Read the following passage and mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the correct word for each of the blanks from 51 to 60. The Cult of Celebrity Once children had ambitions to be doctors, explorers, sportsmen, artists or scientists. Now, taking their lead from TV, they just “want to be famous”.Fame is no longer a (51) ______ for gallant service or great, perhaps even selfless endeavour. It is an end in itself, and the sooner it can be (52) ______ the sooner the lonely bedroom mirror can be replaced by the TV camera and flash gun, the (53) ______ . Celebrity is the profession of the moment , a vain glorious (54) ______ which, like some 18th-century royal court, seems to exist largely so that the (55) ______ of us might watch and be imazed while its members live out their lives in public, like self-regarding members of some glittering soap opera. Today, (56) ______ anyone can be famous. Never has fame (57) ______ more democratic, more ordinary, more achievable. No wonder it s a modern ambition. It’s easy to see why people crave celebrity, why generations reared on the instant fame offered by television want to step out of the limousine with the flashlights bouncing around them. (58) ______ doesn’t want to be the (59) ______ of attention at some time in their lives? Modern celebrity, peopled by the largely vain and vacuous*, fills a need in our lives. It (60) ______ talks shows, sells goods and newspapers and rewards the famous for — well, being famous. * vacuous (adj) tỏ ra thiếu suy nghĩ, kém thông minh Trả lời câu hỏi dưới đây:________ (52)
Câu hỏi
Nhận biếtRead the following passage and mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the correct word for each of the blanks from 51 to 60.
The Cult of Celebrity
Once children had ambitions to be doctors, explorers, sportsmen, artists or scientists. Now, taking their lead from TV, they just “want to be famous”.Fame is no longer a (51) ______ for gallant service or great, perhaps even selfless endeavour. It is an end in itself, and the sooner it can be (52) ______ the sooner the lonely bedroom mirror can be replaced by the TV camera and flash gun, the (53) ______ . Celebrity is the profession of the moment , a vain glorious (54) ______ which, like some 18th-century royal court, seems to exist largely so that the (55) ______ of us might watch and be imazed while its members live out their lives in public, like self-regarding members of some glittering soap opera.
Today, (56) ______ anyone can be famous. Never has fame (57) ______ more democratic, more ordinary, more achievable. No wonder it s a modern ambition. It’s easy to see why people crave celebrity, why generations reared on the instant fame offered by television want to step out of the limousine with the flashlights bouncing around them. (58) ______ doesn’t want to be the (59) ______ of attention at some time in their lives?
Modern celebrity, peopled by the largely vain and vacuous*, fills a need in our lives. It (60) ______ talks shows, sells goods and newspapers and rewards the famous for — well, being famous.
* vacuous (adj) tỏ ra thiếu suy nghĩ, kém thông minh
Trả lời câu hỏi dưới đây:
________ (52)
Đáp án đúng: B
Lời giải của Luyện Tập 365
fulfilled: hoàn thành
achieved: đạt được
acquired: thâu tóm/ có được
appreciated: đánh giá cao/ đề cao
It is an end in itself, and the sooner it can be (52) ______ the sooner the lonely bedroom mirror can be replaced by the TV camera and flash gun
[ Bản thân nó là sự kết thúc, và nó đạt được càng sớm thì chiếc gương trong căn phòng ngủ càng sớm có thể được thay thế bởi camera tivi và súng flash.]
fulfilled: hoàn thành
achieved: đạt được
acquired: thâu tóm/ có được
appreciated: đánh giá cao/ đề cao
It is an end in itself, and the sooner it can be (52) ______ the sooner the lonely bedroom mirror can be replaced by the TV camera and flash gun
[ Bản thân nó là sự kết thúc, và nó đạt được càng sớm thì chiếc gương trong căn phòng ngủ càng sớm có thể được thay thế bởi camera tivi và súng flash.]
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