(34) frightening frighteningly frighten
Câu hỏi
Nhận biếtRead 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.
The importance of fairy tales for children
Fairy tales are the stories that adults, especially parents, tell young children. In view of their name, it is surprising that hardly any of them are actually about fairies. (33) ________ most fairy tales have happy endings, the stories usually deal with very (34) ________ situations - children abandoned in the forest, terrifying giants, cruel stepmothers. However, despite being scared when they are told the stories, children
will often ask to hear them over and over again.
Many psychologists believe that what fairy tales do, in addition to (35) ________ children's
imagination, is to show that there are problems in the world and they can be overcome. Just like adults, children have fears and worries: theirs are of things such as abandonment, loss, injuries, witches. Fairy tales present real problems in a fantasy form (36) ________ children are able to understand. This, it is claimed, allow them to (37) ________ their fears and to realise, if ever in their unconscious mind, that no matter how difficult the circumstances, there are always ways of coping.
(Adopted from “Richmond Practice Tests for Cambridge English: Advanced ”)
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Đáp án đúng: A
Lời giải của Tự Học 365
Giải chi tiết:
A. frightening (adj): kinh khủng, khủng khiếp
B. frighteningly (adv): một cách kinh khủng, khủng khiếp
C. frighten (v): làm sợ, làm hoảng sợ
D. fright (n): sự hoảng sợ
Dấu hiệu: Trước danh từ “situations cần một tính từ.
Although most fairy tales have happy endings, the stories usually deal with very (34) frightening situations - children abandoned in the forest, terrifying giants, cruel stepmothers.
Tạm dịch: Mặc dù hầu hết các câu chuyện cổ tích đều có kết thúc có hậu, nhưng những câu chuyện thường đề cập đến những tình huống rất đáng sợ - những đứa trẻ bị bỏ rơi trong rừng, những người khổng lồ đáng sợ, những người mẹ kế độc ác.
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