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.
Why read books?
Is it worth reading books, (27)_________ nowadays there are so many other forms of entertainment? Some people say that even paperback books are expensive, and not everyone can borrow books from a library. They might add that television is more exciting and that viewers can relax as they watch their favourite (28)_________. All that may be true, but books are still very popular. They encourage the reader to use his or her imagination for a start. You can read a chapter of a book, or just a few pages, and then stop. Of course, it may be so (29)_________ that you can't stop! There are many different kinds of books, so you can choose a crime novel or an autobiography, or a book (30)_________ gives you interesting information. If you find it hard to choose, you can read reviews, or ask friends for ideas. Personally, I can't do without books, but I can (31)_________ up television easily enough. You can't watch television at bus stops!
The word or phrase which best fits the gap (31) is...
A. pick
B. look
C. give
D. turn
Why read books?
Is it worth reading books, (27)_________ nowadays there are so many other forms of entertainment? Some people say that even paperback books are expensive, and not everyone can borrow books from a library. They might add that television is more exciting and that viewers can relax as they watch their favourite (28)_________. All that may be true, but books are still very popular. They encourage the reader to use his or her imagination for a start. You can read a chapter of a book, or just a few pages, and then stop. Of course, it may be so (29)_________ that you can't stop! There are many different kinds of books, so you can choose a crime novel or an autobiography, or a book (30)_________ gives you interesting information. If you find it hard to choose, you can read reviews, or ask friends for ideas. Personally, I can't do without books, but I can (31)_________ up television easily enough. You can't watch television at bus stops!
The word or phrase which best fits the gap (31) is...
A. pick
B. look
C. give
D. turn
Clue: "but I can_______up television easily enough."
Phân tích: Ta có phrasal verb: give up là từ bỏ, thôi không làm gì nữa. Nên đáp án đúng là C. give.
Các đáp án khác không đúng:
pick up sth: trả lời điện thoại, nhận tín hiệu điện tử/ âm thanh, dọn phòng
Ex: The phone rang and rang and nobody picked up.
We were able to pick up the BBC World Service.
look up sth: tra cứu. Ex: Can you look up the opening times on the website?
turn up sth: tìm cái gì, vặn to lên, khâu gấu quần/ gấu áo lên cho nó ngắn lại
Ex: Our efforts to trace him turned up nothing. The music was turned up loud.
Phân tích: Ta có phrasal verb: give up là từ bỏ, thôi không làm gì nữa. Nên đáp án đúng là C. give.
Các đáp án khác không đúng:
pick up sth: trả lời điện thoại, nhận tín hiệu điện tử/ âm thanh, dọn phòng
Ex: The phone rang and rang and nobody picked up.
We were able to pick up the BBC World Service.
look up sth: tra cứu. Ex: Can you look up the opening times on the website?
turn up sth: tìm cái gì, vặn to lên, khâu gấu quần/ gấu áo lên cho nó ngắn lại
Ex: Our efforts to trace him turned up nothing. The music was turned up loud.
Đáp án C.