PEER PRESSURE
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 from 26 to 30.
PEER PRESSURE
Sociologists have been carrying out research into the social pressures of being a teenager. (26) ________ adolescents are unhappy at school because they find it difficult to make friends, which can bring on illness or (27) ________ in poor grades. They may also worry about their appearance and often feel under enormous pressure to dress, talk and behave the same as others. This phenomenon is called peer pressure, and it is very common in today's society.
Advertising is claimed to contribute a lot to the social pressures teenagers experience. Advertisers know how important it is to feel that you belong to a group when you are in your teens, (28) ________ they try to persuade teenagers that certain products will make them popular with their classmates.
Sadly, many teenagers act (29) ________ and even do dangerous things just to make others accept them. Peer pressure is often the reason for teenage smoking, drug abuse or dangerous driving. Teenagers need to learn to say 'no' to social pressure and to find friends (30) ________ they can talk things over with when they have a problem.
(Adapted from Mastering Use of English by Georgia Graham with Arna Johnson)
PEER PRESSURE
Sociologists have been carrying out research into the social pressures of being a teenager. (26) ________ adolescents are unhappy at school because they find it difficult to make friends, which can bring on illness or (27) ________ in poor grades. They may also worry about their appearance and often feel under enormous pressure to dress, talk and behave the same as others. This phenomenon is called peer pressure, and it is very common in today's society.
Advertising is claimed to contribute a lot to the social pressures teenagers experience. Advertisers know how important it is to feel that you belong to a group when you are in your teens, (28) ________ they try to persuade teenagers that certain products will make them popular with their classmates.
Sadly, many teenagers act (29) ________ and even do dangerous things just to make others accept them. Peer pressure is often the reason for teenage smoking, drug abuse or dangerous driving. Teenagers need to learn to say 'no' to social pressure and to find friends (30) ________ they can talk things over with when they have a problem.
(Adapted from Mastering Use of English by Georgia Graham with Arna Johnson)
Sadly, many teenagers act (29) ________ and even do dangerous things just to make others accept them.
Sadly, many teenagers act (29) ________ and even do dangerous things just to make others accept them.
Chọn một phương án bên dưới để kiểm tra đáp án ngay:
Đáp án chính thức: C
Hướng dẫn giải chi tiết
(AI giải đề cho tôi)
Câu 29: Cần một trạng từ chỉ hành động tiêu cực của thiếu niên do áp lực bạn bè, tương xứng với 'even do dangerous things' và các ví dụ sau đó (hút thuốc, lạm dụng ma túy, lái xe nguy hiểm). 'Act irresponsibly' (hành xử thiếu trách nhiệm) là lựa chọn phù hợp nhất về nghĩa và collocation. 'Irrelevantly' (không liên quan), 'informally' (không trang trọng), 'inconsiderably' (không đáng kể) đều không hợp ngữ cảnh. Đáp án khớp với bảng đáp án nguồn (29 = C).
Câu 29: Cần một trạng từ chỉ hành động tiêu cực của thiếu niên do áp lực bạn bè, tương xứng với 'even do dangerous things' và các ví dụ sau đó (hút thuốc, lạm dụng ma túy, lái xe nguy hiểm). 'Act irresponsibly' (hành xử thiếu trách nhiệm) là lựa chọn phù hợp nhất về nghĩa và collocation. 'Irrelevantly' (không liên quan), 'informally' (không trang trọng), 'inconsiderably' (không đáng kể) đều không hợp ngữ cảnh. Đáp án khớp với bảng đáp án nguồn (29 = C).