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 from 33 to 37. Fill in the appropriate word in question 35
AS OLD AS YOU FEEL
It might after all be true that you are only as old as you feel. A British clinic is carrying out new high-tech tests to calculate the “real” biological age of patients (33) ______ on the rate of physical deterioration. Information on every aspect of a patient’s health, fitness, lifestyle and family medical history is (34) ______ into a computer to work out whether they are older or younger than their calendar age suggests.
The availability and increasing accuracy of the tests has prompted one leading British gerontologist to call for biological age to be used to determine when workers should retire. He (35) ______ that if an employee’s biological or “real” age is shown, for example, to be 55 when he reaches his 65th birthday, he should be incited to work for another decade. Apparently most employers only take into (36) ______ a person’s calendar years, and the two may differ considerably. Some of those prepared to pay a substantial sum of money for the examinations will be able to smugly walk away with medical evidence showing that they really are as young as they feel, giving them the confidence to act and dress as if they were younger. Dr Lynette Yong, resident doctor at the clinic where the tests are offered claims that the purpose of these tests will be to motivate people to (37) _______ their health.
The concept of “real” age is set to become big business in the USA with books and websites helping people work out whether their body is older or younger than their years. Others firmly believe that looks will always be the best indicator of age.
A. argues
B. discusses
C. enquires
D. debates
Đáp án A
- argue: (v) lập luận, chỉ rõ, chứng tỏ
- discuss (v): thảo luận
- enquire (v): điều tra, hỏi
- debate (v): tranh cãi
Tạm dịch: Tính sẵn có và độ chính xác ngày càng tăng của các cuộc kiểm tra đã khiến một nhà nghiên cứu hàng đầu của Anh gọi tuổi sinh học phải được sử dụng để xác định khi nào người lao động nghỉ hưu. Ông ấy lập luận rằng nếu tuổi tác sinh học hay tuổi "thực" của nhân viên được chỉ ra, ví dụ, chỉ là 55 tuổi khi ông ấy bước đến sinh nhật lần thứ 65 của ông ta, ông ta nên được khuyến khích để làm việc trong một thập kỉ nữa.
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