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 25 to 29
Located in central Africa, Lake Victoria is a very unusual lake. (25) ______of the largest lakes in the world; it is also one of the youngest. Estimated to be about 15,000 years old, it is a relative baby compared with Earth's other very large lakes, (26) ______more than two million years old. Yet judging by the variety of life in it, Lake Victoria (27) ______a much older body of water. Usually, lakes need a much longer time (28) ______by a diverse array of life-forms. It is common for new lakes to contain only a small number of species. Lake Victoria, however, is packed with colorful fish, most notably, cichlids. There are (29) ______500 different species of just this one type of fish.
The word or phrase which best fits the gap (29) is...
A. as many as
B. as many
C. many
D. too many
Located in central Africa, Lake Victoria is a very unusual lake. (25) ______of the largest lakes in the world; it is also one of the youngest. Estimated to be about 15,000 years old, it is a relative baby compared with Earth's other very large lakes, (26) ______more than two million years old. Yet judging by the variety of life in it, Lake Victoria (27) ______a much older body of water. Usually, lakes need a much longer time (28) ______by a diverse array of life-forms. It is common for new lakes to contain only a small number of species. Lake Victoria, however, is packed with colorful fish, most notably, cichlids. There are (29) ______500 different species of just this one type of fish.
The word or phrase which best fits the gap (29) is...
A. as many as
B. as many
C. many
D. too many
Câu này mang tính chất so sánh nên chúng ta phải sử dụng as many as vì danh từ phía sau là danh từ số nhiều species
Đáp án A.