Câu hỏi: Read the following passage and mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheer to indicate the correct word or phrase that best fits each of the numbered blanks from 9 to 13.
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 problem 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 happen 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 (13) is...
A. prolongs
B. explodes
C. widens
D. swells
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 problem 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 happen 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 (13) is...
A. prolongs
B. explodes
C. widens
D. swells
Giải thích:
Kiến thức từ vựng:
- prolong (v): kéo dài ra; gia hạn
- explode (v): làm nổ; đập tan
- widen (v): làm cho rộng ra, mở rộng
- swell (v): làm sưng lên, làm căng ra
Tạm dịch: The pressure of the ice widens the cracks, breaking the rocks apart.
(Áp lực của băng làm mở rộng các vết nứt, phá vỡ các tảng đá.)
Kiến thức từ vựng:
- prolong (v): kéo dài ra; gia hạn
- explode (v): làm nổ; đập tan
- widen (v): làm cho rộng ra, mở rộng
- swell (v): làm sưng lên, làm căng ra
Tạm dịch: The pressure of the ice widens the cracks, breaking the rocks apart.
(Áp lực của băng làm mở rộng các vết nứt, phá vỡ các tảng đá.)
Đáp án C.