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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 from 25 to 29.
Victor Gruen, an American architect, revolutionized shopping in the 1950s by creating the type of shopping centre (25) ___________ we now call a shopping mall.
Gruen's (26) ___________was to provide a pleasant, quiet and spacious shopping environment with large car parks, which usually meant building in the suburbs. He also wanted people to be able to shop in all kinds of weather. He insisted on using building designs that he knew people would feel comfortable with, but placed them in landscaped 'streets' that were entirely enclosed and often covered with a curved glass roof. This was done to (27) ___________ some of the older shopping arcades of city centres, but (28) ___________ these housed only small speciality shops, Gruen's shopping malls were on a much grander scale.
Access to the whole shopping mall was gained by using the main doors, which (29) ___________the shopping 'streets' from the parking areas outside. As there was no need to keep out bad weather, shops no longer needed windows and doors, and people could wander freely from shop to shop. In many cities, shopping malls now contain much more than just shops; cinemas, restaurants and other forms of entertainment are also growing in popularity.
The word or phrase which best fits the gap (27) is...
A. model
B. imitate
C. repeat
D. shadow
Victor Gruen, an American architect, revolutionized shopping in the 1950s by creating the type of shopping centre (25) ___________ we now call a shopping mall.
Gruen's (26) ___________was to provide a pleasant, quiet and spacious shopping environment with large car parks, which usually meant building in the suburbs. He also wanted people to be able to shop in all kinds of weather. He insisted on using building designs that he knew people would feel comfortable with, but placed them in landscaped 'streets' that were entirely enclosed and often covered with a curved glass roof. This was done to (27) ___________ some of the older shopping arcades of city centres, but (28) ___________ these housed only small speciality shops, Gruen's shopping malls were on a much grander scale.
Access to the whole shopping mall was gained by using the main doors, which (29) ___________the shopping 'streets' from the parking areas outside. As there was no need to keep out bad weather, shops no longer needed windows and doors, and people could wander freely from shop to shop. In many cities, shopping malls now contain much more than just shops; cinemas, restaurants and other forms of entertainment are also growing in popularity.
The word or phrase which best fits the gap (27) is...
A. model
B. imitate
C. repeat
D. shadow
Đáp án B: imitate
Kiến thức kiểm tra: Sự lựa chọn từ đúng/ động từ
Giải thích chi tiết:
"imitate" (v): bắt chước, sao chép
Ý nghĩa cả câu: "This was done to imitate some of the older shopping arcades of city centres.." - Thiết kế này được thực hiện theo kiểu bắt chước một số các khu mua sắm cổ ở trung tâm thành phố.
Các phương án A, C, D không phù hợp về nghĩa.
A. model (v): làm người mẫu, mô phỏng (= simulate)
C. repeat (v): nhắc lại
D. shadow (n, v): bóng râm, che đậy
Kiến thức kiểm tra: Sự lựa chọn từ đúng/ động từ
Giải thích chi tiết:
"imitate" (v): bắt chước, sao chép
Ý nghĩa cả câu: "This was done to imitate some of the older shopping arcades of city centres.." - Thiết kế này được thực hiện theo kiểu bắt chước một số các khu mua sắm cổ ở trung tâm thành phố.
Các phương án A, C, D không phù hợp về nghĩa.
A. model (v): làm người mẫu, mô phỏng (= simulate)
C. repeat (v): nhắc lại
D. shadow (n, v): bóng râm, che đậy
Đáp án B.