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MODERN SCIENCE

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.
MODERN SCIENCE
It seems entirely natural to US that there are teams of scientists in universities and (33) ___________institutions around the world, attempting to discover the way the world works. (34) ___________, it hasn't always been that way. Although the scientific method is now four or five hundred years old, the ancient Greeks, for example, believed that they could (35) ___________the cause of natural events just by the power of thought.
During the 17th century, more and more people began to realize that they could test their scientific ideas by designing a relevant experiment and seeing what happened. A lot of (36) ___________was made in this way by individual scientists. These men and women often worked alone, carrying out research into many different areas of science, and they often received very little (37) ___________for their hard work. At the start of the 20th century, though, it became clear that science was becoming more complicated and more expensive. The individual scientists disappeared, to be replaced by highly qualified teams of experts. Modern science was born.
The word or phrase which best fits the gap (36) is...
A. evolution
B. progress
C. movement
D. development
Evolution (n): sự tiến hóa, sự phát triển
Progress (n): sự tiến bộ
Movement (n): sự vận động, phong trào
Development (n): sự phát triển
Căn cứ vào nghĩa ta chọn đáp án B
Trích bài: During the 17th century, more and more people began to realize that they could test their scientific ideas by designing a relevant experiment and seeing what happened. A lot of progress was made in this way by individual scientists.
Tạm dịch: Trong suốt thế kỷ 17, ngày càng nhiều người bắt đầu nhận ra rằng họ có thể thử nghiệm các ý tưởng khoa học bằng việc thiết kế một thí nghiệm có liên quan và quan sát những gì xảy ra. Rất nhiều tiến bộ được thực hiện theo cách này bởi cá nhân các nhà khoa học.
Đáp án B.
 

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