Read the following passage, and mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the correct answer to each of the questions.CUTTING THE APRON STRINGS There is substantial evidence that students going off to college have changed over the years. For one thing, studies show that they are emotionally closer to their parents and their parents to them. One thing that means is that they depend on each other more for happiness. It puts a burden on children for parents to use their children as vehicles for their own happiness- although today’s young people seem complicit in this arrangement, perhaps because they’ve known no other way-even if it creates anxiety in the children. That’s one reason parents like to be involved in their children’s college experiences, and colleges have had to devise novel ways of getting parents off campus when they transport their kids to school. There’s also evidence that students today seem to be choosing schools with reference to proximity to home. The closer a student is to home, the easier it is to bring the laundry home and to land in your old bed with tea and sympathy when you have the sniffles. And the easier it is for parents to visit you at university whenever the mood strikes. The amount of visiting parents do is far more than in generations past. But in a real sense, students don’t really leave their parents behind. Their parents go to college right along with them – in their front pockets. That is, the parents are a speed dial away by cell phone. This, of course, significantly reduces independence. A student doesn’t get the chance to solve minor problems on his own – he just calls Mom or Dad. A student has initial problems getting along with a roommate? A roommate doesn’t do laundry as often as the other roommate wishes? A student gets a C grade on her first paper? Instead of absorbing the negative information and figuring out how to resolve the problem or how to do better, the call gets made to home, where Mom or Dad solves the problem, often by calling the school administration. This kind of behavior is, sadly, commonplace today and is a mark of the lack of coping skills among students because all the lumps and bumps have been taken out of life for them until now. In addition to being tethered to parents, incoming freshmen are now very heavily connected by cell phone to classmates from high school, who are presumably at other colleges. So there isn’t the great impetus to mix and venture forth to meet new people, to get out of one’s comfort zone, to get drawn into new experiences, that has traditionally marked the beginning of freshman year. The laws of physics still apply, and it is difficult to be meeting new people and seeking novel experiences while you are talking to your old pals.Parents like to be involved in their children’s college experiences because

Câu hỏi:

Read the following passage, and mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the correct answer to each of the questions.CUTTING THE APRON STRINGS There is substantial evidence that students going off to college have changed over the years. For one thing, studies show that they are emotionally closer to their parents and their parents to them. One thing that means is that they depend on each other more for happiness. It puts a burden on children for parents to use their children as vehicles for their own happiness- although today’s young people seem complicit in this arrangement, perhaps because they’ve known no other way-even if it creates anxiety in the children. That’s one reason parents like to be involved in their children’s college experiences, and colleges have had to devise novel ways of getting parents off campus when they transport their kids to school. There’s also evidence that students today seem to be choosing schools with reference to proximity to home. The closer a student is to home, the easier it is to bring the laundry home and to land in your old bed with tea and sympathy when you have the sniffles. And the easier it is for parents to visit you at university whenever the mood strikes. The amount of visiting parents do is far more than in generations past. But in a real sense, students don’t really leave their parents behind. Their parents go to college right along with them – in their front pockets. That is, the parents are a speed dial away by cell phone. This, of course, significantly reduces independence. A student doesn’t get the chance to solve minor problems on his own – he just calls Mom or Dad. A student has initial problems getting along with a roommate? A roommate doesn’t do laundry as often as the other roommate wishes? A student gets a C grade on her first paper? Instead of absorbing the negative information and figuring out how to resolve the problem or how to do better, the call gets made to home, where Mom or Dad solves the problem, often by calling the school administration. This kind of behavior is, sadly, commonplace today and is a mark of the lack of coping skills among students because all the lumps and bumps have been taken out of life for them until now. In addition to being tethered to parents, incoming freshmen are now very heavily connected by cell phone to classmates from high school, who are presumably at other colleges. So there isn’t the great impetus to mix and venture forth to meet new people, to get out of one’s comfort zone, to get drawn into new experiences, that has traditionally marked the beginning of freshman year. The laws of physics still apply, and it is difficult to be meeting new people and seeking novel experiences while you are talking to your old pals.Parents like to be involved in their children’s college experiences because

A. they are worried about the school’s carelessness 

B. the school often neglects their children

C. they are afraid of being deprived of happiness 

D. they find their children a source of happiness

Đáp án chính xác

Trả lời:

Đáp án là D.Bố mẹ có vẻ như tham gia vào những trải nghiệm đại học của bố mẹ bởi vì A. chúng lo lắng về sự bất cẩn ở trường B. trường học thường không chú ý đến học sinh của chúng C. chúng sợ bị tước đoạt niềm vui D. họ cảm thấy con họ như là một niềm hạnh phúc Dẫn chứng: It puts a burden on children for parents to use their children as vehicles for their own happiness-although today’s young people seem complicit in this arrangement, perhaps because they’ve known no other way-even if it creates anxiety in the children. 

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1. Mark the letter A, B, C or D on your answer sheet to indicate the word whose underlined part is pronounced differently from others
   
   

   Câu hỏi:
   

   Mark the letter A, B, C or D on your answer sheet to indicate the word whose underlined part is pronounced differently from others

   A. sorry

   Đáp án chính xác

   B. correct

   C. commit

   D. corrupt

   Trả lời:

   Đáp án là A.
   sorry /ˈsɒri/
   correct /kəˈrekt/
   commit /kəˈmɪt/
   corrupt /kəˈrʌpt/
   => Câu A phát âm là /ɒ/ còn lại phát âm là /ə/ 

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2. Mark the letter A, B, C or D on your answer sheet to indicate the word whose underlined part is pronounced differently from others
   
   

   Câu hỏi:
   

   Mark the letter A, B, C or D on your answer sheet to indicate the word whose underlined part is pronounced differently from others

   A. dessert 

   B. dissolve

   C. possess

   D. assist

   Đáp án chính xác

   Trả lời:

   Đáp án là D.
   dessert /dɪˈzɜːt/
   dissolve /dɪˈzɒlv/
   possess /pəˈzes/
   assist /əˈsɪst/
   => Câu D phát âm là/s/ còn lại phát âm là /z/ 

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3. Mark the letter A, B, C or D on your answer sheet to indicate the word that differs from the rest in the position of the main stress in each of the following questions.
   
   

   Câu hỏi:
   

   Mark the letter A, B, C or D on your answer sheet to indicate the word that differs from the rest in the position of the main stress in each of the following questions.

   A. physical 

   B. musical

   C. possible 

   D. domestic 

   Đáp án chính xác

   Trả lời:

   Đáp án là D.
   physical /ˈfɪzɪkl/
   musical /ˈmjuːzɪkl/
   possible /ˈpɒsəbl/
   domestic /dəˈmestɪk/
   => Câu D trọng âm 2 còn lại trọng âm 1 

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4. Mark the letter A, B, C or D on your answer sheet to indicate the word that differs from the rest in the position of the main stress in each of the following questions.
   
   

   Câu hỏi:
   

   Mark the letter A, B, C or D on your answer sheet to indicate the word that differs from the rest in the position of the main stress in each of the following questions.

   A. alive 

   Đáp án chính xác

   B. ancient 

   C. central 

   D. vacant

   Trả lời:

   Đáp án là A.
   alive /əˈlaɪv/
   ancient /ˈeɪnʃənt/
   central /ˈsentrəl/
   vacant /ˈveɪkənt/
   => Câu A trọng âm 2 còn lại trọng âm 1 

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5. Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to show the underlined part that needs correction in each of the following questions.I’d like to see him in my office the moment he will arrive
   
   

   Câu hỏi:
   

   Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to show the underlined part that needs correction in each of the following questions.I’d like to see him in my office the moment he will arrive

   A. to see 

   B. in 

   C. office

   D. will arrive

   Đáp án chính xác

   Trả lời:

   Đáp án là D.will arrive => arrives Sau các trạng từ chỉ thời gian: as soon as/ before/ after/ when/ the moment không được dùng thì tương lai đơn mà phải dùng hiện tại đơn. Câu này dịch như sau: Tôi muốn gặp anh ta khi anh ta đến. 

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