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Câu hỏi: Read the following passage and mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to choose the word or phrase that best fits each of the numbered blanks from 34 to 38.
After the invention of the printing press in the mid-fifteenth century, books and documents in people's native languages became readily available. This, together with improvements in education and the spread of postal services in the nineteenth century, permitted families and friends to (36) ______ messages to each other by letter. Maintaining contact was much easier than it had ever been. In recent years, (37) ______ , everything has changed. Mobile phones, emails and text messages are replacing letters. Why bother writing a letter when you can make small talk on the phone for very little cost? (38) ______ people would agree, however, that there is something very special about receiving a personal, handwritten letter.
A. Another
B. Every
C. Few
D. Most
STAYING IN TOUCH
People have been recording information in the form of writing since ancient times. Latin, the language of religion, and French, the language of the rich and powerful, were the (34) ______ languages in the Middle Ages in Europe. Subjects were usually connected to religion, trade and government, although historians have also come across love letters (35) ______ people wrote to stay in touch in those times.After the invention of the printing press in the mid-fifteenth century, books and documents in people's native languages became readily available. This, together with improvements in education and the spread of postal services in the nineteenth century, permitted families and friends to (36) ______ messages to each other by letter. Maintaining contact was much easier than it had ever been. In recent years, (37) ______ , everything has changed. Mobile phones, emails and text messages are replacing letters. Why bother writing a letter when you can make small talk on the phone for very little cost? (38) ______ people would agree, however, that there is something very special about receiving a personal, handwritten letter.
(Adapted from High Note by Rachael Roberts and Caroline Krantz)
The word or phrase which best fits the gap (38) is...A. Another
B. Every
C. Few
D. Most
Giải thích:
A. Another + N (số ít): một cái khác
B. Every + N (số ít): mọi
C. Few + N (số nhiều): rất ít
D. Most + N (số nhiều/không đếm được): đa số, hầu hết
Tạm dịch:
Most people ould agree, however, that there is something very special about receiving a personal, handwritten letter. (Tuy nhiên, đa số mọi người sẽ đồng tình rằng có một số cảm giác rất đặc biệt khi nhận một bức thư viết tay.)
A. Another + N (số ít): một cái khác
B. Every + N (số ít): mọi
C. Few + N (số nhiều): rất ít
D. Most + N (số nhiều/không đếm được): đa số, hầu hết
Tạm dịch:
Most people ould agree, however, that there is something very special about receiving a personal, handwritten letter. (Tuy nhiên, đa số mọi người sẽ đồng tình rằng có một số cảm giác rất đặc biệt khi nhận một bức thư viết tay.)
Đáp án D.