15000 bài tập tách từ đề thi thử môn Tiếng Anh có đáp án (Phần 69)

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.

I hated piano lessons at school, but I was good at music. And coming back to it, with a teacher who could explain why certain exercises were useful and with musical concepts that, at the age of ten, I could never grasp, was magical. Initially, I did feel a bit strange, thumping out a piece that I’d played for my school exams, with just as little comprehension of what the composer intended as I’d had all those years before. But soon, complex emotions that I never knew poured out from my fingers, and suddenly I could understand why practice makes perfect.

Câu 1

It is implied in paragraph 1 that _________.

A. young learners often lack a good motivation for learning

B. young learners are usually lazy in their class

C. teachers should give young learners less homework

D. parents should encourage young learners to study more

Lời giải

Đáp án A

Đoạn 1 nói rằng: 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.

Sinh viên đại học thường xuyên làm mức tối thiểu của công việc bởi vì họ đang điên cuồng về một cuộc sống xã hội tốt. Trẻ em thường hét lên trước khi tập luyện piano, vì nó quá nhàm chán. Họ phải nhận được sao vàng và huy chương để được thuyết phục bơi lội, hoặc phải được hối lộ để tham gia kỳ thi.

=> người trẻ thường thiếu động lực tốt để học (mà thường phải có phần thưởng hay những thứ tương tự mới giúp họ có động lực để học)

Câu 2

The writer’s main point in paragraph 2 is to show that as people grow up, _________.

A. they tend to learn less as they are discouraged

B. they cannot learn as well as younger learners

C. they get more impatient with their teachers

D. they have a more positive attitude towards learning

Lời giải

Đáp án D

Đoạn 2 tác giả chia sẻ:

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

Lúc 30 tuổi, tôi đến một trường đại học và học các khoá học Lịch sử và Tiếng Anh. Nó là một trải nghiệm tuyệt vời

- 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.

Tôi không sợ việc phải đặt câu hỏi, và bài tập về nhà là niềm vui thích chứ không phải đau khổ. Khi tôi vượt qua một kì thi, tôi đã vượt qua nó cho bản thân và chỉ cho bản thân thôi, không phải cho bố mẹ hay giáo viên. Sự hài lòng tôi có được hoàn toàn mang tính cá nhân

=> tác giả cho rằng, khi con người lớn hơn, họ có thái độ tính cực hơn đối với việc học tập (chứ không giống như lúc trẻ - phải có một phần thưởng gì đó mới học)

Câu 3

The phrase “For starters” in paragraph 2 could best be replaced by “______”.

A. For beginners

B. At the starting point

C. At the beginning

D. First and foremost

Lời giải

Đáp án D

“For starters” = “First and foremost”: đầu tiên và hàng đầu

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.

Đầu tiên, tôi đã trả tiền, vì vậy không có lý do gì để đi trễ - Tôi là người sẽ cau mày và gõ gõ ngón tay nếu gia sư đến muộn, không phải là ngược lại.

Câu 4

While doing some adult learning courses at a college, the writer was surprised ______.

A. to have more time to learn

B. to be able to learn more quickly

C. to feel learning more enjoyable

D. to get on better with the tutor

Lời giải

Đáp án C

Đoạn 2 có những thông tin:

- Indeed, if I could persuade him to linger for an extra five minutes, it was a bonus, not a nuisance.

Thật ra, nếu tôi có thể thuyết phục anh nán lại cho thêm một năm phút, nó là một phần thưởng, không phải là một mối phiền toái.

- The satisfaction I got was entirely personal.

Sự hài lòng tôi có được hoàn toàn mang tính cá nhân

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

Câu 5

In paragraph 3, the word “rusty” means ______.

A. not as good as it used to be through lack of practice

B. impatient because of having nothing to do

C. staying alive and becoming more active

D. covered with rust and not as good as it used to be

Lời giải

Đáp án A

“rusty” = not as good as it used to be through lack of practice: không được tốt như đã từng bởi vì thiếu sự luyện tập

Some people fear going back to school because they worry that their brains have got rusty.

Một số người sợ đi học trở lại vì họ lo lắng rằng bộ não của họ không còn được như trước.

Câu 6

The phrase “get there” in paragraph 4 is closest in meaning to “______”.

A. receive a school or college degree

B. arrive at an intended place with difficulty

C. have the things you have long desired

D. achieve your aim with hard work

Lời giải

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It is implied in paragraph 1 that _________.

The writer’s main point in paragraph 2 is to show that as people grow up, _________.

The phrase “For starters” in paragraph 2 could best be replaced by “______”.

While doing some adult learning courses at a college, the writer was surprised ______.

In paragraph 3, the word “rusty” means ______.

The phrase “get there” in paragraph 4 is closest in meaning to “______”.

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It can be inferred from paragraph 4 that maturity is a positive plus in the learning process because adult learners ______.

It is implied in the last paragraph that when you learn later in life, you ______.

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The word “it” in paragraph 2 refers to ______.

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