Câu hỏi:
20/04/2022 2,877Read 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.
Many of us worry about the effects of television on family life. We think that we spend too much time watching television and that it takes us away from more important activities, such as reading, exercising and talking to family and friends. But is this really true?
Studies have shown that people in the United States do spend a lot of time in front of their television sets. About 98% of American homes have at least one TV set, and in the average home the TV is on more than six hours a day. But how much attention do people actually pay to the programs? And do people who watch TV really spend less time on other free-time activities? Recently some researchers in New York City tried to find the answers to these questions by conducting a telephone survey. They phoned more than a thousand people all over the United States and asked them questions about how they spend their free time.
No one was surprised to find out that watching TV is the most popular free-time activity in the United States. More than 70% of those asked said that they watch TV every day or almost every day. The second most popular activity that they mentioned was reading the newspaper. Listening to music at home was third, talking on the phone to friends and relatives was fourth and doing some form of exercise was fifth.
But the researchers discovered an interesting fact about Americans' TV habits. According to this survey, although most people turn the TV on every day, they do not actually watch it very much. Six out of ten people said that when the TV is on, they seldom pay attention to it. During a typical television program, they may eat dinner, do housework, read a newspaper or magazine, talk to their children or even read to them. The TV may be on, but it is just background music.
The researchers therefore concluded that television does not take Americans away from more important activities. It doesn't keep them from doing other free-time activities. In fact, when they compared people who frequently watch TV and those who seldom watch TV, they found that there were no great differences in their other activities. The frequent watchers read to their children and talk to their families just as much as the others.
(Adapted from “Reading Academic English” by Judy Rapoport, Ronit Broder and Sarah Feingold)
Which of the following could be the best tittle of the passage?
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Trả lời:
Đáp án B
Câu nào trong các câu sau có thể là tiêu đề phù hợp nhất của đoạn văn?
A. Liệu mọi người có thích xem TV hơn các hoạt động trong giải trí khác?
B. TV đang mở nhưng ai đang xem?
C. Liệu có phải TV luôn có hại hay không?
D. Những thói quen khi xem TV của mọi người là gì?
Căn cứ vào các nội dung sau của toàn đoạn văn?
Studies have shown that people in the United States do spend a lot of time in front of their television sets. (Các nghiên cứu chỉ ra rằng người Mỹ thật sự sử dụng rất nhiều thời gian trước màn hình TV nhà họ).
According to this survey, although most people turn the TV on every day, they do not actually watch it very much. (Theo bản khảo sát này, mặc dù hầu hết mọi người đều bật TV hằng ngày, nhưng họ không thật sự xem TV cho lắm).
During a typical television program, they may eat dinner, do housework, read a newspaper or magazine, talk to their children or even read to them. The TV may be on, but it is just background music. (Trong suốt 1 chương trình TV cụ thể, họ có thể ăn tối, làm việc nhà, đọc báo hay tạp chí, trò chuyện với con cái họ hay thậm chí đọc truyện cho chúng nghe. TV có thể đang mở, nhưng đó chỉ là nhạc nền).
=> Qua đó, có thể thấy đáp án B tổng quát hơn cả. Nó thể hiện được vấn đề đặt ra ở đây là: dù tưởng như con người dành nhiều thời gian cho TV và không còn thời gian cho những việc khác, nhưng trên thực tế lại không phải như vậy mà TV thì vẫn bật nhiều thật, nhưng con người không phải chăm chăm ngồi xem mà họ lại đi làm những việc khác hoặc không thực sự tập trung vào nó. Đó chính là câu trả lời cho đáp án B "TV bật nhưng ai là người đang xem?"
*Các đáp án còn lại có thể có một khía cạnh nào đó đúng nhưng nó chưa đủ hoặc chỉ là một phần của đáp án B mà thôi.
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Câu 2:
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.
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Câu 4:
A: "Can you concentrate on other things when you are listening to music?"
B: “________________________________.”
Câu 5:
Mark the letter A, B, C, or D to indicate the word that differs from the other three in the position of the primary stress in each of the following questions.
Câu 6:
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