Question

Read the following passage and mark the letter A, B, C, D on your answer sheet to indicate the correct answer to each of the questions.

Who talks more – men or women? Most people believe that women talk more. However, linguist Deborah Tannen, who has the studied the communication style of men and women, says that this is a stereotype. According to Tannen, women are more verbal – talk more – in private situations, where they use conversation as the “glue” to hold relationship together. But, she says, men talk more in public situations, where they use conversation to exchange information and gain status. Tannen points out that we can see these difference even in children. Little girls often play with one ‘best friend’ and their play includes a lot of conversation. Little boys often play games in groups, their play usually involves more doing than talking. In school, girls are often better at verbal skills, while boys are often better at mathematics.

A recent study at Emory University helps to shed light on the roots of this difference. Researchers studied conversation between children aged 3–6 and their parents. They found evidence that parents talk very differently to their sons than they do to their daughters. The startling conclusion was that parents use more language with their girls. Specifically, when parents talk with their daughters, they use more descriptive language and more details. There is also far more talk about emotions, especially with daughters than with sons.

Which sentence best expresses the main idea of the second paragraph?

A. Researchers have studied the conversations of children and their parents

B. Parents do not much about sadness with their sons

C. Study at Emory University can help to explain the differences between communication styles of boy and girls

D. An Emory University study found than parent talk more with their daughters than with their sons

Answer 1

D

Câu nào diễn tả tốt nhất ý chính của đoạn 2?

A. Các nhà khoa học đã và đang nghiên cứu cuộc trò chuyện giữa trẻ em và cha mẹ của chúng

B. Cha mẹ không có nhiều về nỗi buồn với người con trai của họ.

C. Nghiên cứu ở trường đại học Emory có thể giúp giải thích sự khác nhau giữa phong cách giao tiếp của con trai và con gái

D. Một nghiên cứu ở trường đại học Emory cho thấy bố mẹ nói chuyện với con gái nhiều hơn với con trai

Dẫn chứng: “The startling conclusion was that parents use more language with their girls.”

Tạm dịch: Kết luận đáng ngạc nhiên là cha mẹ sử dụng ngôn ngữ nhiều hơn với con gái         

=> Đáp án D