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.
Human beings have a superpower - sweating. When temperatures rise, bends of sweat exude from our pores and evaporate, releasing energy that cools the skin and keeps our bodies (26) ___________ overheating. This self-cooling mechanism has helped humans spread to (27) ___________ hot and humid corner of the globe. But that sweating superpower has a theoretical upper limit: When it gets too hot and humid, the laws of physics inhibit sweat from cooling skin. That limit is hit when a bulb thermometer wrapped in a wet towel (a measure of heat and humidity (28) ___________ is known as "wet-bulb" temperature) reads 35° Celsius, or 950 Fahrenheit. Even the fittest human supplied with unlimited water would probably die after a few hours in these conditions.
Scientists have thought that this temperature extreme occurs rarely, if ever, on Earth (29) ___________globe warms, wet-bulb temperatures around 35°C could become more common toward the end of the century in certain regions, endangering hundreds of millions of people.
If carbon emissions aren't (30) ___________curbed in the coming decades, these relatively rare extremes will become increasingly common. Such conditions are unbearable without technology like air conditioning and make outdoor labor near impossible.
(Adapted from www.sciencenews.org)
The word or phrase which best fits the gap (26) is...
A. from
B. on
C. with
D. under
Human beings have a superpower - sweating. When temperatures rise, bends of sweat exude from our pores and evaporate, releasing energy that cools the skin and keeps our bodies (26) ___________ overheating. This self-cooling mechanism has helped humans spread to (27) ___________ hot and humid corner of the globe. But that sweating superpower has a theoretical upper limit: When it gets too hot and humid, the laws of physics inhibit sweat from cooling skin. That limit is hit when a bulb thermometer wrapped in a wet towel (a measure of heat and humidity (28) ___________ is known as "wet-bulb" temperature) reads 35° Celsius, or 950 Fahrenheit. Even the fittest human supplied with unlimited water would probably die after a few hours in these conditions.
Scientists have thought that this temperature extreme occurs rarely, if ever, on Earth (29) ___________globe warms, wet-bulb temperatures around 35°C could become more common toward the end of the century in certain regions, endangering hundreds of millions of people.
If carbon emissions aren't (30) ___________curbed in the coming decades, these relatively rare extremes will become increasingly common. Such conditions are unbearable without technology like air conditioning and make outdoor labor near impossible.
(Adapted from www.sciencenews.org)
The word or phrase which best fits the gap (26) is...
A. from
B. on
C. with
D. under
Kiến thức: Giới từ
Giải thích: keep sb from V-ing: giữ cho khỏi, ngăn lại When temperatures rise, beads of sweat exude from our pores and evaporate, releasing energy that cools the skin and keeps our bodies (26) from overheating. Tạm dịch: Khi nhiệt độ tăng lên, mồ hôi toát ra từ lỗ chân lông của chúng ta và bay hơi, giải phóng năng lượng làm mát da và giữ cho cơ thể chúng ta không bị quá nóng.
Giải thích: keep sb from V-ing: giữ cho khỏi, ngăn lại When temperatures rise, beads of sweat exude from our pores and evaporate, releasing energy that cools the skin and keeps our bodies (26) from overheating. Tạm dịch: Khi nhiệt độ tăng lên, mồ hôi toát ra từ lỗ chân lông của chúng ta và bay hơi, giải phóng năng lượng làm mát da và giữ cho cơ thể chúng ta không bị quá nóng.
Đáp án A.