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TATTOOING: AN ANCIENT TRADITION

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.
TATTOOING: AN ANCIENT TRADITION
Tattooing is an old art. In ancient Greece, people who had tattoos were regarded as members of the upper classes. (25) ______, tattooing was banned in Europe by the early Christians, (26) ______ thought that it was a sinful thing to do. It was not until the late 18th century, when Captain Cook saw South Sea Islander decorating their bodies with tattoos that attitudes began to change. Sailors came back from these islands with pictures of Christ on their backs and from then on, tattooing (27) ______in popularity. A survey by the French army in 1881 showed that among the 387 men questioned there were 1,333 designs.
Nowadays, not everybody finds tattoos (28) ______. Some people thing that getting one is silly because tattoos are more or less permanent. There is also some (29) ______ about catching a blood disease from unsterilized needles. Even for those who do want a tattoo, the process of getting one is not painless, but the final result, in their eyes, is worth the pain.
The word or phrase which best fits the gap (26) is...
A. that
B. which
C. where
D. who
Kiến thức: mệnh đề quan hệ
Giải thích: Who thay cho người mà từ được thay ở đây là "christians"
That: không dùng sau dấu phẩy
Đáp án D.
 

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