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 (29) is...
A. disconnected
B. withdrew
C. separated
D. parted
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 (29) is...
A. disconnected
B. withdrew
C. separated
D. parted
Đáp án C: separated
Kiến thức kiểm tra: Sự lựa chọn từ đúng động từ
Giải thích chi tiết:
Cấu trúc: "separate from something somebody": chia tách/phân tách ra khỏi ai/ cái gì.
Ý nghĩa cả câu: "Access to the whole shopping mall was gained by using the main doors, which separated the shopping 'streets' from the parking areas outside." - Lối vào toàn bộ đại trung tâm mua sắm chủ yếu bằng cửa chính để chia tách phố mua sắm khỏi khu vực đỗ xe bên ngoài.
Đáp án A, B, D không phù hợp với nghĩa của câu đề bài cho.
A. disconnected (v): ngắt kết nối
B. withdrew (v): rút quân, rút tiền (ra khỏi tài khoản ngân hàng)
D. parted (v): chia tách thành các phần.
Kiến thức kiểm tra: Sự lựa chọn từ đúng động từ
Giải thích chi tiết:
Cấu trúc: "separate from something somebody": chia tách/phân tách ra khỏi ai/ cái gì.
Ý nghĩa cả câu: "Access to the whole shopping mall was gained by using the main doors, which separated the shopping 'streets' from the parking areas outside." - Lối vào toàn bộ đại trung tâm mua sắm chủ yếu bằng cửa chính để chia tách phố mua sắm khỏi khu vực đỗ xe bên ngoài.
Đáp án A, B, D không phù hợp với nghĩa của câu đề bài cho.
A. disconnected (v): ngắt kết nối
B. withdrew (v): rút quân, rút tiền (ra khỏi tài khoản ngân hàng)
D. parted (v): chia tách thành các phần.
Đáp án C.