Bài tập & Lời giải
A. Answer the questions about What Makes a Fad?
(Trả lời các câu hỏi về Điều gì tạo nên mốt nhất thời?)
1. What is the purpose of the first paragraph?
a. to give examples of fads
b. to explain what a fad is
c. to show how fads become popular
2. A fad stops being a fad when _________.
a. it becomes very popular
b. older people start to like it
c. people don't think it’s cool anymore
3. According to the article, people stopped buying the Rubik's Cube in 1983 because ________.
a. it was very difficult to solve
b. books gave away the secrets to solving it
c. so many people already had one
4. What helped “Gangnam Style” become such a huge worldwide hit?
a. the Internet
b. television
c. the radio
5. In line 17, what does “faded in popularity” mean?
a. became less popular
b. continued to be popular
c. became a fad
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B. Complete the notes.
(Hoàn thành các ghi chú)
FAD |
Rubik’s Cube |
Gangnam Style |
toy invented in (1) _____ |
first (4) _______ video to reach 1 billion and 2 billion views. |
|
very challenging |
had huge influence on world (5) _________ |
|
peak year was (2) _____ |
(6) _____ remains popular all over the world |
|
fad ended very (3) _____ |
popular in 2012 |
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C. CRITICAL THINKING. Talk with a partner. Why do you think fads start and end so quickly? Can you think of any other fads?
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