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 (28) is...
A. while
B. when
C. because
D. as a result
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 (28) is...
A. while
B. when
C. because
D. as a result
Đáp án A: while
Kiến thức kiểm tra: Liên từ chỉ sự tương phản
Giải thích chi tiết: "While/meanwhile": trong khi được dùng để chỉ sự tương phản).
Ý nghĩa cả câu: "but while these housed only small speciality shops, Gruen's shopping malls were on a much grander scale" – nhưng trong khi các trung tâm mua sắm trong trung tâm thành phố chỉ bao gồm các cửa hàng nhỏ thì đại trung tâm mua sắm của Gruen lại có quy mô lớn hơn nhiều.
Kiến thức kiểm tra: Liên từ chỉ sự tương phản
Giải thích chi tiết: "While/meanwhile": trong khi được dùng để chỉ sự tương phản).
Ý nghĩa cả câu: "but while these housed only small speciality shops, Gruen's shopping malls were on a much grander scale" – nhưng trong khi các trung tâm mua sắm trong trung tâm thành phố chỉ bao gồm các cửa hàng nhỏ thì đại trung tâm mua sắm của Gruen lại có quy mô lớn hơn nhiều.
Đáp án A.