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.
The first thing that is included in the "living together” (23) ______ is the expected good relations with your family. This also involves sharing equally the housework. Lots of people think that everyone should share the housework (24) ________, but in many homes parents do most of it. To certain minds, many families can't share the housework whereas they should try it. In fact, sharing the housework equally is not very possible because of the families' timetable. So, it is somehow believed that children and parents must do things together. For this they can establish a housework planning.
(25)_________, housework's contributions of the teenager make him more responsible. He will think that he has an important role in his family. According to researchers, teenagers should share the housework because (26) ______ will help them when they have to establish their own family in the future. Too many teenagers and young adults leave home without knowing how to cook or clean, but if parents delegate basic housework to teens as they are old enough to do it, they won't be destabilized by doing the housework in their new grown-up life.
It can be (27) ________ concluded that many parents don't really prepare their children for future, because they don't stimulate them to learn how to run a house. If parents get them responsible, teens will be more responsible and that will improve family's life.
(25)_________, housework's contributions of the teenager make him more responsible
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Lời giải:
Báo saiKiến thức về liên từ
A. In addition: thêm vào đó
B. However: tuy nhiên
C. In contrast: trái lại, trái với
D. In case: phòng khi; trong trường hợp
Tạm dịch: “To certain minds, many families can’t share the housework whereas they should try it. In fact, sharing the housework equally is not very possible because of the families’ timetable. So, it is somehow believed that children and parents must do things together. For this they can establish a housework planning. (3)_________, housework’s contributions of the teenager make him more responsible.”
(Theo nhiều quan điểm nhất định, nhiều gia đình không thể chia sẻ việc nhà cho nhau trong khi lẽ ra họ nên làm vậy. Trên thực tế, chia sẻ việc nhà một cách đồng đều giữa các thành viên là điều dường như không thể bởi vì thời gian biểu của các gia đình. Do đó, theo cách nào đó người ta tin rằng con cái và cha mẹ phải cùng nhau làm mọi việc. Để làm được điều này họ có thể thiết lập một kế hoạch cho công việc nhà cửa. Thêm vào đó, những đóng góp trong việc nhà của thanh thiếu niên cũng làm cho họ trở nên có trách nhiệm hơn.)
Vì hai đoạn văn nối với nhau có ý tưởng trợ, bổ sung lẫn nhau nên ta chọn A.