It’s often said that we learn things at the wrong time. University students frequently do the minimum of work because they’re crazy about a good social life instead. Children often scream before their piano practice because it’s so boring. They have to be given gold stars and medals to be persuaded to swim, or have to be bribed to take exams. But the story is different when you’re older.

Over the years, I’ve done my share of adult learning. At 30, I went to a college and did courses in History and English. It was an amazing experience. For starters, I was paying, so there was no reason to be late – I was the one frowning and drumming my fingers if the tutor was late, not the other way round. Indeed, if I could persuade him to linger for an extra five minutes, it was a bonus, not a nuisance. I wasn’t frightened to ask questions, and homework was a pleasure not a pain. When I passed an exam, I had passed it for me and me alone, not for my parents or my teachers. The satisfaction I got was entirely personal.

Some people fear going back to school because they worry that their brains have got rusty. But the joy is that, although some parts have rusted up, your brain has learnt all kinds of other things since you were young. It has learnt to think independently and flexibly and is much better at relating one thing to another. What you lose in the rust department, you gain in the maturity department.

In some ways, age is a positive plus. For instance, when you’re older, you get less frustrated. Experience has told you that, if you’re calm and simply do something carefully again and again, eventually you’ll get the hang of it. The confidence you have in other areas – from being able to drive a car, perhaps – means that if you can’t, say, build a chair instantly, you don’t, like a child, want to destroy your first pathetic attempts. Maturity tells you that you will, with application, eventually get there.

It is implied in paragraph 1 that ______.

Đáp án D

Ý chính của tác giả trong đoạn 2 là chỉ ra rằng khi con người lớn lên thì          ________.

A. Họ có khuynh hướng học ít hơn vì họ thiếu quyết tâm

B. Họ không thể học tốt như khi người trẻ

C. Họ trở nên thiếu kiên nhẫn hơn với giáo viên

D. Họ có thái độ tích cực hơn đối với việc học

Dẫn chứng:

- At 30, I went to a college and did courses in History and English. It was an amazing experience.

- I wasn’t frightened to ask questions, and homework was a pleasure not a pain. When I passed an exam, I had passed it for me and me alone, not for my parents or my teachers. The satisfaction I got was entirely personal.

Đáp án D

- For starters ~ First and foremost: đầu tiên, trước hết

“For starters, I was paying, so there was no reason to be late” (Đầu tiên, tôi đã trả tiền, vì thế không có lý do gì để đi trễ)

Đáp án C

Dẫn chứng: “Indeed, if I could persuade him to linger for an extra five minutes, it was a bonus, not a nuisance. I wasn’t frightened to ask questions, and homework was a pleasure not a pain. When I passed an exam, I had passed it for me and me alone, not for my parents or my teachers. The satisfaction I got was entirely personal.”

=> trong quá trình học, tác giả đã cảm thấy thích thú việc học

Đáp án A

“Some people fear going back to school because they worry that their brains have got rusty.” (Mọt số người sợ đi học trở lại vì họ lo lắng rằng bộ não của họ không còn được như trước.)

- Rusty ~ not as good as it used to be through lack of practice: không được tốt như trước bởi vì thiếu sự luyện tập

Đáp án C

A, B, D. đúng theo bài đọc:

“Age is a positive plus. For instance, when you’re older, you get less frustrated. Experience has told you that, if you re calm and simply do something carefully again and again, eventually you’ll get the hang of it”

“Although some parts have rusted up, your brain has learnt all kinds of other things since you were young. It has learnt to think independently and flexibly and is much better at relating one thing to another”

Đáp án D

Có thể suy ra từ đoạn cuối rằng sự trưởng thành là điểm cộng tích cực trong quá trình học vì người lớn________.   .

Dẫn chứng: “when you’re older, you get less frustrated. Experience has told you that, if you’re calm and simply do something carefully again and again, eventually you’ll get the hang of it.” (khi bạn lớn tuổi hơn, bạn sẽ thấy ít chán nản hơn. Kinh nghiệm nói với bạn rằng, nếu bạn bình tĩnh và chỉ cần làm điều gì đó một cách cẩn thận lặp đi lặp lại thì cuối cùng bạn sẽ học được cách thực hiện nó.)

=> người lớn sẽ trở nên kiên nhẫn hơn người trẻ

Đáp án A

Mục đích chính của tác giả trong bài đọc là gì?

A. Để khuyến khích việc học của người lớn

B. Để cho thấy người lớn học nhanh như thế nào

C. Để giải thích lý do cho việc học

D. Để miêu tả phương pháp học của người lớn

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