Question

[Lê Quỳnh Anh]

Read the following passage and mark the letter A, B, C, or D to indicate the answer to each of the question.

During the past half-century, our species has embarked on a remarkable social experiment. For the first time in human history, great numbers of people - at all ages, in all places, of every political persuasion - have begun settling down as singletons. Until the second half of the last century, most of us married young and parted only at death. If death came early, we remarried quickly; if late, we moved in with family, or they with us. Now we marry later. We divorce, and stay single for years or decades.

The rise of living alone has produced significant social benefits, too. Young and middle-aged solos have helped to revitalise cities, because they are more likely to spend money, socialise and participate in public life. Contemporary solo dwellers in the US are primarily women: about 18 million, compared with 14 million men. The majority, more than 16 million, are middle-aged adults between the ages of 3S and 64. The elderly account for about 11 million of the total. Young adults between 18 and 34 number increased more than 5 million, compared with 500,000 in 1950, making them the fastest-growing segment of the solo-dwelling population.

            Despite fears that living alone may be environmentally unsustainable, solos tend to live in apartments rather than in big houses, and in relatively green cities rather than in car-dependent suburbs. There's good reason to believe that people who live alone in cities consume less energy than if they coupled up and decamped to pursue a single-family home.

Which statement is probably TRUE according to the information in paragraph 1?

A. From the beginning of the last century, people married at young age and only death separated them.

B. Until the second half of the last century, a large number of people married young and parted only at death

C. From the beginning of last century, people have begun settling down as singletons.

D. Until the second half of the last century, people divorce, and stay single for years or decades.

Answer 1

[Dương Hoàn Anh]

Đáp án B

Phát biểu nào có lẽ là ĐÚNG theo đoạn 1?

A. Từ đầu thế kỉ trước, con người đã kết hôn sớm và chỉ cái chết mới chia rẽ được họ.

B. Tận cho đến nửa sau của thế kỉ trước, một số lượng lớn người kết hôn sớm và chỉ chia xa khi chết.

C. Từ đầu thế kỉ trước, con người đã bắt đầu sống độc thân.

D. Tận đến nửa sau của thế kỉ trước, con người ly hôn và sống độc thân trong nhiều năm liền.

Căn cứ vào thông tin đoạn 1:

Tạm dịch: “Until the second half of the last century, most of us married young and parted only at death.” (Cho đến nửa sau của thế kỷ trước, hầu hết chúng ta kết hôn trẻ và chỉ chia tay khi chết.)