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.
Have you ever thought about the impact your name has on the way others perceive you? A recent study by Dr Simon Laham from the University of Melbourne and Dr Adam Alter from New York University Stern Business School reveals that people with easy to pronounce" names tend to be (1)…. more positively than those with "difficult to pronounce" names. The researchers found that people with more easily pronounceable names were more likely to be (2)….. upon favourably for political office, and that lawyers with easier sounding names made their way up the career (3)…... faster. Surnames from a wide range of nationalities were used in the study, and researches stressed that preferences were not (4)…... due to the length of a name or how unusual it was, but rather how easy it was to say. Dr Laham believes the research highlights the kind of (5)….. that our everyday thinking is subject to.
A. reckoned
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Giải thích:
A. reckoned: tính toán, ước lượng B. figured: phỏng đoán, tượng trưng
C. evaluated: đánh giá D. determined: xác định
A recent study by Dr Simon Laham from the University of Melbourne and Dr Adam Alter from New York University Stern Business School reveals that people with easy to pronounce" names tend to be (1) evaluated more positively than those with "difficult to pronounce" names.
Tạm dịch: Một nghiên cứu gần đây của Tiến sĩ Simon Laham từ Đại học Melbourne và Tiến sĩ Adam Alter từ Trường Kinh doanh Stern thuộc Đại học New York tiết lộ rằng những người có tên dễ phát âm có xu hướng được đánh giá tích cực hơn những người có tên "khó phát âm".
Chọn C.
I have English classes _______ day - Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays.
Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the correct answer to each of the following questions.
_______ a scholarship, I entered the frightening and unknown territory of private education.
Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the word(s) CLOSEST in meaning to the underlined word(s) in each of the following questions
My advice to you is to write a list of all the tasks you have to do and prioritise them.
They have gone to great expense to track the prisoner down and bring him to justice.
______ we invested in telecommunication industry, we would be rich by now.
Not only John but also his friends wants to buy this race horse.
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.
Laura has ruled out any meeting with Roger in the near future.
He was a bit behind at the beginning of term, but on the whole he has put up a good show.
Dr Laham believes the research highlights the kind of (5)….. that our everyday thinking is subject to.
- Jill "Could you save my place for me, please? Nature's calling."
- Stranger: “____________”
Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the word(s) OPPOSITE in meaning to the underlined word(s) in each of the following questions.
His jokes were so boring that most people completely switched off.
