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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 3 to 7.
"Parents today want their kids to spend time on things that can bring them success, but (3)________ we've stopped doing one thing that's actually been a proven predictor of success and that's household chores," says Richard Rende, a developmental psychologist in Paradise Valley, Ariz, (4)_________ co-author of the forthcoming book "Raising Can-Do Kids." Decades of studies show the benefits of chores - academically, emotionally, and even professionally. Giving children household chores at an early age helps to build (5)________ lasting sense of mastery, responsibility and self-reliance, according to a research by Marty Rossmann, professor emeritus at the University of Minnesota. In 2002, Dr. Rossmann analyzed data from a longitudinal study (6)_________ followed 84 children across four periods in their lives - in preschool, around ages 10 and 15, and in their mid-20s. She found that young adults who began chores at ages 3 and 4 were more likely to have good relationships with family and friends, to achieve academic and early career success and to be self-sufficient, as (7)________ with those who didn't have chores or who started them as teens. Chores also teach children how to be empathetic and responsive to others' needs, notes psychologist Richard Weissbourd of the Harvard Graduate School of Education.
B. or
C. and
D. but
"Parents today want their kids to spend time on things that can bring them success, but (3)________ we've stopped doing one thing that's actually been a proven predictor of success and that's household chores," says Richard Rende, a developmental psychologist in Paradise Valley, Ariz, (4)_________ co-author of the forthcoming book "Raising Can-Do Kids." Decades of studies show the benefits of chores - academically, emotionally, and even professionally. Giving children household chores at an early age helps to build (5)________ lasting sense of mastery, responsibility and self-reliance, according to a research by Marty Rossmann, professor emeritus at the University of Minnesota. In 2002, Dr. Rossmann analyzed data from a longitudinal study (6)_________ followed 84 children across four periods in their lives - in preschool, around ages 10 and 15, and in their mid-20s. She found that young adults who began chores at ages 3 and 4 were more likely to have good relationships with family and friends, to achieve academic and early career success and to be self-sufficient, as (7)________ with those who didn't have chores or who started them as teens. Chores also teach children how to be empathetic and responsive to others' needs, notes psychologist Richard Weissbourd of the Harvard Graduate School of Education.
(Adapted from http://www.wsj.com/articles/why-children-need-chores)
A. thereforeB. or
C. and
D. but
A. therefore: do đó
B. or: hoặc
C. and: và
D. but: nhưng
Tạm dịch:
"Parents today want their kids to spend time on things that can bring them success, but ironically we've stopped doing one thing that's actually been a proven predictor of success and that's household chores," says Richard Rende, a developmental psychologist in Paradise Valley, Ariz, and co-author of the forthcoming book "Raising Can-Do Kids. (“Các bậc phụ huynh ngày nay muốn con cái mình dành thời gian vào những việc có thể mang lại thành công cho chúng, nhưng trớ trêu thay chúng ta lại không làm một việc đã được chứng minh là yếu tố dự báo thành công và đó chính là công việc nhà.”, Richard Rende, một nhà tâm lý học phát triển ở Thung lũng Paradise, Ariz, và cũng đồng tác giả của quyển sách sắp ra mắt “Raising Can-Do Kids” nói.)
B. or: hoặc
C. and: và
D. but: nhưng
Tạm dịch:
"Parents today want their kids to spend time on things that can bring them success, but ironically we've stopped doing one thing that's actually been a proven predictor of success and that's household chores," says Richard Rende, a developmental psychologist in Paradise Valley, Ariz, and co-author of the forthcoming book "Raising Can-Do Kids. (“Các bậc phụ huynh ngày nay muốn con cái mình dành thời gian vào những việc có thể mang lại thành công cho chúng, nhưng trớ trêu thay chúng ta lại không làm một việc đã được chứng minh là yếu tố dự báo thành công và đó chính là công việc nhà.”, Richard Rende, một nhà tâm lý học phát triển ở Thung lũng Paradise, Ariz, và cũng đồng tác giả của quyển sách sắp ra mắt “Raising Can-Do Kids” nói.)
Đáp án C.