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 36 to 42.
A study was set up to examine the old marriage advice about whether it's more important to be happy or to be right. Couples therapists sometimes suggest that in an attempt to avoid constant arguments, spouses weigh up whether pressing the point is worth the misery of marital discord. The researchers from the University of Auckland noticed that many of their patients were adding stress to their lives by insisting on being right, even when it worked against their well-being.
The researchers then found a couple who were willing to record their quality of life on a scale of 1 to 10. They told the man, who wanted to be happy more than right, about the purpose of the study and asked him to agree with every opinion and request his wife had without complaint, even when he profoundly didn't agree. The wife was not informed of the purpose of the study and just asked to record her quality of life.
Things went rapidly downhill for the couple. The man's quality-of-life scores fell, from 7 to 3, over the course of the experiment. The wife's scores rose modestly, from 8 to 8.5, before she became hostile to the idea of recording the scores. Rather than creating harmony, the husband's agreeableness led to the wife becoming increasingly critical of what he did and said (in the husband's opinion). After 12 days he broke down, and the study was called off because of severe adverse outcomes."
The researchers concluded, shockingly, that humans need to be right and acknowledged as right, at least some of the time, to be happy. They also noted this was further proof that if given too much power, humans tend to "assume the alpha position and, as with chimpanzees, they become very aggressive and dangerous." It is often said that there can be no peace without justice, and that's true of domestic sphere.
Obviously the results are to be taken with extreme caution, since this was just one couple with who-knows-what underlying issues beforehand. But the study's chief author, Dr. Bruce Arroll, maintains that the question of happiness vs. rightness, theoretically, could be settled by scientific inquiry with a wider sample. "This would include a randomized controlled trial,” he says. "However, we would be reluctant to do the definitive study because of the concern about divorce."
Which of the following can be inferred from paragraph 5?
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Lời giải:
Báo saiKiến thức: Đọc hiểu
Giải thích:
Điều nào sau đây có thể được suy ra từ đoạn 5?
A. Các phát hiện của nghiên cứu là không thể kết luận do số lượng mẫu tham gia hạn chế.
B. Các nghiên cứu kiểu này cuối cùng sẽ dẫn đến ly hôn giữa các đối tượng. => họ chỉ lo ngại, không khẳng định chắc chắn
C. Nghiên cứu sâu hơn về vấn đề này chắc chắn sẽ được tiến hành với một mẫu lớn hơn. => mức độ chắc chắn không cao, chỉ đưa ra khả năng (could be)
D. Các nhà nghiên cứu sẵn sàng tiếp tục nghiên cứu bất chấp ảnh hưởng xấu của nó. => họ miễn cưỡng thực hiện chứ không phải sẵn sàng, vì có lo ngại
Thông tin: Obviously the results are to be taken with extreme caution, since this was just one couple with who-knows-what underlying issues beforehand. But the study's chief author, Dr. Bruce Arroll, maintains that the question of happiness vs. rightness, theoretically, could be settled by scientific inquiry with a wider sample. “This would include a randomized controlled trial,” he says. “However we would be reluctant to do the definitive study because of the concern about divorce.”
Tạm dịch: Rõ ràng là các kết quả phải được thực hiện một cách hết sức thận trọng, vì đây chỉ là một cặp với những vấn đề cơ bản mà ai-biết-gì cũng biết trước. Nhưng tác giả chính của nghiên cứu, Tiến sĩ Bruce Arroll, khẳng định rằng câu hỏi về hạnh phúc và sự đúng sai, về mặt lý thuyết, có thể được giải quyết bằng cách điều tra khoa học với một mẫu rộng hơn. Ông nói: “Điều này sẽ bao gồm một thử nghiệm ngẫu nhiên có đối chứng. Tuy nhiên, chúng tôi sẽ miễn cưỡng thực hiện nghiên cứu cuối cùng vì lo ngại về việc ly hôn."
Chọn A.