Question

[Lê Quỳnh Anh]

Read the following passage and mark the letter A, B, C, or D to indicate the answer to each of the question.

During the past half-century, our species has embarked on a remarkable social experiment. For the first time in human history, great numbers of people - at all ages, in all places, of every political persuasion - have begun settling down as singletons. Until the second half of the last century, most of us married young and parted only at death. If death came early, we remarried quickly; if late, we moved in with family, or they with us. Now we marry later. We divorce, and stay single for years or decades.

The rise of living alone has produced significant social benefits, too. Young and middle-aged solos have helped to revitalise cities, because they are more likely to spend money, socialise and participate in public life. Contemporary solo dwellers in the US are primarily women: about 18 million, compared with 14 million men. The majority, more than 16 million, are middle-aged adults between the ages of 3S and 64. The elderly account for about 11 million of the total. Young adults between 18 and 34 number increased more than 5 million, compared with 500,000 in 1950, making them the fastest-growing segment of the solo-dwelling population.

            Despite fears that living alone may be environmentally unsustainable, solos tend to live in apartments rather than in big houses, and in relatively green cities rather than in car-dependent suburbs. There's good reason to believe that people who live alone in cities consume less energy than if they coupled up and decamped to pursue a single-family home.

In the 2rd paragraph, the writer suggests that _________.

A. The elderly take up for a large number of the total solo dwellers.

B. In the US, more male choose to live alone than female.

C. Solos dwellers have helped to renew cities as they seem to spend money, socialize and take part in public life.

D. There are fewer middle-aged solos than the elderly who live alone.

Answer 1

[Dương Hoàn Anh]

Đáp án C

Trong đoạn 2, tác giả gợi ý rằng ________.

A. Người già chiếm một số lượng lớn trong tổng dân số sống độc thân

B. Ở Mỹ, nhiều đàn ông chọn sống độc thân hơn phụ nữ

C. Những người sống độc thân đã giúp tái sinh lại thành phố vì họ dường như tiêu nhiều tiền, giao tiếp và tham gia các hoạt động xã hội.

D. Có nhiều người trung tuổi sống độc thân hơn là người già.

Căn cứ vào thông tin đoạn 2:

“The rise of living alone has produced significant social benefits, too. Young and middle-aged solos have helped to revitalise cities, because they are more likely to spend money, socialise and participate in public life.” (Sự nổi lên của việc sống một mình cũng đã tạo ra nhiều lợi ích xã hội đáng ghi nhận. Người sống đơn thân trẻ hoặc trung tuổi góp phần thổi sức sống mới cho các thành phố vì họ có xu hướng tiêu dùng, giao thiệp và tham gia vào đời sống cộng đồng hơn.)