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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 each of the numbered blanks.
Acupuncture is a Chinese method of treating illnesses by inserting needles into certain points of the body. The idea is that this restores the natural balance of energy, (23) ________ is disturbed when a person is ill. The origins of this therapy have been traced back over five thousand years, but it only began to be accepted in the West in the 1970s.
In 1971, James Reston, a well-known journalist from the New York Times, was visiting China when he developed appendicitis. He was operated (24) _____________ in a hospital in Peking, where the doctors used acupuncture to relieve his pain. Reston was surprised at how (25) _____________ it was, and wrote about it in an article for the newspaper.
Soon afterwards, Chairman Mao Tse-tung invited a group of distinguished Western doctors over to China to witness for themselves that (26) ________ worked. They were accompanied by television crews, and soon viewers in the West were watching operations being carried out on patients with acupuncture needles sticking out of them. The patients felt no pain.
The Western experts were a little embarrassed at what they saw, because they had (27) _____________ ridiculed the idea that patients could be treated with needles. But now they were forced to admit that it actually worked, and acupuncture became a popular form of therapy.
(Source: https://www.encyclopedia.com)
The word or phrase which best fits the gap (27) is...
A. previously
B. before
C. early
D. anciently
Acupuncture is a Chinese method of treating illnesses by inserting needles into certain points of the body. The idea is that this restores the natural balance of energy, (23) ________ is disturbed when a person is ill. The origins of this therapy have been traced back over five thousand years, but it only began to be accepted in the West in the 1970s.
In 1971, James Reston, a well-known journalist from the New York Times, was visiting China when he developed appendicitis. He was operated (24) _____________ in a hospital in Peking, where the doctors used acupuncture to relieve his pain. Reston was surprised at how (25) _____________ it was, and wrote about it in an article for the newspaper.
Soon afterwards, Chairman Mao Tse-tung invited a group of distinguished Western doctors over to China to witness for themselves that (26) ________ worked. They were accompanied by television crews, and soon viewers in the West were watching operations being carried out on patients with acupuncture needles sticking out of them. The patients felt no pain.
The Western experts were a little embarrassed at what they saw, because they had (27) _____________ ridiculed the idea that patients could be treated with needles. But now they were forced to admit that it actually worked, and acupuncture became a popular form of therapy.
(Source: https://www.encyclopedia.com)
The word or phrase which best fits the gap (27) is...
A. previously
B. before
C. early
D. anciently
Kiến thức về trạng từ
A. previously /ˈpriːviəsli/ (adv): trước đây
B. before (adv): trước khi, từ trước, trước đây
C. early /ˈɜːrli/ (adv): đầu, sớm
D. anciently /ˈeɪnʃəntli/ (adv): cổ đại, xa xưa
*Vì mệnh đề "they had ……needles" là một mệnh đề tường thuật, do đó phải đổi "before" thành "previously" theo quy tắc, mặc dù cả hai đều có cùng chức năng và ngữ nghĩa.
Tạm dịch: "The Western experts were a little embarrassed at what they saw, because they had (4) __________ ridiculed idea that patients could be treated with needles."
(Các chuyên gia phương Tây bị một chút bối rối với những gì họ nhìn thấy, bởi vì trước đây họ đã chế giễu ý tưởng rằng bệnh nhân có thể được điều trị bằng kim tiêm.)
A. previously /ˈpriːviəsli/ (adv): trước đây
B. before (adv): trước khi, từ trước, trước đây
C. early /ˈɜːrli/ (adv): đầu, sớm
D. anciently /ˈeɪnʃəntli/ (adv): cổ đại, xa xưa
*Vì mệnh đề "they had ……needles" là một mệnh đề tường thuật, do đó phải đổi "before" thành "previously" theo quy tắc, mặc dù cả hai đều có cùng chức năng và ngữ nghĩa.
Tạm dịch: "The Western experts were a little embarrassed at what they saw, because they had (4) __________ ridiculed idea that patients could be treated with needles."
(Các chuyên gia phương Tây bị một chút bối rối với những gì họ nhìn thấy, bởi vì trước đây họ đã chế giễu ý tưởng rằng bệnh nhân có thể được điều trị bằng kim tiêm.)
Đáp án A.