Question

[Dương Minh]

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.

There was a man who had four sons. He wanted his sons to learn not to judge things too quickly. So he sent them each on a quest, in turn, to go and look at a pear tree that was a great distance away. The first son went in the winter, the second in the spring, the third in summer, and the youngest son in the fall. When they had all gone and come back, he called them together to describe what they had seen.

The first son said that the tree was ugly, bent, and twisted. The second son said no – it was covered with green buds and full of promise. The third son disagreed, he said it was laden with blossoms that smelled so sweet and looked so beautiful, it was the most graceful thing he had ever seen. The last son disagreed with all of them; he said it was ripe and drooping with fruit, full of life and fulfilment.

The man then explained to his sons that they were all right, because they had each seen but one season in the tree’s life. He told them that you cannot judge a tree, or a person, by only one season, and that the essence of who they are – and the pleasure, joy, and love that come from that life – can only be measured at the end, when all the seasons are up. If you give up when it’s winter, you will miss the promise of your spring, the beauty of your summer, fulfilment of your fall.

Don’t judge a life by one difficult season. Don’t let the pain of one season destroy the joy of all the rest.

(source: https://www.beliefnet.com)

Which best serves as the title for the passage?

A. The Seasons of Life 

B. The Observation of a Tree

C. Father and Four Sons 

D. Love all the Seasons in a Year

Answer 1

[Nguyen Hoang Hai]

Đáp án A

Đâu là tiêu đề thích hợp nhất cho bài văn?

Các mùa trong cuộc đời.

Quan sát một cái cây.

Cha và bốn người con.

Hãy yêu quý cả bốn mùa của năm.

Giải thích:

Đáp án A đúng vì nó là ẩn ý sau câu chuyện của người cha, dùng cây để nói về đời người.

Đáp án B sai vì nó không nói được ẩn dụ đằng sau mà chỉ đơn giản tường thuật.

Đáp án C sai vì mẫu “Cha và bốn người con” có thể chỉ một câu chuyện khác với bài học khác.

Đáp án D sai vì bài văn không chỉ đơn giản là nói về cây.