Read the following passage and mark the letter A, B, C, or D to indicate the correct word or phrase that best fits each of the numbered blanks. (31) ________, many of them had lives that are just like ours, having normal jobs before becoming well-known. The 44th US President, Obama, as a high school student in Honolulu, Hawaii, worked at an ice-cream parlour selling ice-cream cones. He said the job was quite hard, but it also (32) ________ responsibility, work hard and strike a balance between work, friends and family. When he was younger, Brad Pitt had a weird job, (33) ________ and waving at the cars on the road. He worked at a restaurant called El Pollo Loco in Hollywood. In fact, if you go on a See the Stars tour in Hollywood, the restaurant (34) ________ will be one of the stops. Pope Francis probably has (35) ________. In his early life in Argentina, he had a number of jobs before devoting himself to religion. He (36) ________, a chemical tester at a laboratory and, perhaps among the most surprising, a bouncer at a nightclub! Can you imagine the pope standing at the entrance of a bar, responsible for security in case anything wrong happened? (Adapted from https://test-english.com/reading/at) (31) ________, many of them had lives that are just like ours, having normal jobs before becoming well-known.

Despite being renowned for having a well-off background

Read the following passage and mark the letter A, B, C, or D to indicate the correct word or phrase that best fits each…

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Read the following passage and mark the letter A, B, C, or D to indicate the correct word or phrase that best fits each of the numbered blanks.

(31) ________, many of them had lives that are just like ours, having normal jobs before becoming well-known.

The 44th US President, Obama, as a high school student in Honolulu, Hawaii, worked at an ice-cream parlour selling ice-cream cones. He said the job was quite hard, but it also (32) ________ responsibility, work hard and strike a balance between work, friends and family.

When he was younger, Brad Pitt had a weird job, (33) ________ and waving at the cars on the road. He worked at a restaurant called El Pollo Loco in Hollywood. In fact, if you go on a See the Stars tour in Hollywood, the restaurant (34) ________ will be one of the stops.

Pope Francis probably has (35) ________. In his early life in Argentina, he had a number of jobs before devoting himself to religion. He (36) ________, a chemical tester at a laboratory and, perhaps among the most surprising, a bouncer at a nightclub! Can you imagine the pope standing at the entrance of a bar, responsible for security in case anything wrong happened?

(Adapted from https://test-english.com/reading/at)
(31) ________, many of them had lives that are just like ours, having normal jobs before becoming well-known.
A.
Whereas their fame can come from a well-off background
B.
Despite being renowned for having a well-off background
C.
Although not all famous people have a well-off background
D.
As famous people have a well-off background
Đáp án: <p>Despite being renowned for having a well-off background</p>
Phương pháp giải:
Kiến thức: Liên từ
Lời giải chi tiết:
A. Whereas their fame can come from a well-off background

(Trong khi sự nổi tiếng của họ có thể đến từ một nền tảng khá giả)

B. Despite being renowned for having a well-off background

(Dù nổi tiếng vì có gia cảnh khá giả)

C. Although not all famous people have a well-off background

(Mặc dù không phải người nổi tiếng nào cũng có gia cảnh khá giả)

D. As famous people have a well-off background

(Là người nổi tiếng có gia cảnh khá giả)

Despite being renowned for having a well-off background, many of them had lives that are just like ours, having normal jobs before becoming well-known.

(Despite being renowned for having a well-off background, nhưng nhiều người trong số họ cũng có cuộc sống giống chúng ta, làm công việc bình thường trước khi nổi tiếng.)

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