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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 answer to each of the questions from 38 to 42.

   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.

Question 42. What does the word “it” in paragraph 4 refer to?

fact

lateness

Đáp án chính xác

convention

psychology

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Question 42: Đáp án

Dịch đề bài: Từ “it” ở đoạn 4 nói đến cái gì?

  1. A. sự thật B. sự đến muộn
  2. C. quy ước D. tâm lý

* Hướng dẫn làm bài: Đối với loại câu hỏi này, đọc ngược lại 1-2 câu trước nó để tìm từ mà nó đang thay thế.

Trích thông tin trong bài: The essential fact is that lateness means breaking a convention -.... Regardless of psychology, it has a social value: Một sự thật thiết yếu chính là việc đi muộn sẽ phá vỡ các quy ước. Khi không nói đến tâm lý, việc đi muộn cũng mang những giá trị xã hội.

Vậy, it thay cho lateness → chọn B.

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