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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.
Have you ever thought about the impact your name has on the way others perceive you? A recent study by Dr Simon Laham from the University of Melbourne and Dr Adam Alter from New York University Stern Business School reveals that people with easy to pronounce" names tend to be (1)…. more positively than those with "difficult to pronounce" names. The researchers found that people with more easily pronounceable names were more likely to be (2)….. upon favourably for political office, and that lawyers with easier sounding names made their way up the career (3)…... faster. Surnames from a wide range of nationalities were used in the study, and researches stressed that preferences were not (4)…... due to the length of a name or how unusual it was, but rather how easy it was to say. Dr Laham believes the research highlights the kind of (5)….. that our everyday thinking is subject to.
Câu hỏi:(1)......................
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A.
reckoned
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B.
figured
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C.
evaluated
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D.
determined
Lời giải tham khảo:
Đáp án đúng: C
Kiến thức: Từ vựng
Giải thích:
A. reckoned: tính toán, ước lượng B. figured: phỏng đoán, tượng trưng
C. evaluated: đánh giá D. determined: xác định
A recent study by Dr Simon Laham from the University of Melbourne and Dr Adam Alter from New York University Stern Business School reveals that people with easy to pronounce" names tend to be (1) evaluated more positively than those with "difficult to pronounce" names.
Tạm dịch: Một nghiên cứu gần đây của Tiến sĩ Simon Laham từ Đại học Melbourne và Tiến sĩ Adam Alter từ Trường Kinh doanh Stern thuộc Đại học New York tiết lộ rằng những người có tên dễ phát âm có xu hướng được đánh giá tích cực hơn những người có tên "khó phát âm".
Chọn C.
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A.
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- Surnames from a wide range of nationalities were used in the study, and researches stressed that preferences were not
- Dr Laham believes the research highlights the kind of
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