The phrase “an empty house” in the passage mostly means

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 following questions.

            For more than six million American children, coming home after school means coming back to an empty house. Some deal with the situation by watching TV. Some may hide. But all of them have something in common. They spend part of each day alone. They are called “latchkey children”. They are children who look after themselves while their parents work. And their bad condition has become a subject of concern.

            Lynette Long was once the principal of an elementary school. She said, “We had a school rule against wearing jewelry. A lot of kids had chains around their necks with keys attached. I was constantly telling them to put the keys inside shirts. There were so many keys; it never came to my mind what they meant.” Slowly, she learned that they were house keys.

            She and her husband began talking to the children who had keys. They learned of the effect working couples and single parents were having on their children. Fear was the biggest problem faced by children at home alone. One in three latchkey children the Longs talked to reported being frightened. Many had nightmares and were worried about their own safety.

            The most common way latchkey children deal with their fears is by hiding. They may hide in a shower stall, under a bed or in a closet. The second is TV. They often turn the volume up. It’s hard to get statistics on latchkey children, the Longs have learned. Most parents are slow to admit that they leave their children alone.

The phrase “an empty house” in the passage mostly means ____________.

• A. a house with no furniture
• B. a house with nothing inside
• C. a house with no people inside
• D. a house with too much space

• Câu 2: Mã câu hỏi: 17245

  One thing that the children in the passage share is that ____________.

  • A. they are from single-parent families
  • B. they spend part of each day alone
  • C. they all wear jewelry
  • D. they all watch TV

• Câu 3: Mã câu hỏi: 17246

  The phrase “latchkey children” in the passage means children who ____________.

  • A. close doors with keys and watch TV by themselves
  • B. look after themselves while their parents are not at home
  • C. like to carry latches and keys with them everywhere
  • D. are locked inside houses with latches and keys

• Câu 4: Mã câu hỏi: 17247

  The main problem of latchkey children is that they ____________.

  • A. are also found in middle-class families
  • B. watch too much television during the day
  • C. are growing in numbers
  • D. suffer a lot from being left alone

• Câu 5: Mã câu hỏi: 17248

  What is the main idea of the first paragraph?

  • A. How kids spend free time.
  • B. Why kids hate going home.
  • C. Bad condition of latchkey children.
  • D. Children’s activities at home.

• Câu 6: Mã câu hỏi: 17249

  Why did a lot of kids have chains around their necks with keys attached?

  • A. They were fully grown and had become independent.
  • B. They had to use the keys to open school doors.
  • C. Schools didn’t allow them to wear jewelry, so they wore keys instead.
  • D. They would use the keys to enter their houses when they came home.

• Câu 7: Mã câu hỏi: 17250

  What do latchkey children suffer most from when they are at home alone?

  • A. Tiredness.
  • B. Loneliness.
  • C. Boredom.
  • D. Fear.

• Câu 8: Mã câu hỏi: 17251

  Lynette Long learned of latchkey children’s problems by ____________.

  • A. interviewing their parents
  • B. visiting their homes
  • C. talking to them
  • D. delivering questionnaires

• Câu 9: Mã câu hỏi: 17252

  What is the most common way for latchkey children to deal with fears?

  • A. Having a shower.
  • B. Hiding somewhere.
  • C. Lying under a TV.
  • D. Talking to the Longs.

• Câu 10: Mã câu hỏi: 17253

  It’s difficult to find out the number of latchkey children because ____________.

  • A. almost parents are reluctant to admit that they leave their children alone
  • B. they do not give information about themselves for safety reasons
  • C. they hide themselves in shower stalls or under beds
  • D. there are too many of them in the whole country