Our Spanish teacher would prefer us spending more time in the laboratory practicing our pronunciation A. spending B. pr...

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DH

Dương Hoàn Anh

13 tháng 12 2018

B

Kiến thức: Cấu trúc với “would prefer”

Giải thích:

spending => to spend

Ta có cấu trúc “would prefer sb (not) to do sth”: mong muốn ai làm (không làm) gì

Tạm dịch: Giáo viên tiếng Tây Ban Nha của chúng tôi mong chúng tôi dành nhiều thời gian hơn trong phòng thí nghiệm luyện tập phát âm.

Đáp án:B

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 35 to 42. New surveys suggest that the technological tools we use to make our lives easier are killing our leisure time. We are working longer hours, taking fewer and shorter vacations (and when we do go away, we take our cell phones, PDAs, and laptops along). And, we are more stressed than ever as increased use of e-mail, voice mail, cell phones, and...

LQ

Lê Quỳnh Anh

13 tháng 3 2017

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 35 to 42.

New surveys suggest that the technological tools we use to make our lives easier are killing our leisure time. We are working longer hours, taking fewer and shorter vacations (and when we do go away, we take our cell phones, PDAs, and laptops along). And, we are more stressed than ever as increased use of e-mail, voice mail, cell phones, and the Internet is destroying any idea of privacy and leisure.

Since the Industrial Revolution, people have assumed that new labor-saving devices would free them from the burdens of the workplace and give them more time to grow intellectually, creatively, and socially - exploring the arts, keeping up with current events, spending more time with friends and family, and even just ‘goofing off’.

But here we are at the start of the 21st century, enjoying one of the greatest technological boom times in human history, and nothing could be further from the truth. The very tools that were supposed to liberate us have bound us to our work and study in ways that were inconceivable just a few years ago. It would seem that technology almost never does what we expect.

In ‘the old days’, the lines between work and leisure time were markedly clearer. People left their offices at a predictable time, were often completely disconnected from and out of touch with their jobs as they traveled to and from work, and were off-duty once they were home. That is no longer true. In today's highly competitive job market, employers demand increased productivity, expecting workers to put in longer hours and to keep in touch almost constantly via fax, cell phones, e-mail, or other communications devices. As a result, employees feel the need to check in on what is going on at the office, even on days off. They feel pressured to work after hours just to catch up on everything they have to do. Workers work harder and longer, change their work tasks more frequently, and have more and more reasons to worry about job security.

Bosses, colleagues, family members, lovers, and friends expect instant responses to voice mail and email messages. Even college students have become bound to their desks by an environment in which faculty, friends, and other members of the college community increasingly do their work online. Studies of time spent on instant messaging services would probably show staggering use.

This is not what technology was supposed to be doing for us. New technologies from genetic research to the Internet, offer all sorts of benefits and opportunities. But, when new tools make life more difficult and stressful rather than easier and more meaningful - and we are, as a society, barely conscious of it - then something has gone seriously awry, both with our expectations for technology and our understanding of how it should benefit us.

According to the first three paragraphs, technological tools that were designed to make our lives easier ______.

A. have turned out to do us more harm than good

B. have not interfered with our privacy

C. have fully met our expectations

D. have brought us complete happiness

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DH

Dương Hoàn Anh

13 tháng 3 2017

Chọn A.

Đáp án A.

Dịch câu hỏi: Theo 3 đoạn đầu, công cụ công nghệ được thiết kể để làm cho cuộc sống của chúng ra dễ dàng hơn _____________.

A. chứng minh cho chúng ta thấy hại nhiều hơn lợi

B. không can thiệp vào sự riêng tư của chúng ta

C. đáp ứng đầy đủ mong đợi của chúng ta

D. mang lại cho chúng ta hạnh phúc trọn vẹn

Thông tin: “The very tools that were supposed to liberate us have bound us to our work and study in ways that were inconceivable just a few years ago. It would seem that technology almost never does what we expect.”

(Chính những công cụ được cho là để giải phóng chúng ta đã ràng buộc chúng ta vào công việc và nghiên cứu theo những cách không thể tưởng tượng được chỉ vài năm trước. Dường như công nghệ gần như không bao giờ làm những gì chúng ta mong đợi.)

Read the following passage and mark the letter A, B, C or D to indicate the correct answer to each of the questions from 43 to 50. New surveys suggest that the technological tools we use to make our lives easier are killing our leisure time. We are working longer hours, taking fewer and shorter vacations (and when we do go away, we take our cell phones, PDAs, and laptops along). And, we are more stressed than ever as increased use of e-mail, voice mail, cell phones, and the Internet is...

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Lê Quỳnh Anh

9 tháng 5 2018

Read the following passage and mark the letter A, B, C or D to indicate the correct answer to each of the questions from 43 to 50.

New surveys suggest that the technological tools we use to make our lives easier are killing our leisure time. We are working longer hours, taking fewer and shorter vacations (and when we do go away, we take our cell phones, PDAs, and laptops along). And, we are more stressed than ever as increased use of e-mail, voice mail, cell phones, and the Internet is destroying any idea of privacy and leisure.

Since the Industrial Revolution, people have assumed that new labor-saving devices would free them from the burdens of the workplace and give them more time to grow intellectually, creatively, and socially - exploring the arts, keeping up with current events, spending more time with friends and family, and even just "goofing off".

But here we are at the start of the 21st century, enjoying one of the greatest technological boom times in human history, and nothing could be further from the truth. The very tools that were supposed to liberate us have bound us to our work and study in ways that were inconceivable just a few years ago. It would seem that technology almost never does what we expect.

In “the old days”, the lines between work and leisure time were markedly clearer. People left their offices at a predictable time, were often completely disconnected from and out of touch with their jobs as they traveled to and from work, and were off-duty once they were home. That is no longer true. In today's highly competitive job market, employers demand increased productivity, expecting workers to put in longer hours and to keep in touch almost constantly via fax, cell phones, e-mail, or other communications devices. As a result, employees feel the need to check in on what is going on at the office, even on days off. They feel pressured to work after hours just to catch up on everything they have to do. Workers work harder and longer, change their work tasks more frequently, and have more and more reasons to worry about job security.

Bosses, colleagues, family members, lovers, and friends expect instant responses to voice mail and e-mail messages. Even college students have become bound to their desks by an environment in which faculty, friends, and other members of the college community increasingly do their work online. Studies of time spent on instant messaging services would probably show staggering use.

This is not what technology was supposed to be doing for us. New technologies, from genetic research to the Internet, offer all sorts of benefits and opportunities. But, when new tools make life more difficult and stressful rather than easier and more meaningful - and we are, as a society, barely conscious of it - then something has gone seriously awry, both with our expectations for technology and our understanding of how it should benefit us.

(From "Summit 1" by Joan Saslow & Allen Ascher)

Question 43: According to the first three paragraphs, technological tools that were designed to make our lives easier __________.

A. have turned out to do us more harm than good

B. have brought us complete happiness

C. have not interfered with our privacy

D. have fully met our expectations

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DH

Dương Hoàn Anh

9 tháng 5 2018

Đáp án A

Dịch nghĩa: Theo ba đoạn văn đầu, những thiết bị công nghệ mà từng được thiết kế để giúp cuộc sống tốt đẹp hơn __________.

A. thực tế lại gây nhiều nguy hại hơn lợi ích

B. hoàn toàn mang đến cho chúng ta những niềm vui

C. không gây cản trở riêng tư của chúng ta

D. hoàn toàn đáp ứng được mong đợi của chúng ta

Giải thích: Các phương án B, C, D, đều có thông tin phủ định lại trong bài, như là the technological tools we use to make our lives easier are killing our leisure time... we are more stressed than ever as increased use of e-mail, voice mail, cell phones, and the Internet is destroying any idea of privacy and leisure... It would seem that technology almost never does what we expect.

Hiểu nội dung của bài, ta chọn được phương án A

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.New surveys suggest that the technological tools we use to make our lives easier are killing our leisure time. We are working longer hours, taking fewer and shorter vacations (and when we do go away, we take our cell phones, PDAs, and laptops along). And, we are more stressed than ever as increased use of e-mail, voice mail, cell phones, and the Internet is...

LQ

Lê Quỳnh Anh

15 tháng 5 2017

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.

New surveys suggest that the technological tools we use to make our lives easier are killing our leisure time. We are working longer hours, taking fewer and shorter vacations (and when we do go away, we take our cell phones, PDAs, and laptops along). And, we are more stressed than ever as increased use of e-mail, voice mail, cell phones, and the Internet is destroying any idea of privacy and leisure.

Since the Industrial Revolution, people have assumed that new labor-saving devices would free them from the burdens of the workplace and give them more time to grow intellectually, creatively, and socially exploring the arts, keeping up with current events, spending more time with friends and family, and even just 'goofing off'.

But here we are at the start of the 21^st century, enjoying one of the greatest technological boom times in human history, and nothing could be further from the truth. The very tools that were supposed to liberate us have bound us to our work and study in ways that were inconceivable just a few years ago. It would seem that technology almost never does what we expect.

In 'the old days', the lines between work and leisure time were markedly clearer. People left their offices at a predictable time, were often completely disconnected from and out of touch with their jobs as they traveled to and from work, and were off-duty once they were home. That is no longer true. In today's highly competitive job market, employers demand increased productivity, expecting workers to put in longer hours and to keep in touch almost constantly via fax, cell phones, e-mail, or other communications devices. As a result, employees feel the need to check in on what is going on at the office, even on days off. They feel pressured to work after hours just to catch up on everything they have to do. Workers work harder and longer, change their work tasks more frequently, and have more and more reasons to worry about job security.

Bosses, colleagues, family members, lovers, and friends expect instant responses to voice mail and e-mail messages. Even college students have become bound to their desks by an environment in which faculty, friends, and other members of the college community increasingly do their work online. Studies of time spent on instant messaging services would probably show staggering use.

This is not what technology was supposed to be doing for us. New technologies, from genetic research to the Internet, offer all sorts of benefits and opportunities. But, when new tools make life more difficult and stressful rather than easier and more meaningful - and we are, as a society, barely conscious of it - then something has gone seriously awry, both with our expectations for technology and our understanding of how it should benefit us.

From “Summit 1” by Joan Saslow & Allen Ascher

According to the first three paragraphs, technological tools that were designed to make our lives easier _______.

A. have turned out to do us more harm than good

B. have brought us complete happiness.

C. have not interfered with our privacy

D. have fully met our expectations

1

DH

Dương Hoàn Anh

15 tháng 5 2017

Đáp án : A

Từ câu đầu tiên: New surveys suggest that the technological tools we use to make our lives easier are killing our leisure time -> những cuộc khảo sát mới cho thấy những công cụ ta sử dụng tưởng như làm cuộc sống trở nên dễ dàng hơn thực ra đang giết chết khoảng thời gian rảnh rỗi của chúng ta

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.New surveys suggest that the technological tools we use to make our lives easier are killing our leisure time. We are working longer hours, taking fewer and shorter vacations (and when we do go away, we take our cell phones, PDAs, and laptops along). And, we are more stressed than ever as increased use of e-mail, voice mail, cell phones, and the Internet is...

LQ

Lê Quỳnh Anh

22 tháng 1 2019

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.

New surveys suggest that the technological tools we use to make our lives easier are killing our leisure time. We are working longer hours, taking fewer and shorter vacations (and when we do go away, we take our cell phones, PDAs, and laptops along). And, we are more stressed than ever as increased use of e-mail, voice mail, cell phones, and the Internet is destroying any idea of privacy and leisure.

Since the Industrial Revolution, people have assumed that new labor-saving devices would free them from the burdens of the workplace and give them more time to grow intellectually, creatively, and socially exploring the arts, keeping up with current events, spending more time with friends and family, and even just 'goofing off'.

But here we are at the start of the 21^st century, enjoying one of the greatest technological boom times in human history, and nothing could be further from the truth. The very tools that were supposed to liberate us have bound us to our work and study in ways that were inconceivable just a few years ago. It would seem that technology almost never does what we expect.

In 'the old days', the lines between work and leisure time were markedly clearer. People left their offices at a predictable time, were often completely disconnected from and out of touch with their jobs as they traveled to and from work, and were off-duty once they were home. That is no longer true. In today's highly competitive job market, employers demand increased productivity, expecting workers to put in longer hours and to keep in touch almost constantly via fax, cell phones, e-mail, or other communications devices. As a result, employees feel the need to check in on what is going on at the office, even on days off. They feel pressured to work after hours just to catch up on everything they have to do. Workers work harder and longer, change their work tasks more frequently, and have more and more reasons to worry about job security.

Bosses, colleagues, family members, lovers, and friends expect instant responses to voice mail and e-mail messages. Even college students have become bound to their desks by an environment in which faculty, friends, and other members of the college community increasingly do their work online. Studies of time spent on instant messaging services would probably show staggering use.

This is not what technology was supposed to be doing for us. New technologies, from genetic research to the Internet, offer all sorts of benefits and opportunities. But, when new tools make life more difficult and stressful rather than easier and more meaningful - and we are, as a society, barely conscious of it - then something has gone seriously awry, both with our expectations for technology and our understanding of how it should benefit us.

From “Summit 1” by Joan Saslow & Allen Ascher

The word “inconceivable” in the passage is closest in meaning to “_______”.

A. unforgettable

B. foreseeable

C. unimaginable

D. predictable

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DH

Dương Hoàn Anh

22 tháng 1 2019

Đáp án : C

Inconceivable = không thể hiểu được, không mường tượng ra được. Unimaginable = không thể tưởng tượng được

Read the following passage and mark the letter A, B, C or D to indicate the correct answer to each of the questions from 43 to 50. New surveys suggest that the technological tools we use to make our lives easier are killing our leisure time. We are working longer hours, taking fewer and shorter vacations (and when we do go away, we take our cell phones, PDAs, and laptops along). And, we are more stressed than ever as increased use of e-mail, voice mail, cell phones, and the Internet is...

LQ

Lê Quỳnh Anh

9 tháng 10 2017

Read the following passage and mark the letter A, B, C or D to indicate the correct answer to each of the questions from 43 to 50.

New surveys suggest that the technological tools we use to make our lives easier are killing our leisure time. We are working longer hours, taking fewer and shorter vacations (and when we do go away, we take our cell phones, PDAs, and laptops along). And, we are more stressed than ever as increased use of e-mail, voice mail, cell phones, and the Internet is destroying any idea of privacy and leisure.

Since the Industrial Revolution, people have assumed that new labor-saving devices would free them from the burdens of the workplace and give them more time to grow intellectually, creatively, and socially - exploring the arts, keeping up with current events, spending more time with friends and family, and even just "goofing off".

But here we are at the start of the 21st century, enjoying one of the greatest technological boom times in human history, and nothing could be further from the truth. The very tools that were supposed to liberate us have bound us to our work and study in ways that were inconceivable just a few years ago. It would seem that technology almost never does what we expect.

In “the old days”, the lines between work and leisure time were markedly clearer. People left their offices at a predictable time, were often completely disconnected from and out of touch with their jobs as they traveled to and from work, and were off-duty once they were home. That is no longer true. In today's highly competitive job market, employers demand increased productivity, expecting workers to put in longer hours and to keep in touch almost constantly via fax, cell phones, e-mail, or other communications devices. As a result, employees feel the need to check in on what is going on at the office, even on days off. They feel pressured to work after hours just to catch up on everything they have to do. Workers work harder and longer, change their work tasks more frequently, and have more and more reasons to worry about job security.

Bosses, colleagues, family members, lovers, and friends expect instant responses to voice mail and e-mail messages. Even college students have become bound to their desks by an environment in which faculty, friends, and other members of the college community increasingly do their work online. Studies of time spent on instant messaging services would probably show staggering use.

This is not what technology was supposed to be doing for us. New technologies, from genetic research to the Internet, offer all sorts of benefits and opportunities. But, when new tools make life more difficult and stressful rather than easier and more meaningful - and we are, as a society, barely conscious of it - then something has gone seriously awry, both with our expectations for technology and our understanding of how it should benefit us.

(From "Summit 1" by Joan Saslow & Allen Ascher)

Question 47: The word “inconceivable” in the passage is closest in meaning to “________”.

A. unforgettable

B. foreseeable

C. unimaginable

D. predictable

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DH

Dương Hoàn Anh

9 tháng 10 2017

Đáp án C

Dịch nghĩa: Từ “inconceivable” - không thể hiểu, tưởng tượng được - gần nghĩa nhất với “__________”.

A. không thể quên

B. không thể thấy trước

C. không thể tưởng tượng được

D. có thể đoán được

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 35 to 42. New surveys suggest that the technological tools we use to make our lives easier are killing our leisure time. We are working longer hours, taking fewer and shorter vacations (and when we do go away, we take our cell phones, PDAs, and laptops along). And, we are more stressed than ever as increased use of e-mail, voice mail, cell phones, and...

LQ

Lê Quỳnh Anh

2 tháng 2 2017

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 35 to 42.

New surveys suggest that the technological tools we use to make our lives easier are killing our leisure time. We are working longer hours, taking fewer and shorter vacations (and when we do go away, we take our cell phones, PDAs, and laptops along). And, we are more stressed than ever as increased use of e-mail, voice mail, cell phones, and the Internet is destroying any idea of privacy and leisure.

Since the Industrial Revolution, people have assumed that new labor-saving devices would free them from the burdens of the workplace and give them more time to grow intellectually, creatively, and socially - exploring the arts, keeping up with current events, spending more time with friends and family, and even just ‘goofing off’.

But here we are at the start of the 21st century, enjoying one of the greatest technological boom times in human history, and nothing could be further from the truth. The very tools that were supposed to liberate us have bound us to our work and study in ways that were inconceivable just a few years ago. It would seem that technology almost never does what we expect.

In ‘the old days’, the lines between work and leisure time were markedly clearer. People left their offices at a predictable time, were often completely disconnected from and out of touch with their jobs as they traveled to and from work, and were off-duty once they were home. That is no longer true. In today's highly competitive job market, employers demand increased productivity, expecting workers to put in longer hours and to keep in touch almost constantly via fax, cell phones, e-mail, or other communications devices. As a result, employees feel the need to check in on what is going on at the office, even on days off. They feel pressured to work after hours just to catch up on everything they have to do. Workers work harder and longer, change their work tasks more frequently, and have more and more reasons to worry about job security.

Bosses, colleagues, family members, lovers, and friends expect instant responses to voice mail and email messages. Even college students have become bound to their desks by an environment in which faculty, friends, and other members of the college community increasingly do their work online. Studies of time spent on instant messaging services would probably show staggering use.

This is not what technology was supposed to be doing for us. New technologies from genetic research to the Internet, offer all sorts of benefits and opportunities. But, when new tools make life more difficult and stressful rather than easier and more meaningful - and we are, as a society, barely conscious of it - then something has gone seriously awry, both with our expectations for technology and our understanding of how it should benefit us.

The word "inconceivable" in the passage is closest in meaning to __________.

A. predictable

B. foreseeable

C. unforgettable

D. unimaginable

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DH

Dương Hoàn Anh

2 tháng 2 2017

Chọn D.

Đáp án D.

Dịch câu hỏi: Từ “inconceivable” trong đoạn văn gần nghĩa nhất với _____________.

A. predictable (adj): có thể đoán được

B. foreseeable (adj): có thể biết trước được

C. unforgettable (adj): không thể quên

D. unimaginable (adj): không tưởng tượng được

Thông tin: “The very tools that were supposed to liberate us have bound us to our work and study in ways that were inconceivable just a few years ago.” (Chính những công cụ được cho là để giải phóng chúng ta đã ràng buộc chúng ta vào công việc và nghiên cứu theo những cách không thể tưởng tượng được chỉ vài năm trước.)

Read the following passage and mark the letter A, B, C or D to indicate the correct answer to each of the questions from 43 to 50. New surveys suggest that the technological tools we use to make our lives easier are killing our leisure time. We are working longer hours, taking fewer and shorter vacations (and when we do go away, we take our cell phones, PDAs, and laptops along). And, we are more stressed than ever as increased use of e-mail, voice mail, cell phones, and the Internet is...

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Lê Quỳnh Anh

18 tháng 9 2019

Read the following passage and mark the letter A, B, C or D to indicate the correct answer to each of the questions from 43 to 50.

New surveys suggest that the technological tools we use to make our lives easier are killing our leisure time. We are working longer hours, taking fewer and shorter vacations (and when we do go away, we take our cell phones, PDAs, and laptops along). And, we are more stressed than ever as increased use of e-mail, voice mail, cell phones, and the Internet is destroying any idea of privacy and leisure.

Since the Industrial Revolution, people have assumed that new labor-saving devices would free them from the burdens of the workplace and give them more time to grow intellectually, creatively, and socially - exploring the arts, keeping up with current events, spending more time with friends and family, and even just "goofing off".

But here we are at the start of the 21st century, enjoying one of the greatest technological boom times in human history, and nothing could be further from the truth. The very tools that were supposed to liberate us have bound us to our work and study in ways that were inconceivable just a few years ago. It would seem that technology almost never does what we expect.

In “the old days”, the lines between work and leisure time were markedly clearer. People left their offices at a predictable time, were often completely disconnected from and out of touch with their jobs as they traveled to and from work, and were off-duty once they were home. That is no longer true. In today's highly competitive job market, employers demand increased productivity, expecting workers to put in longer hours and to keep in touch almost constantly via fax, cell phones, e-mail, or other communications devices. As a result, employees feel the need to check in on what is going on at the office, even on days off. They feel pressured to work after hours just to catch up on everything they have to do. Workers work harder and longer, change their work tasks more frequently, and have more and more reasons to worry about job security.

Bosses, colleagues, family members, lovers, and friends expect instant responses to voice mail and e-mail messages. Even college students have become bound to their desks by an environment in which faculty, friends, and other members of the college community increasingly do their work online. Studies of time spent on instant messaging services would probably show staggering use.

This is not what technology was supposed to be doing for us. New technologies, from genetic research to the Internet, offer all sorts of benefits and opportunities. But, when new tools make life more difficult and stressful rather than easier and more meaningful - and we are, as a society, barely conscious of it - then something has gone seriously awry, both with our expectations for technology and our understanding of how it should benefit us.

(From "Summit 1" by Joan Saslow & Allen Ascher)

Question 50: With the phrase “at a predictable time”, the author implies that

A. people were unable to foresee their working hours

B. people wanted to be completely disconnected from their work

C. people used to have more time and privacy after work

D. people had to predict the time they were allowed to leave offices

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DH

Dương Hoàn Anh

18 tháng 9 2019

Đáp án C

Dịch nghĩa: Với cụm từ “at a predictable time” - vào một thời kì có thể đoán trước được, tác giả ngụ ý rằng ___________.

A. con người không thể đoán trước được thời gian làm việc của họ

B. con người muốn tách biệt hoàn toàn với công việc

C. con người đã từng có nhiều thời gian và sự riêng tư hơn sau giờ làm

D. con người phải dự đoán thời gian mà họ được cho phép rời khỏi văn phòng

Giải thích: Tác giả nói rằng trước đây, họ biết họ có thể tan làm vào lúc nào, đó là một thời gian biểu nhất định. Như vậy, có thể suy ra họ có nhiều thời gian và sự riêng tư hơn ngoài giờ làm đó.

Nêu nói vì có thời gian xác định nên họ muốn tách biệt công việc thì không logic.

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.New surveys suggest that the technological tools we use to make our lives easier are killing our leisure time. We are working longer hours, taking fewer and shorter vacations (and when we do go away, we take our cell phones, PDAs, and laptops along). And, we are more stressed than ever as increased use of e-mail, voice mail, cell phones, and the Internet is...

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Lê Quỳnh Anh

22 tháng 8 2017

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.

New surveys suggest that the technological tools we use to make our lives easier are killing our leisure time. We are working longer hours, taking fewer and shorter vacations (and when we do go away, we take our cell phones, PDAs, and laptops along). And, we are more stressed than ever as increased use of e-mail, voice mail, cell phones, and the Internet is destroying any idea of privacy and leisure.

Since the Industrial Revolution, people have assumed that new labor-saving devices would free them from the burdens of the workplace and give them more time to grow intellectually, creatively, and socially exploring the arts, keeping up with current events, spending more time with friends and family, and even just 'goofing off'.

But here we are at the start of the 21^st century, enjoying one of the greatest technological boom times in human history, and nothing could be further from the truth. The very tools that were supposed to liberate us have bound us to our work and study in ways that were inconceivable just a few years ago. It would seem that technology almost never does what we expect.

In 'the old days', the lines between work and leisure time were markedly clearer. People left their offices at a predictable time, were often completely disconnected from and out of touch with their jobs as they traveled to and from work, and were off-duty once they were home. That is no longer true. In today's highly competitive job market, employers demand increased productivity, expecting workers to put in longer hours and to keep in touch almost constantly via fax, cell phones, e-mail, or other communications devices. As a result, employees feel the need to check in on what is going on at the office, even on days off. They feel pressured to work after hours just to catch up on everything they have to do. Workers work harder and longer, change their work tasks more frequently, and have more and more reasons to worry about job security.

Bosses, colleagues, family members, lovers, and friends expect instant responses to voice mail and e-mail messages. Even college students have become bound to their desks by an environment in which faculty, friends, and other members of the college community increasingly do their work online. Studies of time spent on instant messaging services would probably show staggering use.

This is not what technology was supposed to be doing for us. New technologies, from genetic research to the Internet, offer all sorts of benefits and opportunities. But, when new tools make life more difficult and stressful rather than easier and more meaningful - and we are, as a society, barely conscious of it - then something has gone seriously awry, both with our expectations for technology and our understanding of how it should benefit us.

From “Summit 1” by Joan Saslow & Allen Ascher

With phrase “at a predictable time”, the author implies that _______.

A. people were unable to foresee their working hours.

B. people wanted to be completely disconnected from their work.

C. people used to have more time and privacy after work

D. people had to predict the time they were allowed to leave offices

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DH

Dương Hoàn Anh

22 tháng 8 2017

Đáp án : C

At a predictable time = vào thời điểm có thể đoán trước được -> ở đây có nghĩa là (hết giờ làm việc) ở một thời điểm cố định. Ngày nay, thời gian về nhà vẫn có thể phải làm việc -> Người ta từng có nhiều thời gian và sự riêng tư hơn sau giờ làm việc