Exercise 9. Read the following passage and mark A, B, C, or D to indicate the correct answer to each of the blanks. Modern industry pollutes, and it also seem to cause significant changes to the climate. What is needed is an industry that (41) _____ the benefits without the costs. And the glimmerings of such an industry can now be (42) ______. That industry is based on biotechnology. At the moment, biotech’s main uses are in medicine and agriculture. However, its biggest long term impact maybe industrial. Biotechnology will (43) _____ demand for oil by taking the cheapest raw materials imaginable, carbon dioxide and water, and using them to make fuel and plastics. Plastics and fuels made in this way would have several advantages. They can be called “renewable”, (44) _____ nothing is depleted to make them. They would be part of the natural carbon cycle, borrowing that element from the atmosphere for a few months, and returning it when they were burned or (45) _____. That means they could not possibly contribute to global warming. They would also be environmentally friendly in other ways. All in all, the future could be green in ways that traditional environmentalists had not expected.
Câu 1: (41)
A. delivers
B. collects
C. reaps
D. produces
Câu 2: (42)
A. distinguished
B. discerned
C. considered
D. viewed
Câu 3: (43)
A. satisfy
B. preserve
C. boost
D. diminish
Câu 4: (44)
A. although
B. since
C. otherwise
D. therefore
Câu 5: (45)
A. garbaged
B. wasted
C. disposed
D. dumped
Giải chi tiết:
Giải thích:
deliver (v): chuyển, giao hàng
collect (v): góp nhặt
reap (v):gặt hái, thu được kết quả
produce (v): sản xuất
What is needed is an industry that (41) reaps the benefits without the costs.
Tạm dịch: Điều cần thiết là một ngành công nghiệp thu được lợi ích mà không phải trả giá.
Chọn C
Đáp án câu 2 là: BGiải chi tiết:
Giải thích:
distinguish (v): phân biệt
discern (v): nhận thức, biết đến
consider (v):xem xét, cân nhắc
view (v): xem
And the glimmerings of such an industry can now be (42) discerned.
Tạm dịch: Và những tia sáng của một ngành công nghiệp như vậy bây giờ có thể được biết đến.
Chọn B
Đáp án câu 3 là: DGiải chi tiết:
Giải thích:
satisfy (v): thỏa mãn
preserve (v): bảo tồn
boost (v):thúc đẩy
diminish (v): giảm bớt
Biotechnology will (43) diminish demand for oil by taking the cheapest raw materials imaginable, carbon dioxide and water, and using them to make fuel and plastics.
Tạm dịch: Công nghệ sinh học sẽ làm giảm nhu cầu về dầu mỏ bằng cách lấy nguyên liệu thô rẻ nhất có thể tưởng tượng được, carbon dioxide và nước, và sử dụng chúng để sản xuất nhiên liệu và nhựa.
Chọn D
Đáp án câu 4 là: DGiải chi tiết:
Giải thích:
although: mặc dù
since : bởi vì
otherwise: nếu không thì
therefore: do đó
They can be called “renewable”, (44) therefore nothing is depleted to make them.
Tạm dịch: Chúng có thể được gọi là "tái tạo", do đó không có gì cạn kiệt để tạo ra chúng.
Chọn D
Đáp án câu 5 là: DGiải chi tiết:
Giải thích:
Không có từ “garbaged”
waste (v): lãng phí
dispose (v): sắp xếp, bố trí
dump (v): đổ, thải
They would be part of the natural carbon cycle, borrowing that element from the atmosphere for a few months, and returning it when they were burned or (45) dumped.
Tạm dịch: Chúng sẽ là một phần của chu kỳ carbon tự nhiên, mượn nguyên tố đó từ khí quyển trong một vài tháng, và trả lại khi chúng bị cháy hoặc thải ra.
Chọn D
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