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 23 to 27.
CHESS
Chess, often (23)______ to as the Royal Game, is the oldest of all board games which do not contain an element of chance.
The origins of chess are uncertain, (24)______ there are a number of legends regarding its invention. One story says that it was King Solomon who invented chess, another that it was the Greek god Hermes, and yet another that the Chinese mandarin Han-Sing was responsible for its creation. In fact, chess almost certainly originated in India in the sixth or seventh century AD. The game’s popularity then spread quickly through Persia (now known as Iran) and from there came to Europe. The first documented reference to chess in literature is in a Persian romance which was written about 600 AD.
It is (25)_______ the word ‘chess’ comes from ‘shah’, the Persian word for ‘king’ and that ‘checkmate’, the game’s winning (26)_______, comes from the phrase ‘shah mat’, (27)______ ‘the king is dead’.
The rules and pieces used in the game have undergone changes over the centuries. Modem chess owes much to the Spaniard Lopez de Segura, who in 1561 wrote the first book on how to play the game. In it, he introduced the concept of ‘castling’, which had not been part of the game until then.
Điền vào ô 27.
A.representing
B. suggesting
C. intending
D. meaning
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Đáp án D
Kiến thức: Từ vựng
Giải thích:
representing: đại diện suggesting: gợi ý
intending: dự định meaning: có nghĩa là
Tạm dịch: chiến thắng của trò chơi, xuất phát từ cụm từ "shah mat", có nghĩa là "nhà vua đã chết"
Dịch đoạn văn:
Cờ vua thường được xem như là một Trò chơi Hoàng Gia, là một trong những trò chơi lâu đời nhất.
Nguồn gốc của cờ vua không rõ ràng. Tuy nhiên, có một huyền thoại về phát minh này. Một câu chuyện nói rằng Vua Solomon, người đã phát minh ra cờ vua, một câu chuyện khác lại cho rằng Thần Hermes Hy Lạp, và một người khác nữa thủ lĩnh của người Trung Quốc Han-Sing đã chịu trách nhiệm về sự sáng tạo nó. Thực tế, cờ vua gần như chắc chắn có nguồn gốc từ Ấn Độ vào thế kỳ thứ 6 hoặc 7 sau Công nguyên. Sự phổ biến của trò chơi lan rộng nhanh chóng qua Ba Tư (bây giờ được biết đến là Iran) và từ đó đi đến Châu Âu. Tài liệu tham khảo đầu tiên về cờ vua trong văn học là một câu chuyện lãng mạn của người Ba Tư được viết năm 600 sau Công nguyên.
Nó được tin rằng, "cờ vua" xuất phát từ "shah", tiếng Ba Tư là "Vua" và "thất bại" , chiến thắng của trò chơi, xuất phát từ cụm từ "shah mat", có nghĩa là "nhà vua đã chết".
Các quy tắc và các bộ phận của trỏ chơi được sử dụng trong trò chơi đã trải qua những thay đổi qua nhiều thế kỷ. Cờ vua hiện đại nợ người Tây Ban Nha Ruy Lopez de Segura, người vào năm 1561 đã viết cuốn sách đầu tiên về các chơi trò chơi. Trong đó ông giới thiệu khái niệm "castling", vốn không phải là một phần của trò chơi cho đến tận khi đó
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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 23 to 27.
CHESS
Chess, often (23)______ to as the Royal Game, is the oldest of all board games which do not contain an element of chance.
The origins of chess are uncertain, (24)______ there are a number of legends regarding its invention. One story says that it was King Solomon who invented chess, another that it was the Greek god Hermes, and yet another that the Chinese mandarin Han-Sing was responsible for its creation. In fact, chess almost certainly originated in India in the sixth or seventh century AD. The game’s popularity then spread quickly through Persia (now known as Iran) and from there came to Europe. The first documented reference to chess in literature is in a Persian romance which was written about 600 AD.
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The rules and pieces used in the game have undergone changes over the centuries. Modem chess owes much to the Spaniard Lopez de Segura, who in 1561 wrote the first book on how to play the game. In it, he introduced the concept of ‘castling’, which had not been part of the game until then.
Điền vào ô 23.
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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 23 to 27.
CHESS
Chess, often (23)______ to as the Royal Game, is the oldest of all board games which do not contain an element of chance.
The origins of chess are uncertain, (24)______ there are a number of legends regarding its invention. One story says that it was King Solomon who invented chess, another that it was the Greek god Hermes, and yet another that the Chinese mandarin Han-Sing was responsible for its creation. In fact, chess almost certainly originated in India in the sixth or seventh century AD. The game’s popularity then spread quickly through Persia (now known as Iran) and from there came to Europe. The first documented reference to chess in literature is in a Persian romance which was written about 600 AD.
It is (25)_______ the word ‘chess’ comes from ‘shah’, the Persian word for ‘king’ and that ‘checkmate’, the game’s winning (26)_______, comes from the phrase ‘shah mat’, (27)______ ‘the king is dead’.
The rules and pieces used in the game have undergone changes over the centuries. Modem chess owes much to the Spaniard Lopez de Segura, who in 1561 wrote the first book on how to play the game. In it, he introduced the concept of ‘castling’, which had not been part of the game until then.
Điền vào ô 26.
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Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the sentence that is closest in meaning to each of the following questions.
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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 23 to 27.
CHESS
Chess, often (23)______ to as the Royal Game, is the oldest of all board games which do not contain an element of chance.
The origins of chess are uncertain, (24)______ there are a number of legends regarding its invention. One story says that it was King Solomon who invented chess, another that it was the Greek god Hermes, and yet another that the Chinese mandarin Han-Sing was responsible for its creation. In fact, chess almost certainly originated in India in the sixth or seventh century AD. The game’s popularity then spread quickly through Persia (now known as Iran) and from there came to Europe. The first documented reference to chess in literature is in a Persian romance which was written about 600 AD.
It is (25)_______ the word ‘chess’ comes from ‘shah’, the Persian word for ‘king’ and that ‘checkmate’, the game’s winning (26)_______, comes from the phrase ‘shah mat’, (27)______ ‘the king is dead’.
The rules and pieces used in the game have undergone changes over the centuries. Modem chess owes much to the Spaniard Lopez de Segura, who in 1561 wrote the first book on how to play the game. In it, he introduced the concept of ‘castling’, which had not been part of the game until then.
Điền vào ô 24.
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Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the underlined part that needs correction in each of the following questions.
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