Câu hỏi: Read the following passage and mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to choose the 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 19thcentury. The invention of the railways made this possible. The first holidaymakers were quite rich and went for their health and education. The seaside was a place to be (25) _________of illnesses, and doctors recommended bathing in the sea and drinking sea water. Also, to increase their knowledge, families attended concerts and read books from libraries. At that time, ordinary working people had very little time (26) _________. However, in 1871, the government introduced four "Bank Holidays" – national holiday days. This allowed people to have a day or two out, which now and then gave them a taste for leisure and the seaside. At first, they went on day-trips, taking (27) _________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 (28) _________them. Holiday makers enjoyed being idle, sitting on the beach, bathing in the sea, and eating ice-cream. Cheap entertainment was (29 __________offer and holidaymakers went to have fun. Today, the English seaside remained popular, with more than 18 million holidays taken there each year.
The word or phrase which best fits the gap (26) is...
A. out
B. off
C. from
D. away
British families started going on holiday to the seaside around the middle of the 19thcentury. The invention of the railways made this possible. The first holidaymakers were quite rich and went for their health and education. The seaside was a place to be (25) _________of illnesses, and doctors recommended bathing in the sea and drinking sea water. Also, to increase their knowledge, families attended concerts and read books from libraries. At that time, ordinary working people had very little time (26) _________. However, in 1871, the government introduced four "Bank Holidays" – national holiday days. This allowed people to have a day or two out, which now and then gave them a taste for leisure and the seaside. At first, they went on day-trips, taking (27) _________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 (28) _________them. Holiday makers enjoyed being idle, sitting on the beach, bathing in the sea, and eating ice-cream. Cheap entertainment was (29 __________offer and holidaymakers went to have fun. Today, the English seaside remained popular, with more than 18 million holidays taken there each year.
The word or phrase which best fits the gap (26) is...
A. out
B. off
C. from
D. away
Kỹ năng: Đọc
Giải thích:
Đáp án B: to have little time off : có rất ít thời gian nghỉ ngơi
Giải thích:
Đáp án B: to have little time off : có rất ít thời gian nghỉ ngơi
Đáp án B.