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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.
Wherever you are, you're likely to be surrounded by objects made of some kind of plastic material. There are (34)________ types of plastic, each one suitable for a particular use. Thin, flexible plastic is good for making objects such as bags, whereas thick, hard plastic is a useful material for making (35)________objects, and has been used to make very attractive pieces of furniture.
(36)________ plastic has a reputation for being cheap and disposable, in the hands of a good designer, it can be used to make objects of great beauty. As well as offering extremely high quality at a low price, plastic can take almost any shape, colour or consistency.
Plastic can also be seen as an environmentally friendly choice of material. It can be used in place of wood and other materials (37)________ are in short supply in their natural state, and it is also very hard- wearing. A good plastic chair, for example, could (38)________ you a lifetime and when you no longer wanted it, then it would probably be possible to recycle material.
A. Since
B. If
C. Although
D. Because
Wherever you are, you're likely to be surrounded by objects made of some kind of plastic material. There are (34)________ types of plastic, each one suitable for a particular use. Thin, flexible plastic is good for making objects such as bags, whereas thick, hard plastic is a useful material for making (35)________objects, and has been used to make very attractive pieces of furniture.
(36)________ plastic has a reputation for being cheap and disposable, in the hands of a good designer, it can be used to make objects of great beauty. As well as offering extremely high quality at a low price, plastic can take almost any shape, colour or consistency.
Plastic can also be seen as an environmentally friendly choice of material. It can be used in place of wood and other materials (37)________ are in short supply in their natural state, and it is also very hard- wearing. A good plastic chair, for example, could (38)________ you a lifetime and when you no longer wanted it, then it would probably be possible to recycle material.
(Adapted from FCE Plus 2)
The word or phrase which best fits the gap (36) is...A. Since
B. If
C. Although
D. Because
Giải thích:
Kiến thức liên từ:
- since: kể từ khi, bởi vì
- if: nếu
- although: mặc dù
- because + S + V: bởi vì
Tạm dịch: Although plastic has a reputation for being cheap and disposable, in the hands of a good designer, it can be used to make objects of great beauty.
(Mặc dù nhựa có tiếng là rẻ tiền và chỉ dùng được một lần, nhưng trong tay của một nhà thiết kế giỏi, nó có thể được sử dụng để tạo ra những đồ vật có vẻ đẹp tuyệt vời.)
Kiến thức liên từ:
- since: kể từ khi, bởi vì
- if: nếu
- although: mặc dù
- because + S + V: bởi vì
Tạm dịch: Although plastic has a reputation for being cheap and disposable, in the hands of a good designer, it can be used to make objects of great beauty.
(Mặc dù nhựa có tiếng là rẻ tiền và chỉ dùng được một lần, nhưng trong tay của một nhà thiết kế giỏi, nó có thể được sử dụng để tạo ra những đồ vật có vẻ đẹp tuyệt vời.)
Đáp án C.