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.
THE HOSTORY OF WRITING
The development of writing (30)________ a huge difference to the world and might see it as the beginning of the media. Pieces of pottery with marks on that are probably numbers have been discovered in China (31)________date from around 4000 BC. Hieroglyphics and other forms of “picture writing” developed in the area around Mesopotamia (modern-day Iraq), where the ancient Sumerian civilization was based, from around 3300 BC onwards. However, the first (32)________ alphabet was used by the Phoenicians around 1050 BC. Their alphabet had 22 letters and it is estimated that it lasted for 1000 years. The first two signs were called “aleph” and “beth”, which in Greek became “alpha” and “beta”, which gave us the modern word “alphabet”.
The modern European alphabet is based on the Greek and spead (33)________other European countries under the Romans. A number of changes took place as time passed. The Romans added the letter G, and the letter J and V were unknown to people in Shakespeare’s time.
If we (34)________the history of punctuation, we also find some interesting facts. The Romans used to write quaesto at the end of a sentence in order to show that it was a Question. They started to write Qo in place of the whole word, and the put the Q above the o. In the end, that became the question mark “?”
Điền vào ô 31
A. where
B. that
C. who
D. when
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Đáp án B.
Tạm dịch: Pieces of pottery with marks on that are probably numbers have been discovered in China________date from around 4000 BC: Các mảnh gốm với các dấu hiệu trên đó, có thể là các con số, được phát hiện ở Trung Quốc, có niên đại từ khoảng năm 4000 trước Công nguyên.
Chỗ trống thiếu đại từ quan hệ làm chủ ngữ, làm rõ nghĩa cho pieces of pottery nên đáp án đúng là B. that.
Mark the letter A,B,C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the word whose underlined part that differs from the other three in the pronunciation in each of the following.
Miss Diligent did nine hour’s________ studying a day for het exam.
The boys ________ that they had broken the window, but I’m sure they did.
Mark the letter A,B,C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the word that differs from the other three in the position of primary stress in each of the following.
At the 2015 Women in the World Summit, Hilary Clinton asserted that “________cultural codes, religious beliefs and structural biases have to be changed”.
Mark the letter A,B,C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the word whose underlined part that differs from the other three in the pronunciation in each of the following.
Lien was walking her dogs in the park, she met Lan accidentally.
Lan: “How lovely you pets are!”
Lien: “________”
Mark the letter A,B,C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the word(s) OPPOSITE in meaning to the underlined word(s) in each of the following questions.
Having served in the White House for 34 years and assisted 8 presidents, Eugene Allen experienced crucial moment in American history during his time here.
“At the start of the 19th century, the highest-________newspaper in the United Kingdom was The Morning Post, which sold around 4,000 copies per day.”
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.
THE HOSTORY OF WRITING
The development of writing (30)________ a huge difference to the world and might see it as the beginning of the media. Pieces of pottery with marks on that are probably numbers have been discovered in China (31)________date from around 4000 BC. Hieroglyphics and other forms of “picture writing” developed in the area around Mesopotamia (modern-day Iraq), where the ancient Sumerian civilization was based, from around 3300 BC onwards. However, the first (32)________ alphabet was used by the Phoenicians around 1050 BC. Their alphabet had 22 letters and it is estimated that it lasted for 1000 years. The first two signs were called “aleph” and “beth”, which in Greek became “alpha” and “beta”, which gave us the modern word “alphabet”.
The modern European alphabet is based on the Greek and spead (33)________other European countries under the Romans. A number of changes took place as time passed. The Romans added the letter G, and the letter J and V were unknown to people in Shakespeare’s time.
If we (34)________the history of punctuation, we also find some interesting facts. The Romans used to write quaesto at the end of a sentence in order to show that it was a Question. They started to write Qo in place of the whole word, and the put the Q above the o. In the end, that became the question mark “?”
Điền vào ô 32
Mark the letter A,B,C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the word that differs from the other three in the position of primary stress in each of the following.
Mark the letter A,B,C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the correct answer to each of the following question.
Your drink cost $40, you gave me a $50 note and here is your________.
Mark the letter A,B,C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the sentence that best combines each pair of sentence in the following questions.
Many doctors and nurses on duty during holidays don’t have time to relax. They don’t have time to meet up with their families.
Mark the letter A,B,C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the sentence that best combines each pair of sentence in the following questions.
The boy lost several of his fingers because of firecrackers. The doctors are operating on him.
Mark the letter A,B,C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the sentence that is closets in meaning to each of the following questions.
Father said “Albert, if you break your promise, nobody will respect you.”
