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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 34 to 38.
Mother Teresa was one of the most influential personalities of the twentieth century. However, her life was neither easy nor glamorous. She was born in Skopje, Macedonia in 1910. When she was 8 years old, her father died unexpectedly, and the family became devastated after a(an) (34) ______ of intense grief. At the age of 18, she left her home in Skopje and joined the Sisters of Loreto, an Irish community of nuns with missions in India. She went to India as a (35) ______. She became a teacher of English in a secondary school. The school was in a nice area but there were slums nearby. Conditions there were absolutely terrible. She was horrified by (36) ______ she saw. She insisted on leaving her comfortable convent and going to live among the poor. At first her superiors tried to discourage her from leaving the convent, but in the end they agreed to (37) ______ her go. Soon other people heard about her work and came to help her. (38) ______ she had no money herself, she succeeded in building shelters for the dying and schools for the poor. By the 1990s, she had become famous and she was eventually given the Nobel Prize for her service to the poor. Mother Teresa died on September 5th, 1997.
The word or phrase which best fits the gap (35) is...
A. missionary
B. sister
C. minister
D. priestess
Mother Teresa was one of the most influential personalities of the twentieth century. However, her life was neither easy nor glamorous. She was born in Skopje, Macedonia in 1910. When she was 8 years old, her father died unexpectedly, and the family became devastated after a(an) (34) ______ of intense grief. At the age of 18, she left her home in Skopje and joined the Sisters of Loreto, an Irish community of nuns with missions in India. She went to India as a (35) ______. She became a teacher of English in a secondary school. The school was in a nice area but there were slums nearby. Conditions there were absolutely terrible. She was horrified by (36) ______ she saw. She insisted on leaving her comfortable convent and going to live among the poor. At first her superiors tried to discourage her from leaving the convent, but in the end they agreed to (37) ______ her go. Soon other people heard about her work and came to help her. (38) ______ she had no money herself, she succeeded in building shelters for the dying and schools for the poor. By the 1990s, she had become famous and she was eventually given the Nobel Prize for her service to the poor. Mother Teresa died on September 5th, 1997.
The word or phrase which best fits the gap (35) is...
A. missionary
B. sister
C. minister
D. priestess
Kiến thức: Từ vựng
Giải thích:
A. missionary (n): nhà truyền giáo B. sister (n): chị/em gái
C. minister (n): bộ trưởng D. priestess (n): nữ tu sĩ
At the age of 18, she left her home in Skopje and joined the Sisters of Loreto, an Irish community of nuns with missions in India. She went to India as a (35) missionary.
Tạm dịch: Năm 18 tuổi, bà rời nhà ở Skopje và gia nhập Dòng Nữ tu Loreto, một cộng đồng các nữ tu người Ireland truyền giáo ở Ấn Độ. Bà đến Ấn Độ với tư cách là một nhà truyền giáo.
Giải thích:
A. missionary (n): nhà truyền giáo B. sister (n): chị/em gái
C. minister (n): bộ trưởng D. priestess (n): nữ tu sĩ
At the age of 18, she left her home in Skopje and joined the Sisters of Loreto, an Irish community of nuns with missions in India. She went to India as a (35) missionary.
Tạm dịch: Năm 18 tuổi, bà rời nhà ở Skopje và gia nhập Dòng Nữ tu Loreto, một cộng đồng các nữ tu người Ireland truyền giáo ở Ấn Độ. Bà đến Ấn Độ với tư cách là một nhà truyền giáo.
Đáp án A.