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 from 31 to 35.
It stands to reason that a city like Los Angeles, which is home to the rich and famous, is also where you find the Association of Celebrity Personal Assistants.
Celebrity Personal Assistants is a unique group among Hollywood professionals. (31)_______ the lawyers and agents who rub shoulders with the stars and make millions, personal assistants (PAs) are not paid well. They typically earn about $56,000 a year which, (32)_______ their round-the-clock obligations, isn’t much by Hollywood standards. As for the job description, it’s also far from glamorous.
Responsibilities include doing laundry, fetching groceries and paying bills. So what's the attraction? One celebrity PA says, ‘I don’t (33)_______ myself a vain or superficial person, but it would be wrong to say that we all don't like being close to someone's that's powerful.’ But not everyone is qualified for the job.
Rita Tateel teaches would-be assistants to the stars and begins her lessons with some (34)_______ truths: 'You must be in good health at all times, because you are running a celebrity's life. If you get sick their life can't just stop. And you need to be flexible and able to (35)_______ in all kinds of hours. You have to be a can-do person. If there’s one word that celebrities don't want to hear, that word is “no”.’
Điền ô số 34
A. such
B. hard
C. heavy
D. advice
Đáp án B
Giải thích: Hard truth = sự thật mà không dễ chịu, không tuyệt vời khiến người khác khó chấp nhận.
Đây là thành ngữ nên sự kết hợp từ là cố định.
Dịch nghĩa: Rita Tateel teaches would-be assistants to the stars and begins her lessons with some hard truths = Rita Tateel dạy những trợ lý tương lai cho các ngôi sao và bắt đầu bài học của cô với một số sự thật trần trụi.
A. such
C. heavy (adj) = nặng
D. advice (n) = lời khuyên