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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 from 39 to 43
It’s Friday’s night in Singapore and, once again, Madeline Tan (28) doesn’t have a date. Like many women she feels ready to settle down as she approaches thirty. She has experienced more than a little family pressure about still being single at her age. And it is not only her family but also her government who are keen for her to marry and reproduce.
Living in one of the world’s most successful economies, Madeline has a good education and the pick of jobs. Her salary as a radio executive means she can drive a luxury car and go shopping. Singapore’s government believes that, to ensure continuous prosperity, future generations must become more intelligent. And it is concerned that female graduates – ideal for breeding this super-race – are staying single and childless. Singapore’s men, on the other hand, are marrying less educated women. So, the government has launched a campaign to encourage the ‘right’ couples to get together.
Putting off marriage and parenthood is becoming more common in all industrialized nations. This is partly because high pressure jobs leave little time for socializing and meeting potential partners. In Singapore, the problem is made worse by cultural traditions. The sexes are not encouraged to mix during childhood or to date until after university.
Research scientists Kee-Chuan Goh (29) has never had a girlfriend. “There’s a first time for everything.”, he says. Like Madeline he has signed up with the SDU (Social Development Unit), the government’s very own dating agency. It is open only to graduates, who sign up for five years, although most members are married within three.
Government-sponsored ads on prime-time TV aim to get the message across. In one, a young man sits on a park bench, sighing, “Where is my dream girl?” At the other end, a girl stares into space thinking, “Where is the man of my dreams?” They fail to notice each other and wander off, lonely. A voice-over warns “Why not reality? You could wait a lifetime for a dream.”
(Adapted from Clockwise Upper Intermediate by Jon Naunton)
Câu hỏi:Which would be the best title for the passage?
- A. Singapore fixes you up
- B. The dating life of single Singaporeans
- C. Singapore’s dating agency
- D. How to get a partner in Singapore
Lời giải tham khảo:
Đáp án đúng: A
Đáp án A
Giải thích:
Đâu sẽ là tiêu đề hay nhất cho đoạn văn?
A. Singapore làm mai cho bạn
B. Cuộc sống hẹn hò của những người Singapore độc thân
C. Đại lý hẹn hò của Singapore
D. Làm thế nào để có được một người yêu ở Singapore
Đoạn văn chủ yếu nói về tình trạng yêu đương kết hôn của những người ở Singapore và việc chính phủ Singapore đang thực hiện một chương trình để giúp mọi người có thể hẹn hò và cưới đúng người
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CÂU HỎI KHÁC
- It’s an extremely __________ cure for a headache.
- He needs to do the homework before going out with his friends, ____?
- We thought the repairs on the car would cost about $500, but our estimate was way off the _______ it was $4000.
- Vietnam has played _________ high spirits and had an impressive 2-0 victory over Yemen.
- All the applicants for the post are thoroughly ________ for their suitability.
- Solar energy isn't widely used ________ it is friendly to the environment.
- Peters wife gave him a (n) _____ bike as a birthday present last week.
- You should not lose heart; success often comes to those who are not _________ by failures.
- Choose the best option: The students _______ the topic when the bell rang.
- _______, he will go out with his friends.
- My mother doesn't _______ eye to eye with my father sometimes.
- It is not always easy to _______ a decision at the last minute.
- I demand to know how this vase __________, and no one is leaving till I find out
- Choose the best option: ________ hard all day, I was exhausted.
- The older you are, _______________ you may become.
- Cathy and Graham are at a restaurant.
- Mark and Tim are talking about British literature.
- Choose the word whose underlined part differs from the other three in pronunciation: scholar, honor, motto, fortune
- Choose the word whose underlined part differs from the other three in pronunciation: borrowed, conserved, approached, complained
- Choosee the word that differs from the other three in the position of the primary stress: continue, recognise, uncover, remember
- Choosee the word that differs from the other three in the position of the primary stress: leaflet, model, export, cartoon
- Choose the word(s) CLOSEST in meaning to the underlined word(s): She is a down-to-earth woman with no pretensions.
- Choose the word(s) CLOSEST in meaning to the underlined word(s): For environment safety, we need to find ways to reduce emission of fum
- Choose the word OPPOSITE in meaning to the underlined word: Poverty in many African countries increases the likelihood that people poac
- Choose the word OPPOSITE in meaning to the underlined word: I dont believe in anything he says, he is unreliable.
- He helped us a lot with the project. We couldn’t continue without him.
- The storm was so great. Many families'd to be evacuated to safer parts of the city.
- Find the mistake: We have conducted exhausting research into the effects of smartphones on students’ behaviour an
- Find the mistake: On the table is hundreds of books written in English.
- Find the mistake: Tim works as a doctor and he earns twice as much as her brother.
- You should have finished your work by noon, Fiona” said Mark.
- It is necessary for the local authority to impose social distancing on this infected area.
- I haven’t bought any books for 2 years.
- The new (34) _______ is for HIIT – short for High-Intensity Interval Training
- (35) _______ just twelve minutes of very intense activity is supposed to be every bit as beneficial as conventional exercise.
- However, some recent research would appear to (36) ______ these claims.
- (37) _______ have our personalities changed, too?
- Overtime, we come to expect (38)_____ to be available infinitely more quickly than in the past.
- Which would be the best title for the passage?
- The phrase settle down” in paragraph 1 mostly means _______.
- According to the passage, the main reason why delaying parenthood becomes a norm in developed countries is that _______.
- This word 'it” in paragraph 4 refers to _______.
- Choose the true statement.
- Which best serves as the suitable title for the passage?
- The word malaise” in paragraph 1 is closest in meaning to _______.
- The consequences of not having enough time for family are mentioned in the passage EXCEPT _______.
- The word 'this” in paragraph 3 (three) refers to _______.
- The word treadmill” in paragraph 5 mostly describes something which is _______.
- Which of the following sentence is true, according to this passage?
- Which of the following can be inferred from this reading passage?
