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.
One of the most important inventions in the development of science and medicine was the microscope. It was (25) ___________ the principle that light could be "refracted" or bent, by a glass lens. It was soon discovered that tiny objects could be magnified (26) ___________ size when viewed through a glass lens that had been ground and polished in a specific (27) ___________ .
Although the principle was known to the Chinese as early as 1000 A.D, it was not until the 13th and 14th centuries in Europe (28) ___________ it was put to practical use in the form of eyeglasses. In Europe the first microscope was invented by brothers Zacharias and Hans Janssen, two Dutch eyeglass-makers, around 1590. They built a "compound" microscope, so called because of its two lenses. The most significant development and use of the microscope during this period, however, belongs to another Dutch optician, Antonie van Leeuwenhoek. Bom in Delft, Holland, he became skilled at (29) ___________ very sharp and accurate magnifying lenses.
The word or phrase which best fits the gap (27) is...
A. procedure
B. manner
C. fashion
D. character
One of the most important inventions in the development of science and medicine was the microscope. It was (25) ___________ the principle that light could be "refracted" or bent, by a glass lens. It was soon discovered that tiny objects could be magnified (26) ___________ size when viewed through a glass lens that had been ground and polished in a specific (27) ___________ .
Although the principle was known to the Chinese as early as 1000 A.D, it was not until the 13th and 14th centuries in Europe (28) ___________ it was put to practical use in the form of eyeglasses. In Europe the first microscope was invented by brothers Zacharias and Hans Janssen, two Dutch eyeglass-makers, around 1590. They built a "compound" microscope, so called because of its two lenses. The most significant development and use of the microscope during this period, however, belongs to another Dutch optician, Antonie van Leeuwenhoek. Bom in Delft, Holland, he became skilled at (29) ___________ very sharp and accurate magnifying lenses.
The word or phrase which best fits the gap (27) is...
A. procedure
B. manner
C. fashion
D. character
- procedure (n): phương pháp, cách thức, thủ tục
- manner (n): cách, kiểu
+ in + a/ an + adj + manner: theo cách ...
- fashion (n): kiểu cách, thời trang
+ in fashion: đúng mốt, hợp thời trang
- character (n): tính cách
"It was soon discovered that tiny objects could be magnified in size when viewed through a glass lens that had been ground and polished in a specific manner." (Người ta đã sớm khám phá ra rằng những vật thể nhỏ có thể được phóng to về kích thước khi được quan sát qua một thấu kính thủy tinh mà được mài và đánh bóng theo cách riêng.)
- manner (n): cách, kiểu
+ in + a/ an + adj + manner: theo cách ...
- fashion (n): kiểu cách, thời trang
+ in fashion: đúng mốt, hợp thời trang
- character (n): tính cách
"It was soon discovered that tiny objects could be magnified in size when viewed through a glass lens that had been ground and polished in a specific manner." (Người ta đã sớm khám phá ra rằng những vật thể nhỏ có thể được phóng to về kích thước khi được quan sát qua một thấu kính thủy tinh mà được mài và đánh bóng theo cách riêng.)
Đáp án B.