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. Have you ever thought abo

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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 word or phrase that best fits each of the numbered blanks.

Have you ever thought about the impact your name has on the way others perceive you? A recent study by Dr Simon Laham from the University of Melbourne and Dr Adam Alter from New York University Stern Business School reveals that people with easy to pronounce" names tend to be (1)…. more positively than those with "difficult to pronounce" names. The researchers found that people with more easily pronounceable names were more likely to be (2)….. upon favourably for political office, and that lawyers with easier sounding names made their way up the career (3)…... faster. Surnames from a wide range of nationalities were used in the study, and researches stressed that preferences were not (4)…... due to the length of a name or how unusual it was, but rather how easy it was to say. Dr Laham believes the research highlights the kind of (5)….. that our everyday thinking is subject to

hardly

plainly

barely

merely

Giải thích

Kiến thức: Từ vựng – Trạng từ

Giải thích:

hardly (adv): hiếm khi B. plainly (adv): rõ ràng, ngay thẳng
barely (adv): không dư, vừa đủ D. merely (adv): đơn thuần, chỉ là

Surnames from a wide range of nationalities were used in the study, and researches stressed that preferences were not (4) merely due to the length of a name or how unusual it was, but rather how easy it was to say.

Tạm dịch: Họ (trong họ tên) từ nhiều quốc tịch đã được sử dụng trong nghiên cứu, và các nghiên cứu nhấn mạnh rằng sự ưu tiên (thích hơn) không chỉ đơn thuần do độ dài của một cái tên hay nó bất thường như thế nào, mà còn là tên đó dễ nói như thế nào.

Chọn D