Question

 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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"Parents today want their kids spending time on things that can bring them success, but (1)_________, we've stopped doing one thing that's actually been a proven predictor of success-and that's household chores," says Richard Rende, a (2)_________ psychologist in Paradise Valley, Ariz, and co-author of 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 (3)_______ to build a lasting sense of mastery, responsibility and self-reliance, according to research by Marty Rossmann, professor emeritus at the University of Minnesota. In 2002, Dr. Rossmann analyzed data from a longitudinal study (4)_______ 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 (5)_______ 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.

Điền ô số 4

A. whom 

B. that 

C. what 

D. when 

Answer 1

Kiến thức: Mệnh đề quan hệ

Giải thích:

- whom: thay thế cho danh từ chỉ người; đóng vai trò tân ngữ trong mệnh đề quan hệ

- that: thay thế cho “who, whom, which” trong mệnh đề quan hệ xác định.

- what: nghi vấn từ; đứng sau động từ hoặc giới từ

- when ( = in/ at/ on which): thay thế cho danh từ chỉ thời gian; sau “when” là mệnh đề

a longitudinal study: một nghiên cứu dài hạn => danh từ chỉ vật

In 2002, Dr. Rossmann analyzed data from a longitudinal study (4) that followed 84 children across four periods in their lives-in preschool, around ages 10 and 15, and in their mid-20s.

Tạm dịch: Năm 2002, Tiến sĩ Rossmann đã phân tích dữ liệu từ một nghiên cứu dài hạn, theo dõi 84 trẻ em qua bốn thời kỳ trong cuộc đời của chúng ở trường mầm non, khoảng 10 và 15 tuổi, và ở giữa độ tuổi 20.

Chọn B