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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. compared
C. competed
D. reflected
"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. compassedB. compared
C. competed
D. reflected
Cấu trúc:
compared to/with something: so với cái gì
- compass (v): bao gồm
- compete (v): cạnh tranh
- reflect (v): phản chiếu, suy ngẫm lại
Tạm dịch:
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 compared with those who didn't have chores or who started them as teens. (Bà nhận ra rằng những thanh viên bắt đầu làm việc nhà ở tuổi lên 3 và lên 4 có nhiều khả năng có các mối quan hệ tốt đẹp với gia đình và bạn bè, đạt thành công trong học tập và sự nghiệp sớm và tự lập hơn, so với những người không làm việc nhà hay bắt đầu làm việc nhà lúc đã lớn.)
compared to/with something: so với cái gì
- compass (v): bao gồm
- compete (v): cạnh tranh
- reflect (v): phản chiếu, suy ngẫm lại
Tạm dịch:
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 compared with those who didn't have chores or who started them as teens. (Bà nhận ra rằng những thanh viên bắt đầu làm việc nhà ở tuổi lên 3 và lên 4 có nhiều khả năng có các mối quan hệ tốt đẹp với gia đình và bạn bè, đạt thành công trong học tập và sự nghiệp sớm và tự lập hơn, so với những người không làm việc nhà hay bắt đầu làm việc nhà lúc đã lớn.)
Đáp án B.