According to the passage, _______.
A. The author was ill-prepared for real-life experiences
B. The author found it necessary to view his colleagues as competitors
C. The author could deal with new decisions
D. The author realized the importance of individualism in his work
Giải thích:
Theo bài đọc, _______.
A. Tác giả đã không chuẩn bị cho những trải nghiệm thực tế
B. Tác giả nhận thấy cần phải xem đồng nghiệp của mình là đối thủ cạnh tranh
C. Tác giả có thể đối phó với các quyết định mới
D. Tác giả nhận ra tầm quan trọng của chủ nghĩa cá nhân trong công việc của mình
Thông tin: As a well-educated man I rather expected my work to be a piece of cake, something at which my intellect would allow me to excel without undue effort. It came as something of a shock, therefore, encounter the world outside for the first time, and to realize that I was ill-equipped, not only for the necessary business of earning a living, but more importantly, for coping with all the new decisions which came my way, in both life and work.
Tạm dịch: Là một người được giáo dục tốt, tôi kỳ vọng công việc của mình sẽ dễ dàng, một thứ mà ở đó trí tuệ của tôi sẽ cho phép tôi trở nên xuất sắc mà không cần nỗ lực quá nhiều. Do đó, nó đến như một cú sốc, lần đầu tiên chạm mặt với thế giới bên ngoài, và tôi nhận ra rằng mình đã không trang bị đủ, không chỉ cho công việc cần thiết để kiếm sống, mà quan trọng hơn, để đối phó với tất cả những quyết định xảy đến với tôi, trong cả cuộc sống và công việc.
Chọn A.
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
Last night, she _______ a big diamond ring by her husband-to-be at her birthday party
When you grow up, you must learn how to become independent _______ your parents.
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
Light pollution is the existence of too much unwanted, artificial light in the environment. Too much light pollution has (5) _______ effects on people. It upsets ecosystems, has bad health effects, and wastes energy.
In upsetting ecosystems, light pollution poses a serious threat in particular to night wildlife, having damaging impacts on plant and animal physiology. It can affect the migratory patterns of animals, change competitive interactions of animals, and cause physiological harm. The rhythm of life as we know it is controlled by the natural daily patterns of light and dark. (6) _______, the disruption to these patterns does harm to the ecological dynamics.
With respect to adverse health effects, many species, especially humans, are dependent on natural body cycles, and the production of melatonin, (7) _______ are regulated by light and dark (e.g., day and night). If humans are exposed to light while sleeping, melatonin production can be affected. This can lead to sleep disorders and (8) _______ health problems such as increased headaches, worker fatigue, stress, some forms of obesity due to lack of sleep and increased anxiety. Health effects are not only due to over-illumination or excessive (9) _______ of light over time, but also improper spectral composition of light.
Although they hold similar political views, their religious beliefs present a striking contrast.
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 primary stress in each of the following questions