According to the passage, which of the following is UNTRUE about gender stereotypes?
A. Male and female children are expected to behave the same as what adults think they should.
B. The distinctions in treatment to boys and girls commence when they were given birth.
Đáp án C
Theo đoạn văn, câu nào sau đây là không đúng về những định kiến giới tính?
A. Trẻ em trai và gái được cho là phải ứng xử như những gì mà người lớn nghĩ là chúng nên làm.
B. Sự khác biệt trong cách đối xử với bé trai và bé gái bắt đầu khi chúng vừa được sinh ra.
C. Trẻ em rất có lợi trong việc thực hành các kĩ năng cơ bản nếu chúng được đối xử một cách không công bằng từ khi còn khá nhỏ.
D. Trẻ em được đối xử một cách khác nhau không chỉ ở nhà mà còn ở trường.
Từ khóa: untrue/ gender stereotypes
Căn cứ các thông tin trong bài văn:
Gender stereotypes are rigid ideas about how boys and girls should behave. (Các định kiến giới tính là những tư tưởng khắt khe về cách con trai và con gái nên cư xử như thế nào).
According to the researchers David and Myra Sadker of the American University of Washington, D.C., boys and girls are often treated differently in the classroom. (Theo các nhà nghiên cứu David và Myra Sadker ở trường Đại học Washington, D.C của Mỹ, học sinh nam và học sinh nữ thường được đối xử khác nhau trong lớp học).
The emphasis on differences begins at birth and continues throughout childhood. (Sự khác biệt được nhấn mạnh từ khi trẻ mới sinh ra và tiếp diễn xuyên suốt thời thơ ấu.)
The problem arises when certain activities are deemed appropriate for one sex but not the other. According to Heather J. Nicholson, Ph.D., director of the National Resource Center for Girls, Inc., this kind of practice prevents boys and girls from acquiring important skills for their future lives. (Vấn đề nảy sinh khi một số hoạt động cụ thể được cho là chỉ phù hợp cho 1 giới mà không dành cho giới còn lại. Theo tiến sĩ Heather J. Nicholson, giám đốc trung tâm Tài nguyên quốc gia dành cho nữ, Inc, các hoạt động này ngăn cản bé trai và bé gái trong việc tiếp thu các kĩ năng quan trọng cho cuộc sống trong tương lai của chúng)Students are restrained from eating bananas prior to an exam for ____ of failing 'like sliding on a banana skin'.
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It is a policy in our school that you should turn____ your student's card when you leave the college.
My worst exam moment happened when I was caught ____ by my mum after a history exam.
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.
Urbanization programs are being carried out in many parts of the world, especially in densely (23) ________ regions with limited land and resources. It is the natural outcome of economic development and industrialization. It has brought a lot of benefits to our society. However, it also (24) ________ various problems for local authorities and town planners in the process of maintaining sustainable urbanization, especially in developing countries.
When too many people cram into a small area, urban infrastructure can't be effective. There will be a (25) ________ of livable housing, energy and water supply. This will create overcrowded urban districts with no proper facilities. Currently, fast urbanization is taking place predominantly in developing countries where sustainable urbanization has little relevance to people's lives. Their houses are just shabby slums with poor sanitation. Their children only manage to get basic education. Hence, the struggle for (26) ________ is their first priority rather than anything else. Only when the quality of their existence is improved, can they seek (27) ________ other high values in their life.
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Optimists have plenty to be happy about. In other words, if you can convince yourself that things will get better, the odds of it happening will improve - because you keep on playing the game. In this light, optimism “is a habitual way of explaining your setbacks to yourself”, reports Martin Seligman, the psychology professor and author of Learned Optimism. The research shows that when times get tough, optimists do better than pessimists - they succeed better at work, respond better to stress, suffer fewer depressive episodes, and achieve more personal goals.
Studies also show that belief can help with the financial pinch. Chad Wallens, a social forecaster at the Henley Centre who surveyed middle-class Britons’ beliefs about income, has found that “the people who feel wealthiest, and those who feel poorest, actually have almost the same amount of money at their disposal. Their attitudes and behaviour patterns, however, are different from one another.”
Optimists have something else to be cheerful about - in general, they are more robust. For example, a study of 660 volunteers by the Yale University psychologist Dr. Becca Levy found that thinking positively adds an average of seven years to your life. Other American research claims to have identified a physical mechanism behind this. A Harvard Medical School study of 670 men found that the optimists have significantly better lung function. The lead author, Dr. Rosalind Wright, believes that attitude somehow strengthens the immune system. “Preliminary studies on heart patients suggest that, by changing a per¬son’s outlook, you can improve their mortality risk,” she says.
Few studies have tried to ascertain the proportion of optimists in the world. But a 1995 nationwide survey conducted by the American magazine Adweek found that about half the population counted themselves as optimists, with women slightly more apt than men (53 per cent versus 48 per cent) to see the sunny side.
(Adapted from https://www.ielts-mentor.com)
What does the passage mainly discuss?