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 9 to 11.
The landscape of the world is never fixed but changes from year to year. While (9)________ of these changes are caused by human activity, most of them are natural. Snow and ice, for example, have a considerable(10) ___________ on the environment in the northern hemisphere.
An ever-present problems in areas(11) __________ experience harsh winters is the possibility of water pipes freezing. When they do, they crack and split (12)___________ the expansion of the ice inside. Exactly the same things happens in nature. On icy mountains, water runs into cracks in exposed rocks and when it freezes, the water turns into ice. The pressure of the ice (13)___________ the cracks, breaking the rocks apart. As a direct result of this destructive action, broken block of stone can often be seen sloping downwards from high mountain peaks.
The word or phrase which best fits the gap (10) is...
A. power
B. impact
C. development
D. consequence
The landscape of the world is never fixed but changes from year to year. While (9)________ of these changes are caused by human activity, most of them are natural. Snow and ice, for example, have a considerable(10) ___________ on the environment in the northern hemisphere.
An ever-present problems in areas(11) __________ experience harsh winters is the possibility of water pipes freezing. When they do, they crack and split (12)___________ the expansion of the ice inside. Exactly the same things happens in nature. On icy mountains, water runs into cracks in exposed rocks and when it freezes, the water turns into ice. The pressure of the ice (13)___________ the cracks, breaking the rocks apart. As a direct result of this destructive action, broken block of stone can often be seen sloping downwards from high mountain peaks.
The word or phrase which best fits the gap (10) is...
A. power
B. impact
C. development
D. consequence
Kiến thức: Từ vựng
Giải thích:
A. power (n): năng lượng
B. impact (n): ảnh hưởng
C. development (n): sự phát triển
D. consequence (n): hậu quả
=> Cụm: impact on somebody/ something: sự ảnh hưởng lên ai/ cái gì
Snow and ice, for example, have a considerable (10) impact on the environment in the northern hemisphere.
Tạm dịch: Ví dụ, băng tuyết có tác động đáng kể đến môi trường ở Bắc bán cầu.
Giải thích:
A. power (n): năng lượng
B. impact (n): ảnh hưởng
C. development (n): sự phát triển
D. consequence (n): hậu quả
=> Cụm: impact on somebody/ something: sự ảnh hưởng lên ai/ cái gì
Snow and ice, for example, have a considerable (10) impact on the environment in the northern hemisphere.
Tạm dịch: Ví dụ, băng tuyết có tác động đáng kể đến môi trường ở Bắc bán cầu.
Đáp án B.