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 from 25 to 29.
After winter months, the days become longer, the buds (25) __________ in the trees, birds sing, and the world (26) __________ a green dress. Spring passes (27) __________ summer. Everyone knows that summer will not (28) __________ . The power of all the wisest men and women in the world cannot keep it for us. The com becomes ripe, the leaves turn brown and then drop to the ground, (29) __________ the world changes its green dress for a dress of autumn colors.
The word or phrase which best fits the gap (28) is...
A. forego
B. evaluate
C. succumb
D. last
After winter months, the days become longer, the buds (25) __________ in the trees, birds sing, and the world (26) __________ a green dress. Spring passes (27) __________ summer. Everyone knows that summer will not (28) __________ . The power of all the wisest men and women in the world cannot keep it for us. The com becomes ripe, the leaves turn brown and then drop to the ground, (29) __________ the world changes its green dress for a dress of autumn colors.
The word or phrase which best fits the gap (28) is...
A. forego
B. evaluate
C. succumb
D. last
- forego (v): thôi, bỏ
- evaluate (v): đánh giá
- succumb (v): không thể chống nổi, không thể chịu nổi (bệnh tật, tấn công, ...)
- last (v): kéo dài
"Everyone knows that summer will not last. (Mọi người đều biết rằng mùa hè sẽ không kéo dài mãi.)"
- evaluate (v): đánh giá
- succumb (v): không thể chống nổi, không thể chịu nổi (bệnh tật, tấn công, ...)
- last (v): kéo dài
"Everyone knows that summer will not last. (Mọi người đều biết rằng mùa hè sẽ không kéo dài mãi.)"
Đáp án D.