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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
In the early 1990s, the psychologist K. Anders Ericsson and two colleagues installed themselves at Berlin's elite Academy of Music. With the help of the academy's professors, they (39) _______ the school's violinists into three groups. First were the students with the potential to become world-class soloists. Second were those judged to be merely 'good'. Third were the students unlikely ever to play professionally and who intended to be music teachers in schools. All were then asked how (40) ______ hours they had practised since they first picked up a violin.
Everyone, from all three groups, had started playing at roughly the age of five and practised from two or three hours a week. (41) ______ around the age of eight, differences started to emerge. The students (42) _______ would end up as the best in their class began to practise more than everyone else, until by the age of 20 they were practising well over 30 hours a week. By then, the elite performers had all totaled 10000 hours of practice over the (43) ________ of their lives, the merely good students 8000 hours and the future music teachers just over 4000 hours
(Adapted from Ready for Advanced by Roy Norris, Amanda French with Miles Hordern)
Câu hỏi:(39) _______
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A.
parted
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B.
shared
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C.
divided
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D.
broke
Lời giải tham khảo:
Đáp án đúng: C
Kiến thức: Kết hợp từ
Giải thích: devide sth into: chia thành
Thông tin: With the help of the academy's professors, they (39) devided the school's violinists into three groups.
Tạm dịch: Với sự giúp đỡ của các giáo sư của học viện, họ đã chia các nghệ sĩ vĩ cầm của trường thành ba nhóm.
Hãy trả lời câu hỏi trước khi xem đáp án và lời giải -
A.
Câu hỏi này thuộc đề thi trắc nghiệm dưới đây, bấm vào Bắt đầu thi để làm toàn bài
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- With the help of the academy's professors, they (39) _______ the school's violinists into three groups.
- All were then asked how (40) ______ hours they had practised since they first picked up a violin.
- (41) ______ around the age of eight, differences started to emerge.
- The students (42) _______ would end up as the best in their class began to practise more than everyone else, ...
- By then, the elite performers had all totaled 10000 hours of practice over the (43) ________ of their lives, ...
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