vase because he wasn't here then.
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Question 46: I really regret that you haven't told me about her family.