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. Fill in the appropriate word in question 37
Wind, water, air, ice and heat all work to cause erosion. As the wind blows over the land, it often (33)_______ small grains of sand. When these grains of sand strike against solid rocks, the rocks are slowly worn away. In this way, (34)_______ very hard rocks are worn away by the wind.
When particles of rocks or soil became loosened in any way, running water carries them down the hillsides. Some rocks and soil particles are carried into streams and then into the sea.
Land that is covered with trees, grass and other plants wear away very slowly, and so loses very (35)_______ of its soil. The roots of plants help to hold the rocks and soil in place. Water that falls on grasslands runs away more slowly than water that falls on bare ground. Thus, forests and grasslands help to slow down erosion.
Even where the land is (36)_______ covered with plants, some erosion goes on. In the spring, the melting snow turns into a large quantity of water that then runs downhill in streams. As a stream carries away some of the soil, the stream bed gets deeper and deeper. (37)_______ thousands of years of such erosion, wide valleys are often formed.
A. After
B. During
C. Among
D. In
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Chọn đáp án A
Giải thích: đáy của dòng suối càng ngày càng sâu => nên tạo ra thung lũng
A. sau đó
B. trong khi đó
C. giữa
D. ở trong
Dịch bài đọc:
Gió, nước, không khí, băng và nhiệt đều hoạt động để gây xói mòn. Khi gió thổi qua vùng đất, nó thường nhặt những hạt cát nhỏ. Khi những hạt cát tấn công vào những tảng đá rắn, những tảng đá đang dần mòn đi. Bằng cách này, các sườn đồi rất cứng đá bị mòn bởi gió.
Khi các hạt đá hoặc đất bị nới lỏng theo bất kỳ cách nào, nước chảy sẽ đưa chúng xuống sườn đồi. Một số đá và hạt đất được đưa vào suối và sau đó xuống biển.
Đất bị che phủ bởi cây cối, cỏ và các loại cây khác mòn rất chậm, và vì vậy mất rất ít đất. Rễ cây giúp giữ cho đá và đất tại chỗ. Nước rơi trên đồng cỏ chạy chậm hơn so với nước rơi trên mặt đất trống. Vì vậy, rừng và đồng cỏ giúp làm chậm sự xói mòn.
Ngay cả khi đất được bao phủ bởi cây cối, một số xói mòn vẫn tiếp diễn. Vào mùa xuân, tuyết nóng chảy biến thành một lượng lớn nước sau đó chảy xuống dưới suối. Khi một dòng suối mang đi một số đất, lòng suối càng ngày càng trở nên tan chảy sâu hơn hàng ngàn năm như vậy, các thung lũng rộng thường được hình thành.
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