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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 36 to 42
Time has become a scarce commodity. Everyone wants more of it. The refrain 'If only I had more time!' echoes around the offices, kitchens and bedrooms of Britain; 'hurry sickness' is becoming the malaise of the new millennium. All over the world, people are working longer hours, struggling to fit more and more into every day. Symptoms include jabbing the 'door close' button on lift doors to save the two to four seconds required for the door to do it on its own, and an inability to do one thing at a time, so that every journey is a phone call opportunity.
Technology is helping to speed up the world: laptops, mobile phones (with a hands- free set so that you can do something else at the same time), pagers, remote controls. We live in an instant, insistent world. Adverts for energy-boosting drinks read: 'Having trouble keeping up with yourself?' We yearn for the lazy afternoons and days of yesteryear - but enthusiastically sign up for email, messaging services, language classes. Even time management courses. The result is parents with a lack of quality time to spend with their children, and surveys showing that working couples see less of each other than ever before and that rows over time spent on domestic labour or childcare top the list of marital discord. The idea of doing nothing has become terrifying, a sure sign of worthlessness.
Like any commodity that is scarce, time has become a battleground. In what is supposed to be the world of the consumer, firms steal time from customers. It is now perfectly acceptable to be asked to hold the instant the phone is answered. This saves the company time and money, but costs you time. We are engaged in a constant, subtle war over time. If the politics of class dominated the last century, the politics of time could dominate this one.
Of course, there is a class dimension to the rush culture. One of the biggest transitions of the past few decades has been to take the previous relationship between time and status - the rich had lots of time, the poor very little - and reverse it. While bankers in the City are now at their desks at 7am, in the good old days 'bankers' hours' meant 10am till 4pm with a decent lunch break. Moreover, to be seen to have time to spare is a sign of low status: arranging lunch, it is never done to be available too soon. Similarly, being late is moving from a sign of rudeness to a sign of status.
A two-tier time society is being built, with the money-rich, time-poor on one side, and the money-poor, time-rich on the other. The rich are working longer and longer hours in order to compete with each other. At the same time, they are employing others - cleaners, childminders, fast-food restaurant workers - in order to allow themselves to work all the time. Meanwhile, more and more of us are putting ourselves on the treadmill of constant activity, taking on an increasingly heavy workload, and never stopping for a moment to ask ourselves why.
A. People who are idle often experience a sense of willingness
B. The rich had more time in the past compared to the poor
C. People signing up for time management courses wish to have a free afternoon
D. Being late is a symbol of status in the past
Time has become a scarce commodity. Everyone wants more of it. The refrain 'If only I had more time!' echoes around the offices, kitchens and bedrooms of Britain; 'hurry sickness' is becoming the malaise of the new millennium. All over the world, people are working longer hours, struggling to fit more and more into every day. Symptoms include jabbing the 'door close' button on lift doors to save the two to four seconds required for the door to do it on its own, and an inability to do one thing at a time, so that every journey is a phone call opportunity.
Technology is helping to speed up the world: laptops, mobile phones (with a hands- free set so that you can do something else at the same time), pagers, remote controls. We live in an instant, insistent world. Adverts for energy-boosting drinks read: 'Having trouble keeping up with yourself?' We yearn for the lazy afternoons and days of yesteryear - but enthusiastically sign up for email, messaging services, language classes. Even time management courses. The result is parents with a lack of quality time to spend with their children, and surveys showing that working couples see less of each other than ever before and that rows over time spent on domestic labour or childcare top the list of marital discord. The idea of doing nothing has become terrifying, a sure sign of worthlessness.
Like any commodity that is scarce, time has become a battleground. In what is supposed to be the world of the consumer, firms steal time from customers. It is now perfectly acceptable to be asked to hold the instant the phone is answered. This saves the company time and money, but costs you time. We are engaged in a constant, subtle war over time. If the politics of class dominated the last century, the politics of time could dominate this one.
Of course, there is a class dimension to the rush culture. One of the biggest transitions of the past few decades has been to take the previous relationship between time and status - the rich had lots of time, the poor very little - and reverse it. While bankers in the City are now at their desks at 7am, in the good old days 'bankers' hours' meant 10am till 4pm with a decent lunch break. Moreover, to be seen to have time to spare is a sign of low status: arranging lunch, it is never done to be available too soon. Similarly, being late is moving from a sign of rudeness to a sign of status.
A two-tier time society is being built, with the money-rich, time-poor on one side, and the money-poor, time-rich on the other. The rich are working longer and longer hours in order to compete with each other. At the same time, they are employing others - cleaners, childminders, fast-food restaurant workers - in order to allow themselves to work all the time. Meanwhile, more and more of us are putting ourselves on the treadmill of constant activity, taking on an increasingly heavy workload, and never stopping for a moment to ask ourselves why.
(Adapted from Clockwise Advanced by Jon Naunton)
Which of the following is true, according to the passage?A. People who are idle often experience a sense of willingness
B. The rich had more time in the past compared to the poor
C. People signing up for time management courses wish to have a free afternoon
D. Being late is a symbol of status in the past
Giải thích:
Điều nào sau đây là đúng, theo đoạn văn?
A. Những người nhàn rỗi thường có cảm giác hạnh phúc và sẵn sàng làm mọi thứ
B. Người giàu có nhiều thời gian hơn trong quá khứ so với người nghèo
C. Những người đăng ký khóa học quản lý thời gian muốn có một buổi chiều rảnh rỗi
D.Đến muộn là biểu tượng của địa vị trong quá khứ
Căn cứ vào thông tin đoạn 4:
Of course, there is a class dimension to the rush culture. One of the biggest transitions of the past few decades has been to take the previous relationship between time and status - the rich had lots of time, the poor very little - and reverse it.
(Tất nhiên, có một khía cạnh giai cấp đối với văn hóa của sự vội vàng. Một trong những bước chuyển đổi lớn nhất trong vài thập kỷ qua là lấy mối quan hệ trước đây giữa thời gian và địa vị - người giàu có rất nhiều thời gian, người nghèo rất ít - và đảo ngược nó.)
A sai vì “The idea of doing nothing has become terrifying, a sure sign of worthlessness.” – Cái việc ăn không ngồi rồi trở nên vô cùng đáng sợ, 1 dấu hiệu của sự vô dụng” → Lưu ý phép paragraphase: idle (rảnh rỗi ) ~ do nothing
C sai vì “We yearn for the lazy afternoons and days of yesteryear - but enthusiastically sign up for email, messaging services, language classes. Even time management courses.” – “Chúng tôi mong muốn có được những buổi chiều thảnh thơi, nhưng vẫn cứ hừng hực đăng ký email, dịch vụ tin nhắn, các lớp học ngôn ngữ, hay thậm chí là cả những khóa học quản lý thời gian nữa”
D sai vì “Moreover, to be seen to have time to spare is a sign of low status: arranging lunch, it is never done to be available too soon. Similarly, being late is moving from a sign of rudeness to a sign of status.” – “……. Tương tự như vậy, đến muộn từ dần chuyển từ trạng thái bất lịch sự sang dấu hiệu của người có địa vị rồi” → Ý này đang nói tới hiện tại, chứ không nói tới quá khứ.
→ Chọn đáp án B
Điều nào sau đây là đúng, theo đoạn văn?
A. Những người nhàn rỗi thường có cảm giác hạnh phúc và sẵn sàng làm mọi thứ
B. Người giàu có nhiều thời gian hơn trong quá khứ so với người nghèo
C. Những người đăng ký khóa học quản lý thời gian muốn có một buổi chiều rảnh rỗi
D.Đến muộn là biểu tượng của địa vị trong quá khứ
Căn cứ vào thông tin đoạn 4:
Of course, there is a class dimension to the rush culture. One of the biggest transitions of the past few decades has been to take the previous relationship between time and status - the rich had lots of time, the poor very little - and reverse it.
(Tất nhiên, có một khía cạnh giai cấp đối với văn hóa của sự vội vàng. Một trong những bước chuyển đổi lớn nhất trong vài thập kỷ qua là lấy mối quan hệ trước đây giữa thời gian và địa vị - người giàu có rất nhiều thời gian, người nghèo rất ít - và đảo ngược nó.)
A sai vì “The idea of doing nothing has become terrifying, a sure sign of worthlessness.” – Cái việc ăn không ngồi rồi trở nên vô cùng đáng sợ, 1 dấu hiệu của sự vô dụng” → Lưu ý phép paragraphase: idle (rảnh rỗi ) ~ do nothing
C sai vì “We yearn for the lazy afternoons and days of yesteryear - but enthusiastically sign up for email, messaging services, language classes. Even time management courses.” – “Chúng tôi mong muốn có được những buổi chiều thảnh thơi, nhưng vẫn cứ hừng hực đăng ký email, dịch vụ tin nhắn, các lớp học ngôn ngữ, hay thậm chí là cả những khóa học quản lý thời gian nữa”
D sai vì “Moreover, to be seen to have time to spare is a sign of low status: arranging lunch, it is never done to be available too soon. Similarly, being late is moving from a sign of rudeness to a sign of status.” – “……. Tương tự như vậy, đến muộn từ dần chuyển từ trạng thái bất lịch sự sang dấu hiệu của người có địa vị rồi” → Ý này đang nói tới hiện tại, chứ không nói tới quá khứ.
→ Chọn đáp án B
Đáp án B.