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.
Amy Tan was born on February 19th , 1952 in Oakland, California. Tan grew up in Northern California, (33)____________when her father and older brother both died from brain tumors in 1966, she moved with her mother and younger brother to Europe, where she attended high school in Montreux, Switzerland. She returned to the United States for college. After college, Tan worked as a language development consultant and as a corporate freelance writer. In 1985, she wrote the story "Rules of the Game" for a writing workshop, which laid the early (34) ____________for her first novel The Joy Luck Club. Published in 1989, the book explored the (35) ____________between Chinese women and their Chinese-American daughters, and became the longest-running New York Times bestseller for that year. The Joy Luck Club received numerous awards, including the Los Angeles Times Book Award. It has been translated into 25 languages, including Chinese, and was made into a major motion picture for (36) ____________Tan co-wrote the screenplay. Tan's other works have also been (37) ____________into several different forms of media.
The word or phrase which best fits the gap (34) is...
A. preparation
B. base
C. source
D. foundation
Amy Tan was born on February 19th , 1952 in Oakland, California. Tan grew up in Northern California, (33)____________when her father and older brother both died from brain tumors in 1966, she moved with her mother and younger brother to Europe, where she attended high school in Montreux, Switzerland. She returned to the United States for college. After college, Tan worked as a language development consultant and as a corporate freelance writer. In 1985, she wrote the story "Rules of the Game" for a writing workshop, which laid the early (34) ____________for her first novel The Joy Luck Club. Published in 1989, the book explored the (35) ____________between Chinese women and their Chinese-American daughters, and became the longest-running New York Times bestseller for that year. The Joy Luck Club received numerous awards, including the Los Angeles Times Book Award. It has been translated into 25 languages, including Chinese, and was made into a major motion picture for (36) ____________Tan co-wrote the screenplay. Tan's other works have also been (37) ____________into several different forms of media.
The word or phrase which best fits the gap (34) is...
A. preparation
B. base
C. source
D. foundation
Đây là câu hỏi về lựa chọn từ
Ta có cụm từ: lay foundation / grounds for: đặt nền móng cho
→ Ta chọn được đáp án D.
A. preparation: sự chuẩn bị
B. base: nền tảng
C. source: nguồn
In 1985, she wrote the story "Rules of the Game" for a writing workshop, which laid the early (34) foundation for her first novel The Joy Luck Club.
Tạm dịch: Năm 1985, cô đã viết câu chuyện "Luật chơi" cho một hội thảo viết văn, đặt nền móng ban đầu cho cuốn tiểu thuyết đầu tiên của cô The Joy Luck Club.
Ta có cụm từ: lay foundation / grounds for: đặt nền móng cho
→ Ta chọn được đáp án D.
A. preparation: sự chuẩn bị
B. base: nền tảng
C. source: nguồn
In 1985, she wrote the story "Rules of the Game" for a writing workshop, which laid the early (34) foundation for her first novel The Joy Luck Club.
Tạm dịch: Năm 1985, cô đã viết câu chuyện "Luật chơi" cho một hội thảo viết văn, đặt nền móng ban đầu cho cuốn tiểu thuyết đầu tiên của cô The Joy Luck Club.
Đáp án D.