Đọc hiểu If parents bring up a child

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Read the following passage and mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the best answer to each of the following questions.

If parents bring up a child with the sole aim of turning the child into a genius⁽¹⁾, they will cause a disaster⁽²⁾. According⁽³⁾ to several leading educational psychologists⁽⁴⁾, this is one of the biggest mistakes, which ambitious⁽⁵⁾ parents make. Generally, the child will be only too aware of what his parents expect, and will fall. Unrealistic⁽⁶⁾ parental expectations can cause great damage to children.

However, if parents are not too unrealistic about what they expect their children to do, but are ambitious in a sensible⁽⁷⁾ way, the child may succeed in doing very well – especially if the parents are very supportive of their child. Michael Collins is very lucky. He is crazy about music, and his parents help him a lot by taking him to concerts and arranging⁽⁸⁾ private piano and violin lessons for him. They even drive him 50 kilometers twice a week for violin lessons. Michael’s mother knows very little about music, but his father plays the trumpet⁽⁹⁾ in a large orchestra⁽¹⁰⁾. However, he never makes Michael enter music competitions if he is unwilling.

Winston Smith, Michael’s friend, however, is not so lucky. Both his parents arc successful musicians, and they set too high a standard⁽¹¹⁾ for Winston. They want their son to be as successful as they are and so they enter him for every piano competition held. They are very unhappy when he does not win. Winston is always afraid that he will disappoint his parents and now he always seems quiet and unhappy.

Vocabulary:

(1) genius: thiên tài

(2) disaster: thảm họa

(3) according: theo

(4) psychologists: nhà tâm lý học

(5) ambitious: đầy tham vọng

(6) unrealistic: phi thực tế

(7) sensible: hợp lý

(8) arranging: sắp xếp

(9) trumpet: kèn

(10) orchestra: dàn nhạc

(11) standard: tiêu chuẩn

Câu hỏi và đáp án đọc hiểu If parents bring up a child

Question 1: One of the serious mistakes parents can make is to.

A. push their child into trying too much

B. help their child to become a genius

C. make their child become a musician

D. neglect their child’s education

Đáp án: A. push their child into trying too much

Giải thích: If parents bring up a child with the sole aim of turning the child into a genius, they will cause a disaster

Question 2: Who have criticized the methods of some ambitious parents?

A. Successful musicians.

B. Unrealistic parents.

C. Their children.

D. Educational psychologists.

Đáp án: D. Educational psychologists.

Giải thích: According to several leading educational psychologists, this is one of the biggest mistakes, which ambitious parents make

Question 3: Michael Collins is fortunate because.

A. his father is a musician

B. his parents are quite rich

C. his mother knows little about music

D. his parents help him in a sensible way

Đáp án: D. his parents help him in a sensible way

Giải thích: Michael Collins is very lucky. He is crazy about music, and his parents help him a lot by taking him to concerts and arranging private piano and violin lessons for him. They even drive him 50 kilometers twice a week for violin lessons.

Question 4: The phrase “crazy about” in the passage mostly means

A. surprised at

B. extremely interested in

C. completely unaware of

D. confused about

Đáp án: B. extremely interested in

Giải thích: crazy about = extremely interested in (cực kỳ thích thú về điều gì)

Question 5: Winston’s parents push their son so much and he.

A. has won a lot of piano competitions

B. cannot learn much from them

C. has become a good musician

D. is afraid to disappoint them

Đáp án: D. is afraid to disappoint them

Giải thích: Winston is always afraid that he will disappoint his parents and now he always seems quiet and unhappy

Question 6: The word “They” in the passage refers to.

A. concerts

B. violin lessons

C. parents in general

D. Michael’s parents

Đáp án: D. Michael’s parents

Giải thích: He is crazy about music, and his parents help him a lot by taking him to concerts and arranging private piano and violin lessons for him. They even drive him 50 kilometers twice a week for violin lessons. 

Dịch: Cậu ấy rất thích âm nhạc, và cha mẹ giúp cậu rất nhiều bằng cách đưa cậu đến các buổi hỏa nhạc và sắp xếp cho cậu học các bài học piano và violon riêng. Họ thậm chí lát xe 50 cây số hai lần một tuần để cho cậu học violin

→ They = Michael’s parents

Question 7: The word “unwilling” in the passage mostly means.

A. getting ready to do something

B. eager to do something

C. not object to doing anything

D. not wanting to do something

Đáp án: D. not wanting to do something

Giải thích: Unwilling = not want to do something (Không sẵn sàng, không muốn làm gì)

Question 8: The two examples given in the passage illustrate the principle that

A. successful parents always have intelligent children

B. successful parents often have unsuccessful children

C. parents should let the child develop in the way he/ she wants

D. parents should spend more money on the child’s education

Đáp án: C. parents should let the child develop in the way he/ she wants

Giải thích: cha mẹ nên để con trẻ phát triển theo cách chúng muốn là nguyên tắc mà hai ví dụ trong bài muốn đưa ra.