Question

[Lê Quỳnh Anh]

Read the following passage and mark the letter A, B, C or D on your answer sheet to indicate the correct answer to each of the questions from 26 to 30.

Being repeatedly late may just be accidental – or could it show a deeply rooted psychological desire to express your own superiority? When I worked in an office, meetings would often start late, usually because of a certain individual. Then they would overrun and the whole day lost its shape. But the individual was high-ranking and self-important: nobody challenged. So what are the ethics of lateness?

There’s a psychotherapist called Irvin Yalom who argues that all behaviour reflects psychology. Just as people who like to be on time are motivated by certain deep-seated beliefs, so those who make others wait are acting out an inner agenda, often based on an acute sense of power. There’s famous footage in which Silvio Berlusconi kept Angela Merkel waiting while he made a call on his mobile. It speaks volumes.

But that is when all lateness is in one’s control. What about when your train is cancelled or your flight is delayed or you had to wait longer for the plumber to arrive? In such cases, there’s not a lot of psychology involved. Or is there? Some people will genuinely worry about the impact it will have on those left waiting, while others might secretly enjoy the power of their absence.

The essential fact is that lateness means breaking a convention – you can only be late in respect of a time agreed with other people. Regardless of psychology, it has a social value. And when we treat other people’s time as less valuable than our own, we treat them as inferior

It can be inferred from the reading passage that _______. 

A. Berlusconi made Merkel wait as he wanted to show his importance

B. it is fashionable to be late to meetings because nobody challenges 

C. the writer’s daily schedule was unaffected by his colleague’s lateness 

D. nothing can be said about one’s psychology if lateness is out of control 

Answer 1

[Dương Hoàn Anh]

Chọn A

Kiến thức: Đọc hiểu

Giải thích:

Có thể suy ra từ đoạn văn rằng_______.

  A. Berlusconi khiến Merkel chờ đợi khi ông muốn thể hiện tầm quan trọng của mình.

  B. trễ cuộc họp là thời thượng vì không ai thách thức

  C. lịch trình hàng ngày của nhà văn không bị ảnh hưởng bởi độ trễ của đồng nghiệp

  D. không có gì có thể nói về tâm lý của một người nếu độ trễ nằm ngoài tầm kiểm soát

Thông tin: There’s famous footage in which Silvio Berlusconi kept Angela Merkel waiting while he made a call on his mobile. It speaks volumes.

Tạm dịch: Có những cảnh quay nổi tiếng trong đó Silvio Berlusconi khiến Angela Merkel chờ đợi trong khi anh gọi điện thoại di động. Nó nói lên rất nhiều