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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 from 26 to 30.
HIGH DAYS AND HOLIDAYS
In the UK holidays began as religious festival days or 'holy days'. The idea of a holiday as a 'no-work' day seems to have first (26) ____ around five hundred years ago. In 1871 the Bank Holidays Act established certain days when, by law, banks closed. Bank Holidays soon became public holidays, but by (27) ______, not law. In fact, working people rarely took holidays. For (28)_____ people, paid holidays remained a luxury until the second half of the twentieth century. Instead, people enjoyed outings for the day to nearby places. The growth of the railways made it possible for working people and their families to go further a field on their day trips, (29)____ wealthy people had, for many years, taken holidays. As soon as outings became possible for more people, crowds of them travelled to the seaside. Seaside towns started to boom. Piers were built out over the sea, funfairs opened and boat trips were offered by local fishermen. Many of the towns (30)_____ benefited from all these day trippers were near to large cities or were at the end of railway lines.
(Adapted from "Richmond FCE practice test- by Diana L. Fried Booth)
The word or phrase which best fits the gap (28) is...
A. much
B. every
C. many
D. other
HIGH DAYS AND HOLIDAYS
In the UK holidays began as religious festival days or 'holy days'. The idea of a holiday as a 'no-work' day seems to have first (26) ____ around five hundred years ago. In 1871 the Bank Holidays Act established certain days when, by law, banks closed. Bank Holidays soon became public holidays, but by (27) ______, not law. In fact, working people rarely took holidays. For (28)_____ people, paid holidays remained a luxury until the second half of the twentieth century. Instead, people enjoyed outings for the day to nearby places. The growth of the railways made it possible for working people and their families to go further a field on their day trips, (29)____ wealthy people had, for many years, taken holidays. As soon as outings became possible for more people, crowds of them travelled to the seaside. Seaside towns started to boom. Piers were built out over the sea, funfairs opened and boat trips were offered by local fishermen. Many of the towns (30)_____ benefited from all these day trippers were near to large cities or were at the end of railway lines.
(Adapted from "Richmond FCE practice test- by Diana L. Fried Booth)
The word or phrase which best fits the gap (28) is...
A. much
B. every
C. many
D. other
Kiến thức : Đọc điền từ - từ chỉ số lượng
Giải thích:
A. much: nhiều- dùng với danh từ không đếm được (ví dụ: much time/much money..)
B. every : mỗi/ mọi- dùng cùng danh từ số ít (ví dụ: every day/ every student…..)
C. many: nhiều- dùng với danh từ số nhiều (ví dụ many friends/ many books / many people….)
D. other: những người khác, những cái khác- đi với danh từ số nhiều
Căn cứ ngữ pháp và nghĩa chọn C. many
Thông tin: For (28) __many_____ people, paid holidays remained a luxury until the second half of the twentieth century.
Tạm dịch: Với nhiều người, những kỳ nghỉ mà vẫn được trả tiền vẫn còn là một điều xa xỉ cho đến tận nửa cuối thế kỷ 20
Giải thích:
A. much: nhiều- dùng với danh từ không đếm được (ví dụ: much time/much money..)
B. every : mỗi/ mọi- dùng cùng danh từ số ít (ví dụ: every day/ every student…..)
C. many: nhiều- dùng với danh từ số nhiều (ví dụ many friends/ many books / many people….)
D. other: những người khác, những cái khác- đi với danh từ số nhiều
Căn cứ ngữ pháp và nghĩa chọn C. many
Thông tin: For (28) __many_____ people, paid holidays remained a luxury until the second half of the twentieth century.
Tạm dịch: Với nhiều người, những kỳ nghỉ mà vẫn được trả tiền vẫn còn là một điều xa xỉ cho đến tận nửa cuối thế kỷ 20
Đáp án C.