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.

It is natural for young people to be critical of their parents at times and to blame them for most of the (23)       between them. They have always complained, more or less justly, that their parents are old- fashioned, possessive and dominant; that they do not trust their children to deal with obstacles; (24)      they talk too much about certain problems and that they have no sense of humor, at least in parent-child relationships. I think it is true that parents often (25)   their teenage children and also forget how they themselves felt when young.

Young people often irritate their parents with their choices in clothes and hairstyles, in entertainers and music. This is not their motive. They feel cut off from the adult world into which they have not yet been accepted. (26)             _they create a culture and society of their own. Then, if it turns out that their music or entertainers or vocabulary or clothes or hairstyles irritate their parents, this gives them additional enjoyment. They feel they are superior, at least in a small way, and that they are leaders in style and taste. If you plan to control your life, co-operation can be part of that plan. You can charm others, especially parents, into doing things the ways you want. You can impress others with your sense of responsibility and (5)       , so that they will give you the authority to do what you want to do.

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Điền vào ô 23. 

A. However

B. Besides

C. Despite

D. Therefore

Answer 1

Đáp án D

Kiến thức về liên từ

However + clause: tuy nhiên

Besides st/doing st: ngoài ra

Despite + cụm danh từ/Ving: mặc dù

Therefore + clause: vì vậy, do đó

Tạm dịch: They feel  cut  off  from  the  adult  world  into  which  they  have  not  yet  been  accepted.  (4)        they create a culture and society of their own. (Họ cảm thấy bị tách bỏ khỏi thế giới người lớn mà họ còn chưa được chấp nhận vào. Vì vậy, họ tạo ra cả một nền văn hoá và xã hội riêng.)