Câu hỏi: 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 end of the numbered blanks.
A coincidence is a surprising thing that happens to us. For example, two friends go shopping alone on the same day. When they meet up afterwards, they discover that they've each bought an identical T-shirt. Many people (8) ______ coincidences as significant or mysterious. But the simple (9) ______ could be that friends tend to have similar taste in clothes.
In reality, life is full of coincidences, but normally we don't notice them. For example, in almost fifty percent of all football matches, two players share the same birthday. This seems surprising, (10) ______ that there are 365 possible birthdays in the year. But most of these matches will be played without anybody being aware that the coincidence exists. (11) ______ your birthday is today or tomorrow, you don't generally go around telling people when it is. What's more, without realizing it, you probably come into contact with lots of people born on the same day as you. But when a coincidence is (12) ______ to your attention, it still seems amazing.
The word or phrase which best fits the gap (11) is...
A. Whereas
B. Meanwhile
C. Therefore
D. Unless
A coincidence is a surprising thing that happens to us. For example, two friends go shopping alone on the same day. When they meet up afterwards, they discover that they've each bought an identical T-shirt. Many people (8) ______ coincidences as significant or mysterious. But the simple (9) ______ could be that friends tend to have similar taste in clothes.
In reality, life is full of coincidences, but normally we don't notice them. For example, in almost fifty percent of all football matches, two players share the same birthday. This seems surprising, (10) ______ that there are 365 possible birthdays in the year. But most of these matches will be played without anybody being aware that the coincidence exists. (11) ______ your birthday is today or tomorrow, you don't generally go around telling people when it is. What's more, without realizing it, you probably come into contact with lots of people born on the same day as you. But when a coincidence is (12) ______ to your attention, it still seems amazing.
The word or phrase which best fits the gap (11) is...
A. Whereas
B. Meanwhile
C. Therefore
D. Unless
Giải thích:
A. Whereas: trái lại
B. Meanwhile: trong khi đó
C. Therefore: do đó
D. Unless: nếu không
Tạm dịch: Unless your birthday is today or tomorrow, you don't generally go around telling people when it is.
(Nếu sinh nhật của bạn không rơi vào hôm nay hoặc ngày mai, thì bạn thường không kể cho người khác về nó.)
A. Whereas: trái lại
B. Meanwhile: trong khi đó
C. Therefore: do đó
D. Unless: nếu không
Tạm dịch: Unless your birthday is today or tomorrow, you don't generally go around telling people when it is.
(Nếu sinh nhật của bạn không rơi vào hôm nay hoặc ngày mai, thì bạn thường không kể cho người khác về nó.)
Đáp án D.