ĐÁP án câu hỏi TIẾNG ANH ôn THI CÔNG CHỨC TỈNH QUẢNG NGÃI năm 2017 PHẦN điền từ

ĐÁP ÁN CÂU HỎI TIẾNG ANH ÔN THI CÔNG CHỨC TỈNH
QUẢNG NGÃI NĂM 2017 PHẦN ĐIỀN TỪ
CLOZE TESTS (20)

C1. Tibet (1)

up images of a mystic land. Snow-capped

mountain

peaks pierce the blue sky and fierce chilly winds sweep the rolling grasslands.
Maroon- robed Buddhist monks pray in remote monasteries and (2)

-

horsemen pound the rugged earth. People in this high plateau perform punishing
rituals like prostrating hundreds of miles in tattered clothes on pilgrimage.
Spirits, spells and flying apparitions are (3) of the Tibetan world. In short, Tibet
remains an exotica. Such images are largely the result of books by Western
travellers and explorers in the last century, which helped in keeping the
mystique (4) . And when the Communist rulers took over Tibet in the 1950s and
began ——-(5)——
-Chinese language and culture on the people, Tibet’s own history started to
(6)——–in the background. Thus, the only books available in English to Tsering
Wangmo Dhompa as a young girl growing (7) in India and Nepal as a
refugee- (8)

those written by Westerners, and so she came to view the

country as a forbidden land, a place where fantasy and fable collaborated (9)
a dramatic backdrop of mountains, black magic and (10) with strange

customs and appearances.
(1) . A. conjures

B. makes

C. puts

D. toil

(2). A. sturdy

B. wobbly

C. handsome

D. herculean.

(3) A. section

B. part

C. hands

D. voice

(4) A. asleep

B. lively

C. alive

D. fresh

(5) A. implementing

B. evading

C. imposing

D. experimenting.

(6) A. amplify

B. stretch

C. die

D. recede.


(7) A. on

B. up

C. down

D. by

(8) A. are

B. have been

C. was

D. were

(9) A. with

B. from

C. against

D. of

(10)A. people

B. animals

C. person

D. citizens

C2. Many people believe high heels (1)
it (2)

women look good. So much so,

that the organisers of the Cannes Film Festival reportedly barred

women in flat shoes from walking the red carpet. But all this glam comes at a cost:

wearing heels over 10cm (3)

can damage your ankles. A study by

Hanseo University in South Korea suggests that continuous (4) exposes women
to the risk of strains, and makes them prone to losing their balance. A total of 40
women who wear high heels at least three times a week took part in the study. The
strength of their ankles (5)
two (6)

measured regularly: researchers found that

the four main muscles became dominant after a period of between one

and three years. This created (7)

imbalance in their feet. Dr Yong-Seok

Jee from Hanseo University said that the habit of wearing heels (8)
result in deformed feet, back pain and unhealthy (9) patterns.
recommends

He

that women limit the use of these kinds of shoes and (10)

their ankle muscles properly.

(1) A. makes

B. make

C. made

D. making

(2) A. seems

B. appears

C. looks

D. been

(3) A. long

B. high

C. wide

D. broad

(4) A. wear

B. worn

C. wears

D. wearing

(5) A. is

B. were

C. was

D. are

(6) A. on

B. in

C. of

D. with

(7) A. a

B. an

C. the

D. any

(8) A. can

B. may

C. need

D. must


(9) A. walks

B. walked

C. walk

D. walking

(10)A. exercise

B. walk

C. move

D. put

C3. Educational planning (1)

to

research,

develop,

implement and

advance policies, programs and reforms within educational institutions.

Educational planners might (2)

at the local, national or international level to

advance or improve education. While educational (3) might

center on

pre-

school and K-12 education, you could also work (4) postsecondary education as
well. As an educational planner, you could work within educational institutions,
government agencies, and private or not-for-profit (5)

.

Educational
planners typically (6)

graduate degrees. You might also

becoming a licensed teacher or (7)

consider

additional degrees in education.

Administrators within schools or districts (8)

commonly involved in

educational planning. Educational planning should aim at meeting the educational
needs of the entire population of all age groups. While the traditional structure of
education as (9)

three-layer-hierarchy from the primary stage

to the

university represents the core, we should not overlook the periphery, which is
equally important under modern
(10)

conditions.

Educational

planning,

in

words, should take care of the needs of everyone.

(1) A. strives

B. strived

C. strive

D. striving

(2) A. works

B. work

C. worked

D. working

(3) A. plans
(4) A. in

B. plan
B. at

C. planning
C. on

D. all plans
D. of

(5) A. institutions

B. businesses

C. companies

D. organizations

(6) A. held

B. holding

C. to hold

D. hold

(7) A. money

B. earning

C. savings

D. cash

(8) A. is

B. were

C. are

D. has


(9) A. a

B. an

C. the

D. any

(10)A. our

B. these

C. their

D. those

C4. Could a human have a

(1)

relationship with a robot? Perhaps the


question is not as ludicrous as it first sounds. You probably (2)

that silicon

and circuits don’t do it for you, but they are already part of us. Scientists can use
(3)

chips to repair broken connections in the brain or to allow a man who was

paralysed after an accident to play Guitar Hero with his thoughts. In fact, (4)
machines play an increasingly personal role in our daily lives. We extend a
sense of self into our (5) , and we develop a feeling of attachment for the object.
Soon, neural implants will offer the chance to (6)

our

memories, thinking and sensory experiences. This will have (7)
people feel, even in shaping the (8)
realising (9)

in what

of the user. Gradually, and without

, we are experiencing not just a merging of body and

bionics, but (10)

of mind and machine.

(1) A. lovely

B. romantic

C. close

D. open

(2) A. think

B. believe

C. assume

D. predict

(3) A. personal

B. electronic

C. computer

D. automatic

(4) A. stupid

B. modern

C. intelligent

D. lucky

(5) A. telephones

B. laptops

C. radios

D. smartphones

(6) A. improved

B. improving

C. improves

D. improve

(7) A. consequences

B. results

C. reasons

D. disadvantages

(8) A. apperances

B. personality

C. face

D. eyes

(9) A. it

B. them

C. him

D. her

(10)A. only

B. could

C. to

D. also

C5. (1)

is what you use to buy things. You may (2)

money from

completing household chores, getting good grades, for your allowance, or for
losing a tooth. Money is very important in our world and (3)

in many

different forms. People have been using money for hundreds of years. Before
money gave specific values for things, people simply traded items. In the United
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States, we use the (4)

as our currency or money, but people in different

parts of the world use different (5)

, though some countries also use or

accept our dollars. People earn money from the (6)

they work and use that

money to save for the future or pay for their houses, cars, good, taxes, medical
needs, and (7)

items, among (8)

things. Even things such (9)

turning the lights on, using the air conditioning or (10)

, and connecting

to the internet cost money.

(1) A. food

B. gold

C. money

D. stamps

(2) A. do

B. earn

C. produce

D. buy

(3) A. come

B. coming

C. came

D. comes

(4) A. dollars

B. money

C. cash

D. cheques

(5) A. currencies

B. forms

C. parts

D. units

(6) A. work

B. jobs

C. profession

D. career

(7) A. household

B. public

C. civil

D. domestic

(8) A. another

B. only

C. other

D. conditional

(9) A. like

B. as

C. much

D. that

(10) A. house

B. device

C. host

D. heat

C6. Banks are (1)

where people can keep their money. Most people use

banks to save money in their

savings (2)

and to pay money from their

checking accounts. Today, when a person earns money from their (3) , their
paycheck is often electronically deposited (put) into their savings or checking
account. Then, he or she can pay their bills by (4)

checks from their

checking accounts or pay online where their bills are electronically connected to
(5)

bank accounts. Banks also give loans to people. Banks use the money

that their customers deposit (6)

lend to people to buy new houses, cars, or

to start businesses among other reasons. The bank (7)

money from lending
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by charging interest. In other words, people have to pay back more than

they

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(8)

. This amount depends on how risky (9)

is and how fast the (10)

bank thinks the borrower

is paid back among other things.

(1) A. place

B. places

C. site

D. position

(2) A. accounts

B. money

C. income

D. cash

(3) A. checks

B. checked

C. checking

D. check

(4) A. writing

B. listening

C. reading

D. speaking

(5) A. our

B. these

C. those

D. their

(6) A. into

B. for

C. to

D. so that

(7) A. make

B. made

C. making

D. makes

(8) A. borrow

B. borrowed

C. borrowing

D. borrows

(9) A. a

B. an

C. the

D. some

(10 A. lend

B. loan

C. borrow

D. hire

C7. Hummingbirds are amazing little (1)
and weigh less than (2)

a penny. The bee hummingbird, at barely more than

two inches long, is the (3)
hummingbirds (4)

. They are the smallest of all birds

bird in the world. Unlike most birds,

iridescent feathers. Iridescent feathers glitter and shine

in the sun. Hummingbirds are often dazzling combinations of greens and reds or
greens and blues. Others are violet, orange, golden, silver or other combinations
only Mother Nature could dream (5) . All hummingbirds have long bills to
insert into flowers. Some hummingbirds have special bills to fit into specific
flowers. Hummingbirds are the (6)

birds that

can fly backwards.

Hummingbirds are also unique among bird species in that they (7)
from flowers. You can attract hummingbirds to (8)
feeders that are filled with (9)

nectar

yard with special

water. These feeders are usually bright red in

color because hummingbirds are attracted to (10)

.
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(1) A. birds

B. animals

C. mammals

D. reptiles

(2) A. much

B. even

C. only

D. also

(3) A. smallest

B. smaller

C. more smallest

D. the smaller

(4) A. has

B. are

C. have

D. is

(5) A. out

B. of

C. about

D. up

(6) A. very

B. only

C. even

D. much

(7) A. suck

B. drink

C. eat

D. bite

(8) A. you

B. me

C. them

D. your

(9) A. salt

B. sweet

C. sugar

D. soft

(10) A. red

B. yellow

C. pink

D. blue

C8. The Amazon is the world's largest tropical (1) . It covers an area of
nearly 2.8 million square miles, which is nearly the size of the (1)

of

Australia. The Amazon Rainforest gets its life from the majestic Amazon River,
the world's second (3)

river, which runs directly through the heart of the

region. The rainforest itself is simply the drainage basin for the river and its many
tributaries. The vast forest (4) consists of four layers, each featuring its own
ecosystems and specially adapted (5)
lowest region. Since only two (6)

and animals. The forest floor is the
of the sunlight filters through the top

layers to the understory, very few plants grow here. The forest (7)
is rich with rotting vegetation and the bodies of (8)
quickly broken down (9)

, however,

organisms, which are

nutrients integrated into the soil. Tree roots stay

close to these (10) nutrients and decomposers, such as millipedes and
earthworms, use these nutrients for food.
(1) A. forest

B. river

C. rainforest

D. field

(2) A. continent

B. county

C. country

D. planet

(3) A. longest

B. largest

C. widest

D. highest
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(4) A. themselves

B. itself

C. them

D. it

(5) A. flowers

B. fish

C. vegetables

D. plants

(6) A. percent

B. percentage

C. rate

D. proportion

(7) A. floor

B. ground

C. basement

D. ceiling

(8) A. died

B. death

C. dead

D. fatal

(9) A. on

B. into

C. under

D. above

(10) A. rich

B. full

C. available

D. various

C9. Dolphins are marine mammals that are related to whales and porpoises. A
marine mammal is one that lives in the (1) . Dolphins are found all over the
world’s oceans as well (2)

in rivers and marshes. Dolphins are carnivores,

meat eaters, and (3) on fish, squid, and other marine life. They often swim
together in groups called ‘pods’. They are thought to have powerful eyesight and
hearing, but do (4)

have a sense of smell. Dolphins come in different sizes.

Some are smaller than the average person, but others, such as the orca, can be 30
feet (5) , or more than five times as long as the average person. Dolphins are
thought to be very (6) t and communicate with each other using clicks and
whistles. All dolphins are powerful (7)

. Have you ever (8)

(9)

dolphin? Groups of dolphins can often be seen bobbing in and (10) of waves

close to the shoreline.

(1) A. sea

B. ocean

C. water

D. surface

(2) A. like

B. such

C. only

D. as

(3) A. feed

B. eat

C. raise

D. grow

(4) A. no

B. much

C. only

D. not

(5) A. high

B. long

C. deep

D. wide

(6) A. stupid

B. slow

C. handsome

D. intelligent

(7) A. hunters

B. swimmers

C. players

D. animals

(8) A. seen

B. looked

C. taken

D. come
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(9) A. the

B. a

C. an

D. several

(10) A. under

B. above

C. out

D. of

C10. Did you know that spiders are (1) insects? They are actually called
arachnids, a group of animals related to insects that have eight (2)

and that

have venom. There are many different kinds of spiders. They live all over the

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world and can be (3)
(5)

in just about every habitat. Most like (4)

places,

may include your home, closets, or basement. Spiders are

interesting. Some spin silk webs to (6)

very

and eat prey, while others attack

their prey. Some spiders, like tarantulas, are large enough to eat lizards and mice!
Many people are afraid (7)

spiders

because they bite. Most spiders,

however, will only bite (8) they think they are danger and most are harmless.
Spiders are

(9)

helpful to

people

(10) many eat insect pests like

cockroaches and mosquitoes.
(1) A. no

B. an

C. not

D. very

(2) A. feet

B. legs

C. raws

D. hands

(3) A. find

B. founded

C. founding

D. found

(4) A. dark

B. bright

C. foggy

D. sunny

(5) A. that

B. which

C. who

D. whom

(6) A. kill

B. touch

C. catch

D. seek

(7) A. for

B. of

C. with

D. about

(8) A. if

B. unless

C. when

D. whereas

(9) A. very

B. too

C. much

D. actually

(10) A. because

B. however

C. although

D. but

C11. The French and Indian War, also known (1)_ the Seven Years War,
began in the Spring on 1754. The dispute arose over the presence of British and

French settlers in the Ohio River (2) in and around present day Pittsburgh,
Pennsylvania, but resulted (3)

battles that were fought far from there. Both

the French and English wanted exclusive rights (4) the area because of its
economic potential and plethora of fur-bearing wildlife. Despite attempts in
Europe to solve the territory battle diplomatically, no compromise (5)
made. French settlers began building forts (6)

be

the Ohio River to protect the

land from the British. Meanwhile, Robert Dinwiddie, lieutenant governor of
Virginia, had begun issuing land-grants (7)

the region for (8)

of his
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colony. French and British military forces were (9) authorized by their
respective governments to take the necessary measures to (10)

the other.

(1) A. as

B. like

C. for

D. with

(2) A. moutain

B. valley

C. waterfall

D. rock

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(3) A. from

B. by

C. in

D. at

(4) A. next

B. under

C. to

D. for

(5) A. could

B. would

C. can

D. may

(6) A. at
side
(7)

B.
B. next
from

C. near
in

D.
D. along
of

(8) A. members

B. person

C. teams

D. groups

(9) A. most

B. both

C. either

D. almost

(10) A. release

B. remove

C. distract

D. disclose

C12. Siem Reap is a small town near the world famous (1)

of Angkor Wat.

The town is charming and worth exploring, with some fine examples of Khmer
and French colonial architecture set among the more modern developments.
Nowadays, visitors (2)

flocking in, using it as a base for visits to the nearby

temples. From the 9th to the 14th centuries, when Europe was still (3)

out

of the Dark Ages, the Cambodian Empire of Angkor covered most of present-day
Cambodia, Laos, Vietnam, and Thailand. The heart of (4)

empire during

the 12th century was the ancient capital of Angkor Thom, near present day Siem
Reap, the site of the world’s largest temple complexes, which were rediscovered
(5)

1861. This spectacular city was (6)

over 30 years under the

reign of King Suryavarman II (1113-1150). The area covers about 400 square
kilometres and is full of the finest examples of Khmer art and architecture.
Tourists are always amazed (7)

the scale of the place. In Angkor Wat you

will find more than 100 stone monuments (8)

temple buildings, each of

which contains countless statues, sculptures and reliefs that have weathered
extremely little over (9)

last 800 years. To see the whole thing can

take several days. The most important temples to visit in the area are Angkor Wat,
especially at sunrise or sunset; Angkor Thom, the (10

of the capital; Ta

Prohm, a palace overgrown by jungle; and Bayon.
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(1) A. pogoda

B. temple

C. church

D. shrine

(2) A. are

B. is

C. were

D. was

(3) A. struggling

B. fighting

C. trying

D. supporting

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(4) A. that

B. this

C. these

D. those

(5) A. at

B. in

C. from

D. of

(6) A. built

B. build

C. to build

D. building

(7) A. in

B. from

C. at

D. under

(8) A. or

B. both

C. and

D. but

(9) A. a

B. some

C. any

D. the

(10) A. remain

B. remains

C. remaining

D. remained

C13. The Battle of Lake George was fought on September 8, 1755. British forces
of 1,500 soldiers and 200 Mohawk Indians (1)
Johnson defeated (2)

the command of William

much larger allied French and Indian force of 3,500

under German General Baron Dieskau. The battle (3)

when French and

Indian forces ambushed a group of Massachusetts and Connecticut regiments on
(4)

road between Lake George and Ft. Edward. Although the regiments

were pushed back, they were able to (5)

off French and Indian assaults on

their base camp. Meanwhile, New Hampshire and New York regiments were sent
from Fort Edward to reinforce the (6)

regiments.

On

the

way,

these

regiments seized a French baggage train along with critical supplies. An
astonished General Dieskau (7)
troops (8)

also captured, and the French and Indian

scattered away from (9)

main battle. The events of the

battle of Fort William Henry were depicted in the famous novel (10) James
Fenimore Cooper, The Last of the Mohicans.
(1) A. above

B. under

C. from

D. in

(2) A. an

B. a

C. the

D. some

(3) A. starts
(4) A. an

B. starting
B. the

C. started
C. a

D. to start
D. some

(5) A. hold

B. held

C. holding

D. to hold

(6) A. other

B. another

C. others

D. the other
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(7) A. were

B. is

C. are

D. was

(8) A. was

B. is

C. were

D. are

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(9) A. the

B. some

(10)D.A.a from

C. any

B. in

C14. George Washington (1) born on February 22, 1732 in Westmoreland
County, Virginia, although he grew up near Fredericksburg. In his childhood and
adolescence, he studied math and surveying. When he (2)

16, he went to

live with his brother Lawrence in Mount Vernon. George was scarred with
Smallpox before the age of 20, (3)

inherited his brother’s land, including

Mt. Vernon, when he died in 1752. Washington’s military career began in 1753,
when he was sent into Ohio country during the French and Indian War to protect
British interests in the area. (4)

1754, he battled the French and was forced

to (5) r Fort Necessity, near present-day
continued (6)

Pittsburgh,

Pennsylvania.

an officer in Ohio country, and served (7)

He

the British

general Edward Braddock when their army was ambushed by the French in 1755.
Once again, Washington tasted defeat (8)

their surrender of Fort Duquesne

to French forces. Luckily for the future United States, the French agreed (9)
release him rather than keep him as a prisoner. He helped (10) Fort
Duquesne back in 1758.

(1) A. is

B. were

C. was

D. are

(2) A. was

B. is

C. are

D. were

(3) A. and

B. but

C. or

D. however

(4) A. At

B. in

C. of

D. before

(5) A. surrender

B. disclose

C. release

D. defense

(6) A. like

B. even

C. only

D. as

(7) A. above

B. below

C. under

D. with

(8) A. before

B. after

C. for

D. since

(9) A. with

B. of

C. under

D. to

(10) A. takes

B. took

C. take

D. taking

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C15. The Age of Exploration started in the 1400's. Europeans were desperate
(1) get spices from Asia. Spices were used to preserve foods and keep them
from spoiling. Spices, however, (2)

expensive and dangerous (3)

get.

Traders had to travel parts of the dangerous Silk Road, a land route from Europe
to Asia to get them. Because the Silk Road was frequently closed (4)
various wars, European rulers (5)

to

to pay for explorations to find a sea route

to Asia so they could get spices more easily and for cheaper. Portugal was the first
European country that sent explorers to search for the (6)

route to Asia.

Prince Henry the Navigator started a school of navigation and financed the first
voyages to the west coast (7)

Africa. In the 1400's, however, sailors were

afraid of sea monsters and boiling hot water at the Equator, so progress was slow.
After Bartholomew Dias and his crew (8)

it to

1960. They are one

Africa's Cape (9)

Good Hope, Vasco da Gama the state of Texas. It took
and his crew became the first to sail (10) Africa and
through the Indian Ocean to India.

(1) A. with

B. about

C. by

D. to

(2) A. are

B. is

C. were

D. was

(3) A. for

B. to

C. with

D. of

(4) A. thanks

B. solution

C. due

D. need

(5) A. begin

B. began

C. begins

D. beginning

(6) A. way

B. shortcut

C. water

D. sea

(7) A. of

B. in

C. on

D. near

(8) A. made

B. makes

C. make

D. making

(9) A. in

B. for

C. to

D. of

(10) A. along

B. around

C. beside

D. aside

C16. The Dallas Cowboys have been an NFL team (1)
of two teams that play professional football (2)
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the Cowboys eleven years before they (3)
championship game. They (4)

the Super Bowl, the NFL

that game to the Baltimore Colts by a score

of 16 to 13. The Cowboys soon got much better! In the 1970s, they played in five
Super Bowls and won two of them. After they defeated the Denver Broncos in
Super Bowl 12, people (5) calling them America’s

Team.

Although

the

Cowboys failed to make any Super Bowls in the 1980s, they played in three Super
Bowls in the 1990s and won all three of them, including two in a row (6)

the Buffalo Bills and one against their big rival, the Pittsburgh Steelers. It was
during this time, (7)

Quarterback Troy Aikman, Running Back Emmitt

Smith and Wide Receiver Michael Irvin all became big stars. All three would
eventually (8)

members of the Pro Football Hall-of-Fame. The Cowboys

won their last Super Bowl (9)

1995 and haven’t made it back since. That

hasn’t discouraged owner Jerry Jones from spending big bucks, though. In 2009,
Cowboys Stadium opened. It can hold over 110,000 people, making it the
(10)

domed stadium in the world. It cost over one billion dollars to build.

(1) A. for

B. before

C. next

D. since

(2) A. at

B. of

C. in

D. by

(3) A. make

B. made

C. making

D. makes

(4) A. win

B. lost

C. lose

D. won

(5) A. started

B. decided

C. expected

D. helped

(6) A. about

B. for

C. against

D. under

(7) A. who

B. when

C. that

D. whom

(8) A. help

B. assist

C. punish

D. become

(9) A. in

B. at

C. over

D. next

(10) A. largest

B. highest

C. smallest

D. biggest

C17. In 1274, Italian explorers Marco (1)

Niccolo Polo set out on a 24 year

(2) in which they traveled the famous Silk Road from Italy, through brutal
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deserts and towering mountains (3)

eastern China. They (4)

over

4,000 miles in all. Marco and Niccolo were among the very first Europeans to
explore the fabled empire of China. In China, Marco Polo even worked for ruler
Kublai Khan. Polo (5)

his experiences and findings in China by writing a

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book. Polo described materials and inventions never before (6)

in Europe.

Paper money, a printing press, porcelain, gunpowder and coal were among the
products he wrote about. He also described the vast wealth of Kublai Khan, as
well (7)

the geography of northern and southern China. European rulers

were very interested (8)

the products Polo described. However, trading for

them along the Silk (9)

was dangerous, expensive and

impractical.

European rulers began to wonder if there was a sea route to the east to get the
products they wanted at a reasonable (10)

.

(1) A. or

B. and

C. both

D. either

(2) A. trip

B. journey

C. vacation

D. tour

(3) A. to

B. for

C. above

D. beside

(4) A. visited

B. went

C. travelled

D. walked

(5) A. detailed

B. details

C. detailing

D. detail

(6) A. see

B. saw

C. seeing

D. seen

(7) A. like

B. or

C. and

D. as

(8) A. at

B. on

C. in

D. before

(9) A. way

B. street

C. route

D. road

(10) A. means

B. tool

C. price

D. way

C18. Rainbows are often (1)

when the sun comes out after or during a

rainstorm. Rainbows are caused when sunlight shines through drops of (2)
in the sky at specific angles. When white sunlight enters a raindrop, it exits the
raindrop a different (3)

. When light exits lots of different raindrops at

different angles, it produces the red, orange, yellow, green, blue, indigo, and violet
that you see in a rainbow. Together, these (4) are known as the spectrum.

These colors can sometimes be seen in waterfalls and fountains as well. Did you
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know that there are double rainbows? In a double (5) , light reflects twice
inside water droplets and forms two arcs. In most double rainbows, the colors of
the top arc are opposite from (6)

in the bottom arc. In (7)

words, the

order of colors starts with purple on top and ends with the red on bottom. In
addition, rainbows sometimes

appear

as

white

arcs (8) night.

rainbows are called moonbows and are so rare that very (9)
see one. Moonbows are (10)

These

people will ever

by moonlight (rather than sunlight) shining

through drops of water.

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(1) A. seen

B. looked

C. observed

D. watched

(2) A. sea

B. water

C. liquid

D. beer

(3) A. way

B. color

C. shape

D. heigh

(4) A. forms

B. ways

C. colors

D. manners

(5) A. light

B. water

C. age

D. rainbow

(6) A. that

B. these

C. this

D. those

(7) A. others

B. the other

C. other

D. another

(8) A. in

B. over

C. at

D. by

(9) A. many

B. few

C. quite

D. much

(10) A. caused

B. lost

C. disappeared

D. wanted

C19. Butterflies are (1)

of the most interesting insects on the planet Earth.

There are more than seventeen thousand

different

(2)

of

butterflies.

Butterflies come in all shapes and sizes. Butterflies go through four main stages
of life. The first stage is the egg stage followed by the larva stage. As a larva, or
caterpillar, the future butterfly (3)

as much as possible. As it grows, it sheds

it outer skin, or exoskeleton. This (4) happen four or five times. After a few
weeks, the caterpillar enters the next stage of its life, the chrysalis stage. In the
chrysalis, the caterpillar will liquefy (5) a soup of living cells. Then, it will
reorganize into a butterfly and the metamorphosis is complete. In later parts of the
chrysalis stage, you (6)

see the forming butterfly through the chrysalis.

When the butterfly emerges from the chrysalis, it pumps its (7)
blood through them so that (8)

can fly. (9)

to send

butterflies only live a

couple of weeks, just enough time to drink flower nectar and to mate. Some, like
the Monarch Butterfly, (10)

, may live many months.

(1) A. many

B. most

C. some

D. few

(2) A. ways

B. kinds

C. colors

D. ages

(3) A. drink

B. enjoys

C. eats

D. loses

(4) A. can

B. should

C. must

D. may


(5) A. of

B. about

C. into

D. under

(6) A. can

B. may

C. need

D. ought to

(7) A. beard

B. raw

C. teeth

D. wings

(8) A. them

B. it

C. itself

D. themselves

(9) A. almost

B. some

C. many

D. most

(10) A. however

B. although

C. because

D. besides

C20. Raisins are (1)

grapes that have been eaten for thousands of years.

Nearly 3,500 years ago, the first raisins were discovered as grapes that
(2) drying in the sun on a vine. In medieval Europe, raisins were used as
sweeteners, medicine, and even as a form (3)

money. In America, raisins

were first grown after an 1873 heat wave in California destroyed its valuable grape
crop, leaving only dried, wrinkly, but tasty grapes on the vines. Soon, farmers
(4)

developing seedless grapes in California that were thin-skinned

sweet. These grapes (5)

and

purposely dried in the sun and became the popular

dark raisin we eat and enjoy today. Later, a golden (6)
by treating grapes with a chemical (7)

of raisin was made

sulfur dioxide and using special

methods to dry them. Today, central California (8) the center of the world’s

raisin industry, (9) nearly 95 percent of the world’s raisins. Its green valleys,
sunny climate, and hot temperatures provide the perfect conditions for grapes
(10)

are dried into raisins.

(1) A. drying

B. dried

C. dry

D. dries

(2) A. was

B. are

C. were

D. is

(3) A. under

B. in

C. out

D. of

(4) A. began

B. enjoyed

C. hoped

D. expected

(5) A. will be

B. would be

C. should be

D. must be

(6) A. range

B. variety

C. number

D. size

(7) A. called

B. calling

C. calls

D. to call

(8) A. remains

B. keeps

C. puts

D. makes

(9) A. making

B. getting

C. producing

D. hoping

(10) A. who

B. when

C. whom

D. that