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 31 to 35.
English has without a (31) ____ become the second language of Europe and the world. European countries which have most (32) ____ assimilated English into daily life are England's neighbors in Northern Europe: Ireland, the Netherlands, Sweden, Norway, and the rest of Scandinavia.
The situation is so (33) ____ that any visitor to the Netherlands will soon be aware of the pressure of English on daily life: television, radio and print bring it into every home and the schoolyard conversation of children; advertisers use it to (34) ____ up their message, journalists take refuge in it when their home-bred skills fail them. Increasingly one hears the (35) ____ that Dutch will give way to English as the national tongue within two or three generations
Điền ô số 34
A. life
B. energy
C. pep
D. enthusiasm
Đáp án C
Giải thích: Chỗ trống sử dụng cấu trúc :
Use sth to do sth = sử dụng cái gì để làm gì
Chỗ trống nằm ở sau từ "to" và trước giới từ "up" nên đó là một động từ tạo thành một cụm động từ.
Pep up (v) = làm sống động, làm cho có sức hấp dẫn hơn
Dịch nghĩa: advertisers use it to pep up their message = những nhà quảng cáo sử dụng nó để làm sống động thông điệp của họ hơn.
A. life (n) = cuộc sống
B. energy (n) = năng lượng
D. enthusiasm (n) = sự nhiệt huyết
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