The writer feels that most parents___________
A. give their children good career advice
B. do not tend to be particularly ambitious
C. have very traditional views about work
Đáp án B
Dịch đề bài: Tác giả cảm thấy rằng hầu hết các bậc cha mẹ
A. Cho con cái họ lời khuyên tốt về công việc
B. Không có xu hướng tham vọng
C. Có quan điểm truyền thống về công việc
D. Có mục tiêu thực tế cho con cái họ
Trích bài: why do parents make terrible careers advisers?....Today’s 14 and 15-year- olds are ambitious. They are optimistic about their prospects, but their career ideas are rather vague. Although 80% of them have no intention of following in their parents’ footsteps, 69% still turn to their parents for advice. They look at their working future in a different way to their parents.
Tạm dịch: Tại sao cha mẹ lại là những người tư vấn nghề nghiệp tồi tệ?....Các cô cậu 14- 15 tuổi rất tham vọng. Họ lạc quan về tương lai của họ nhưng quan điểm nghề nghiệp thì khá mơ hồ. Khoảng 80% không có ý định theo bước chân của cha mẹ chúng, 69% vẫn cần cha mẹ tư vấn. Chúng nhìn thấy tương lai công việc theo một cách khác với cha mẹ của chúng → Câu hỏi tại sao cha mẹ lại là người tư vấn nghề nghiệp tồi tệ và tiếp theo nói đến tham vọng của các cô cậu 14-15 tuổi; tuổi này chúng khá là lạc quan và có cách nhìn về tương lai công việc khác với cha mẹ → điều này ngụ ý rằng hầu hết các bậc cha mẹ không tham vọng bằng bọn trẻ. Như vậy ta chọn được đáp án B.Read the following passage and mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the correct word or phrase that best fits each of the numbered blanks.
(33) ___________in technology have made a lot of changes to our everyday lifestyles, but one of the
biggest has got to be how we read books. Since the invention of the e-book, there has been a significant change to our reading habits. Given the choice between taking a couple of heavy paperbacks on holiday or an e-book device like a Kindle, most of us, including our parents and grandparents, would unsurprisingly opt (34) ___________the Kindle.
But what would our lives be like with no books at all? It’s a (35) ___________question. Some educational specialists are making predictions that in the future we wont even see books in classrooms - everything will be done online! (36) ___________of the idea of getting rid of books say that there will always be a need for paper-based versions of materials. However, to be realistic, we have to accept that there is a (37) ___________chance that in a decade’s time schools and classrooms will be book-free! what do you think of that?
The Principal usually has his pupils___________waste paper for their mini-project.
Most office furniture is bought more on the basis of___________than comfort.
Mark the letter A, B, C or D on you answer sheet to indicate the word whose underlined part differs from the other three in pronunciation in each of the following questions.
Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the underlined part that needs correction in each of the following questions.
Mobility is one of the characteristics often demanded of executives, and they must accustom themselves to move quite regularly.
Anna is holding her shopping bag with one hand and turning the door handle with________.
Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the correct answer to each of the following questions.
Due to the economic unrest, people___________happy lately.
Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the sentence that a best combines each pair of sentences in the following questions.
It was an interesting novel. I stayed up all night to finish it.
If you say bad things about the person who give a job you bite the hand that feeds you.
Mark the letter A, B, C or D on your answer sheet to indicate the sentence that is closest in meaning to each of the following questions.
More petrol is consumed nowadays than ten years ago.
My American friend finds it difficult to pick up food with chopsticks.
Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the word that differs from the other three in the position of the primary stress in each of the following questions.