Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the correct answer to each of the following questions.
This city has four million ________.'
A. residents
B. inhabitants
C. dwellers
D. settlers
Đáp án B
Người ta thường dùng resident để chỉ về người cư ngụ hoặc có nhà cửa trong một khu vực nào đó trong một thành phố, thị trấn… Khi nói về cư dân của một tỉnh lỵ, thành phố, hoặc một nước đặc biệt là về số lượng hoặc lịch sử, ta dùng inhabitant.
Eg. Just ten years ago the town had only 10,000 inhabitants.
Eg. The first inhabitants of the island planted coffee beans. Khi nói về cư dân sinh sống quanh một làng mạc, thành thị…có cùng những mối quan tâm, có những sinh hoạt chung, bạn có thể dùng local residents/local inhabitants/local population.
Eg. Local residents are protesting about the new road. Dweller được dùng cho người hay các con vật sinh sống trong một khu vực riêng biệt nào đó. Dweller thường được thấy dùng cặp với các từ khác như city/slum/cave/forest/town…dweller.
Eg. Eighty-five per cent of city dwellers breathe heavily polluted air. Eg. Unlike many town dwellers, farmers at least eat well. Settler thường dùng cho người từ nơi xa khác tới sinh sống và định cư. Mở rộng: Khi nói về dân chúng, mọi dân tộc trên toàn thế giới hoặc toàn bộ cư dân trong một nước, một thành phố, tỉnh lỵ… người ta cũng dùng chữ population.
Eg. The town has a population of 50,000.
Tạm dịch: thành phố này có 4 triệu cư dân
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The accident ________ while he was driving to the office.'
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Her fiancé is said _______ from Harvard University five years ago.
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The candidate was offered the job because of his excellent answers.
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Garvin is _______ a new computer application to see whether it works.
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My sister is a very diligent student. She works very hard at every subject.
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Air pollution is getting _______ serious in big cities in the world.
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They are always _______ of what their children do.
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Terry is a very imaginative boy. He always comes _______ interesting ideas.
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For the last 20 years, we _______ significant changes in the world of science and technology.
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I really believe my letter came as a great surprise to John.
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All nations should _______ hands to work out a plan to solve the problem of global warming.
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 33 to 37. Fill in the appropriate word in question 33
The Internet has truly transformed how students do their homework. (33)_______ homework today still means spending time in the library, it’s for a different reason. Rather than using books for research, students today are (34) _____ to the Internet to download enormous amounts of data available online.
In the past, students were limited to their school’s (35)_______ of books. In many cases, they got to the school library and found out that someone had already taken the books they needed.
Nowadays, such inconvenience can be avoided since the Internet never runs out of information. Students, however, do have to (36)_______ sure that the information they find online is true. Teachers have also benefited from the homework which is done on the Internet. They do not need to carry students’ papers around with them any more. This is because online (37)_______ allow students to electronically upload their homework for their teachers to read and mark. Of course, this also means that students can no longer use the excuse that the dog ate their homework!
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Many rare and precious species are now _______ the verge of extinction.
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The number of students attending English courses at our university are increasing.