VIII:Read the following passage and mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the correct word for each of the blanks.Today there are libraries in almost every towns in the world. Even in areas (68) ______ there are no libraries, there are often mobile libraries which take books from one village to (69)______. But in the days when books were copied by hand (70)______ than printed, libraries were very rare. The reason is simple: books took a very long time to produce, and there were far fewer copies of any given work around. The greatest library (71)______ all, that in Alexandia had 54,000 books.In the ancient world, this number (72)______ considered huge. It was the first time that anyone had collected so many books from all around the world (73)______ one roof. There are many theories about why these books were lost. (74)______is that the library accidentally burned down. Another is that one of the rulers of the city ordered the books to be burned. They were taken to various places and it took six months to burn them. (75)______ happened, the collection there was priceless. Many of the library’s treasures were lost forever, some books were never recovered. We cannot even know exactly what the library contained.
Câu 1: __________ (68)
A. where
B. who
C. the place
D. which
Câu 2: __________ (69)
A. other
B. the other
C. others
D. another
Câu 3: __________ (70)
A. rather
B. else
C. more
D. much
Câu 4: __________ (71)
A. of
B. about
C. in
D. over
Câu 5: __________ (72)
A. is
B. was
C. were place
D. has been
Câu 6: __________ (73)
A. in
B. under
C. over
D. below
Câu 7: __________ (74)
A. One
B. A theory
C. None
D. All
Câu 8: __________ (75)
A. Whoever
B. Whichever
C. Whatever
D. Wherever
Giải chi tiết:
Đáp án là A. where = in areas
Đáp án câu 2 là: CGiải chi tiết:
Đáp án là C. others = other villages
Đáp án câu 3 là: AGiải chi tiết:
Đáp án là A. rather than : hơn …
Đáp án câu 4 là: AGiải chi tiết:
Đáp án là A. of all ….: trong tất cả...
Đáp án câu 5 là: BGiải chi tiết:
Đáp án là B. Câu này chia thì quá khứ vì “In the ancient world” . Be considered + adj: được cân nhắc …
Đáp án câu 6 là: BGiải chi tiết:
Đáp án là B. under one roof: dưới một mái nhà
Đáp án câu 7 là: AGiải chi tiết:
Đáp án là A. Dựa vào câu sau ta có thể chọn được : One is that ….. Another is that ….
Đáp án câu 8 là: CGiải chi tiết:
Đáp án là C. Whatever happened: bất cứ điều gì đã xảy ra
Read the following passage and mark the letter A, B, C or D on your answer sheet to indicate the correct word for each of the blanks.
A Tale of Two Pharaohs
Tutankhamen was pharaoh of Egypt from 1333-1323 B.C. Having such a short reign and being so young (he died at 18), King Tut was a minor (51)______among pharaohs in Egypt's long history. He (52)_____nothing of great importance to Egypt in his time, yet, in modern times, he is credited with supplying an enormous (53)_______of information about ancient Egyptian culture. It was not in life that Tutankhamen made his mark in history, (54)_____in death. In 1922, Tutankhamen's tomb was discovered (55)_____Howard Carter. an Englishman. Somehow, Tut's tomb escaped rampage for more than 3,000 years. Tut was found just as he (56)_______placed-enclosed in a solid gold sarcophagus, along with all the magnificent trappings of a king. The huge amount and excellent condition of the artifacts (57)________us with valuable knowledge about the life and times of acient Egypt.
Another well-known pharaoh of ancient Egypt is Ramses II, (58)________ruled from 1279-1212 B.C. At a time when people were on average five feet tall and lived only a few decades, Ramses was 6 feet tall, lived to be 90, and ruled (59)_________some 67 years. He is known as Ramses the Great (60)________during his reign he asserted his power for the glory of Egypt and built a new capital and many great temples.
______(53)
Read the following passage and mark the letter A, B, C or D on your answer sheet to indicate the correct word for each of the blanks.
A Tale of Two Pharaohs
Tutankhamen was pharaoh of Egypt from 1333-1323 B.C. Having such a short reign and being so young (he died at 18), King Tut was a minor (51)______among pharaohs in Egypt's long history. He (52)_____nothing of great importance to Egypt in his time, yet, in modern times, he is credited with supplying an enormous (53)_______of information about ancient Egyptian culture. It was not in life that Tutankhamen made his mark in history, (54)_____in death. In 1922, Tutankhamen's tomb was discovered (55)_____Howard Carter. an Englishman. Somehow, Tut's tomb escaped rampage for more than 3,000 years. Tut was found just as he (56)_______placed-enclosed in a solid gold sarcophagus, along with all the magnificent trappings of a king. The huge amount and excellent condition of the artifacts (57)________us with valuable knowledge about the life and times of acient Egypt.
Another well-known pharaoh of ancient Egypt is Ramses II, (58)________ruled from 1279-1212 B.C. At a time when people were on average five feet tall and lived only a few decades, Ramses was 6 feet tall, lived to be 90, and ruled (59)_________some 67 years. He is known as Ramses the Great (60)________during his reign he asserted his power for the glory of Egypt and built a new capital and many great temples.
_______(58)
Read the following passage and mark the letter A, B, C or D on your answer sheet to indicate the correct word for each of the blanks.
A Tale of Two Pharaohs
Tutankhamen was pharaoh of Egypt from 1333-1323 B.C. Having such a short reign and being so young (he died at 18), King Tut was a minor (51)______among pharaohs in Egypt's long history. He (52)_____nothing of great importance to Egypt in his time, yet, in modern times, he is credited with supplying an enormous (53)_______of information about ancient Egyptian culture. It was not in life that Tutankhamen made his mark in history, (54)_____in death. In 1922, Tutankhamen's tomb was discovered (55)_____Howard Carter. an Englishman. Somehow, Tut's tomb escaped rampage for more than 3,000 years. Tut was found just as he (56)_______placed-enclosed in a solid gold sarcophagus, along with all the magnificent trappings of a king. The huge amount and excellent condition of the artifacts (57)________us with valuable knowledge about the life and times of acient Egypt.
Another well-known pharaoh of ancient Egypt is Ramses II, (58)________ruled from 1279-1212 B.C. At a time when people were on average five feet tall and lived only a few decades, Ramses was 6 feet tall, lived to be 90, and ruled (59)_________some 67 years. He is known as Ramses the Great (60)________during his reign he asserted his power for the glory of Egypt and built a new capital and many great temples.
_____(56)
Read the following passage and mark the letter A, B, C or D on your answer sheet to indicate the correct word for each of the blanks.
A Tale of Two Pharaohs
Tutankhamen was pharaoh of Egypt from 1333-1323 B.C. Having such a short reign and being so young (he died at 18), King Tut was a minor (51)______among pharaohs in Egypt's long history. He (52)_____nothing of great importance to Egypt in his time, yet, in modern times, he is credited with supplying an enormous (53)_______of information about ancient Egyptian culture. It was not in life that Tutankhamen made his mark in history, (54)_____in death. In 1922, Tutankhamen's tomb was discovered (55)_____Howard Carter. an Englishman. Somehow, Tut's tomb escaped rampage for more than 3,000 years. Tut was found just as he (56)_______placed-enclosed in a solid gold sarcophagus, along with all the magnificent trappings of a king. The huge amount and excellent condition of the artifacts (57)________us with valuable knowledge about the life and times of acient Egypt.
Another well-known pharaoh of ancient Egypt is Ramses II, (58)________ruled from 1279-1212 B.C. At a time when people were on average five feet tall and lived only a few decades, Ramses was 6 feet tall, lived to be 90, and ruled (59)_________some 67 years. He is known as Ramses the Great (60)________during his reign he asserted his power for the glory of Egypt and built a new capital and many great temples.
_______(55)
Read the following passage and mark the letter A, B, C or D on your answer sheet to indicate the correct word for each of the blanks.
A Tale of Two Pharaohs
Tutankhamen was pharaoh of Egypt from 1333-1323 B.C. Having such a short reign and being so young (he died at 18), King Tut was a minor (51)______among pharaohs in Egypt's long history. He (52)_____nothing of great importance to Egypt in his time, yet, in modern times, he is credited with supplying an enormous (53)_______of information about ancient Egyptian culture. It was not in life that Tutankhamen made his mark in history, (54)_____in death. In 1922, Tutankhamen's tomb was discovered (55)_____Howard Carter. an Englishman. Somehow, Tut's tomb escaped rampage for more than 3,000 years. Tut was found just as he (56)_______placed-enclosed in a solid gold sarcophagus, along with all the magnificent trappings of a king. The huge amount and excellent condition of the artifacts (57)________us with valuable knowledge about the life and times of acient Egypt.
Another well-known pharaoh of ancient Egypt is Ramses II, (58)________ruled from 1279-1212 B.C. At a time when people were on average five feet tall and lived only a few decades, Ramses was 6 feet tall, lived to be 90, and ruled (59)_________some 67 years. He is known as Ramses the Great (60)________during his reign he asserted his power for the glory of Egypt and built a new capital and many great temples.
__________(51)