Read the following passage and choose the best answer for each blank.
If life seems more rushed than ever, you might be surprised (1) ______ learn that we Americans don’t have less leisure time than we did 40 years ago. We actually have (2)________ leisure time. We get about 45 minutes (3)___ day of extra leisure.
Then why does it feel like we have so much less? It might be (4) ______ we waste half of all our leisure time watching television. The average American adult devotes 2.5 hours a day to this hobby. So if you want more free time, I recommend one thing: turn it off. This is (5) _____said than done, especially during the world series.
When I was growing up, my mom had one piece (6) _______ advice for me, and she said it (7) ________ single morning. “Get out of the house!” It’s good advice. Come join the 6.8 millions who are (8) ______ a book club, or the 196,000 who attend (9) _______ volleyball, or the 680,000 who go to tractor pulls every month. There are even 3 millions people who (10) ______ a sport called “muzzle loading”, which involves shooting a gun that looks 200 years old.
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If life seems more rushed than ever, you might be surprised (1) ______ learn that we Americans don’t have less leisure time than we did 40 years ago.
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Đáp án : B
Cụm từ: be surprised to +V_infi (bất ngờ vì …)
=> If life seems more rushed than ever, you might be surprised (1) to learn that we Americans don’t have less leisure time than we did 40 years ago.
Tạm dịch:
Cuộc sống dường như vội vã hơn bao giờ hết nhưng bạn có thể ngạc nhiên khi biết rằng người Mỹ chúng ta không có ít thời gian giải trí hơn so với 40 năm trước.
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