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 from 26 to 30. Tran Manh Duc, 30, decided to quit his office job to pursue a career as a TikToker four years ago despite opposition and (26) _______ among family and friends. Within a year his income increased nearly 10-fold, and it was at this time he decided to quit his job and dedicate all his time to developing his TikTok channel. ...

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 from 26 to 30.

Tran Manh Duc, 30, decided to quit his office job to pursue a career as a TikToker four years ago despite opposition and (26) _______ among family and friends. Within a year his income increased nearly 10-fold, and it was at this time he decided to quit his job and dedicate all his time to developing his TikTok channel. Duc then employed (27) _______ dozen staff to help him put out content on TikTok.

Le Phuong Oanh, a TikToker with nearly 900,000 followers, has made it her profession for the past two years. When she was unemployed (28) _______ the Covid-19 outbreak, she turned to TikTok as a lifeline.

Nguyen Cong Minh Tri, (29) _______ teaches livestream hosting there, says the desire to quit boring office jobs and the recent rise in unemployment have caused many young people to take up TikToking as a career.

“These people are usually office workers, students, fresh marketing graduates, or new mothers who are looking for a (30) _______ job without the eight-hour work schedule, attendance check or KPIs.”

Tran Manh Duc, 30, decided to quit his office job to pursue a career as a TikToker four years ago despite opposition and (26) _______ among family and friends.