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Câu hỏi: Read the following passage and Mark the letter A, B, C or D to indicate the correct word or phrase that best fits each of the numbered blanks from 25 to 29.
British families started going on holiday to the seaside around the middle of the 19th century. The invention of the railways (25) ___________this possible. The first holidaymakers were quite rich and went for their health and education. The seaside was a place to be cured of illnesses, and doctors recommended bathing in the sea and drinking sea water. Also to (26) ___________their knowledge, families attended concerts and read books from library.
At that time, ordinary working people had very little time (27) ___________work. However, in 1871, the government introduced four 'Bank Holidays' - national holiday days. This allowed people to have a day or two out now and then, which gave them a taste for leisure and the seaside. At first they went on day-trips, taking (28) ___________ of special cheap tickets on the railways.
By the 1880s, rising incomes meant many ordinary workers and their families could have a week's holiday at the seaside. Rail fares were reduced and cheap hotels were built to accommodate them. Holidaymakers enjoyed being idle, sitting on the beach, bathing in the sea, and eating ice-cream. Cheap entertainment was (29) ___________offer and holiday makers went to have fun.
Today, the English seaside remain spopular, with more than 18 million holidays taken there each year.
The word or phrase which best fits the gap (28) is...
A. opportunity
B. advantage
C. profit
D. benefit
British families started going on holiday to the seaside around the middle of the 19th century. The invention of the railways (25) ___________this possible. The first holidaymakers were quite rich and went for their health and education. The seaside was a place to be cured of illnesses, and doctors recommended bathing in the sea and drinking sea water. Also to (26) ___________their knowledge, families attended concerts and read books from library.
At that time, ordinary working people had very little time (27) ___________work. However, in 1871, the government introduced four 'Bank Holidays' - national holiday days. This allowed people to have a day or two out now and then, which gave them a taste for leisure and the seaside. At first they went on day-trips, taking (28) ___________ of special cheap tickets on the railways.
By the 1880s, rising incomes meant many ordinary workers and their families could have a week's holiday at the seaside. Rail fares were reduced and cheap hotels were built to accommodate them. Holidaymakers enjoyed being idle, sitting on the beach, bathing in the sea, and eating ice-cream. Cheap entertainment was (29) ___________offer and holiday makers went to have fun.
Today, the English seaside remain spopular, with more than 18 million holidays taken there each year.
The word or phrase which best fits the gap (28) is...
A. opportunity
B. advantage
C. profit
D. benefit
take advantage of st: tận dụng cái gì
benefit: lợi nhuận
(to) take opportunity: nhân cơ hội
profit: tiền lãi, lợi ích
benefit: lợi nhuận
(to) take opportunity: nhân cơ hội
profit: tiền lãi, lợi ích
Đáp án B.