Revenge Bedtime Procrastination
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.
Revenge Bedtime Procrastination
“Revenge bedtime procrastination” is a term that describes the decision to sacrifice sleep for leisure activities, (5) __________ this is driven by a daily schedule that lacks free time. For people in high-stress jobs that take up the (6) __________ of their day, revenge bedtime procrastination is a way to find a few hours of entertainment even though it results in insufficient sleep.
Sleep procrastination can take several different forms. One form involves delaying the act of getting into bed (bedtime procrastination), while (7) __________ is more about delaying the time of trying to fall asleep once in bed (while-in-bed procrastination). The English term “revenge bedtime procrastination” emerged from a translation of an expression in Chinese that (8) __________ frustration caused by long, stressful working hours that left little time for personal enjoyment. In this way, bedtime procrastination is seen as a way to get “revenge” on daytime hours for people (9)________ have little or no free time.
(Adapted from sleepfoundation.org)
Revenge Bedtime Procrastination
“Revenge bedtime procrastination” is a term that describes the decision to sacrifice sleep for leisure activities, (5) __________ this is driven by a daily schedule that lacks free time. For people in high-stress jobs that take up the (6) __________ of their day, revenge bedtime procrastination is a way to find a few hours of entertainment even though it results in insufficient sleep.
Sleep procrastination can take several different forms. One form involves delaying the act of getting into bed (bedtime procrastination), while (7) __________ is more about delaying the time of trying to fall asleep once in bed (while-in-bed procrastination). The English term “revenge bedtime procrastination” emerged from a translation of an expression in Chinese that (8) __________ frustration caused by long, stressful working hours that left little time for personal enjoyment. In this way, bedtime procrastination is seen as a way to get “revenge” on daytime hours for people (9)________ have little or no free time.
(Adapted from sleepfoundation.org)
For people in high-stress jobs that take up the (6) __________ of their day, revenge bedtime procrastination is a way to find a few hours of entertainment even though it results in insufficient sleep.
For people in high-stress jobs that take up the (6) __________ of their day, revenge bedtime procrastination is a way to find a few hours of entertainment even though it results in insufficient sleep.
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Đáp án chính thức: B
Hướng dẫn giải chi tiết
Giải thích: Kiến thức từ vựng: nghĩa của từ
bulk (n): (+of) phần lớn, phần chính
bulk of the day/work/pouplation : phần lớn trong ngày/công việc/người dân
Clue: For people in high-stress jobs that take up the bulk of their day,…
Dịch: Đối với những người làm những công việc căng thẳng chiếm phần lớn thời gian trong ngày của họ,…
Mở rộng:
A. pile : chồng, đống => pile of books/sand: chồng sách/cát
C. mass: số đông, đa số => a mass of reader/teacher/worker/nation
D. heap: đống => a heap of sand/rubbish/books/works
bulk (n): (+of) phần lớn, phần chính
bulk of the day/work/pouplation : phần lớn trong ngày/công việc/người dân
Clue: For people in high-stress jobs that take up the bulk of their day,…
Dịch: Đối với những người làm những công việc căng thẳng chiếm phần lớn thời gian trong ngày của họ,…
Mở rộng:
A. pile : chồng, đống => pile of books/sand: chồng sách/cát
C. mass: số đông, đa số => a mass of reader/teacher/worker/nation
D. heap: đống => a heap of sand/rubbish/books/works