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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.
The texting pigeons
Not everybody recognizes the benefits of new developments in communnicatons technology. Indeed, some people fear that text messaging may actually be having a negative (41) _________ on your people's communication and language skills, especially when we hear that primary school children may be at rick of becoming addicted to the habit. So widespread has texting become, however, that even pigeons have started doing it. (42) _________, in this case, it's difficult to view the results as anything but positive.
Twenty of the birds are about to take to the skies with the task of measuring air pollution, each (43)_________ with sensor equipment and a mobile phone. The readings made by the sensors will be automatically converted into text messages and beamed to the Internet – (44) _________ they will appear on a dedicated 'pigeon blog'.
The birds will also each have a GPS receiver and a camera to capture aerial photos, and researchers are building a tiny 'pigeon kit' containing all these gadgets. Each bird will carry these in a miniature backpack, (45) _________, that is, from the camera, which will hang around its neck.
The data the pigeons text will be displayed in the form of an interactive map, which will provide local residents with up-to-the-minute information on thir local air quality.
The word or phrase which best fits the gap (44) is...
A. when
B. which
C. where
D. what
The texting pigeons
Not everybody recognizes the benefits of new developments in communnicatons technology. Indeed, some people fear that text messaging may actually be having a negative (41) _________ on your people's communication and language skills, especially when we hear that primary school children may be at rick of becoming addicted to the habit. So widespread has texting become, however, that even pigeons have started doing it. (42) _________, in this case, it's difficult to view the results as anything but positive.
Twenty of the birds are about to take to the skies with the task of measuring air pollution, each (43)_________ with sensor equipment and a mobile phone. The readings made by the sensors will be automatically converted into text messages and beamed to the Internet – (44) _________ they will appear on a dedicated 'pigeon blog'.
The birds will also each have a GPS receiver and a camera to capture aerial photos, and researchers are building a tiny 'pigeon kit' containing all these gadgets. Each bird will carry these in a miniature backpack, (45) _________, that is, from the camera, which will hang around its neck.
The data the pigeons text will be displayed in the form of an interactive map, which will provide local residents with up-to-the-minute information on thir local air quality.
The word or phrase which best fits the gap (44) is...
A. when
B. which
C. where
D. what
when: khi mà
which: cái mà
where: nơi mà
what: cái, cái gì
Tạm dịch: ... The readings made by the sensors will be automatically converted into text messages and beamed to the Internet -where they will appear on a dedicated 'pigeon blog': Những số liệu thu được từ máy cảm ứng sẽ tự động đổi thành tin nhắn và phát vào Internet nơi mà chúng sẽ xuất hiện ở mục 'pigeon blog' (nhật ký cá nhân bồ câu).
which: cái mà
where: nơi mà
what: cái, cái gì
Tạm dịch: ... The readings made by the sensors will be automatically converted into text messages and beamed to the Internet -where they will appear on a dedicated 'pigeon blog': Những số liệu thu được từ máy cảm ứng sẽ tự động đổi thành tin nhắn và phát vào Internet nơi mà chúng sẽ xuất hiện ở mục 'pigeon blog' (nhật ký cá nhân bồ câu).
Đáp án C.