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Read the following passage and mark the letter A, B, C or D to indicate the correct word or phrase that best fits each of the numbered blanks from 31 to 35.

GETTING TO THE ROOT OF BONSAI CRIME

Bonsai trees have always been a source of great fascination to people. They are perfect miniatures, grown in pots small enough to sit on a windowsill. You have to keep reminding yourself that these frees are actually real and identical to their larger cousins in all (31) ______except their size. Rather like other small and perfectly-formed artifacts, bonsai trees command quite a high price in the marketplace and so it doesn't come as a great surprise to find that they also (32) ______the attention of thieves. It seems that quite a flourishing business has evolved, in which they are stolen from the homes of growers and collectors, then repotted and trimmed by unscrupulous dealers, to be sold on, at good prices, to (33) ______buyers.

One of Britain's top collectors of bonsai trees, Paul Widdington, believes that he has found a solution, however. After losing his life's work, valued at £250,000, when burglars broke into his home one night, Paul decided to (34) ______the possibilities of electronically tagging the trees he bought as a replacement. This involves injecting a microchip the size of a grain of rice into the trunk of each tree. Each chip is a laser-etched with information which is stored in a central register held by the police. Paul is quite aware that this kind of data-tagging doesn't (35) ______thieves from stealing the trees in the first place, although it may increase the chances of getting them back. So he's also installing a security alarm system complete with infra-red detectors, in his home

điền ô 35

A. preserve

B. prevent

Đáp án chính xác

C. prohibit

D. protect

Trả lời:

verified Giải bởi Vietjack

Đáp án B

A. preserve (V) bảo tồn

B. prevent (v) ngăn chặn, cản trở

C. prohibit (v) cấm

D. protect (v) bảo vệ

Giải thích: prevent ...from ngăn chặn, cản trở không cho ai làm gì, cho cái gì xảy ra.

Phương án A sai nghĩa. Không thể cấm thằng trộm đi trộm đồ nên không dùng C. Nếu dùng D protect thì phải là “protect the trees from being stolen”.

Bài dịch

NGUỒN GỐC NHỮNG KẺ TRỘM CÂY CẢNH

Cây cảnh luôn là niềm cảm hứng lớn với mọi người. Chúng là những mô hình thu nhỏ hoàn hảo, được trồng trong chậu nhỏ, vừa đủ để đặt trên bệ cửa sổ. Bạn phải lưu ý rằng những cây đó là mẫu thật và hoàn toàn giống với những cây to cùng họ ở mọi khía cạnh, ngoại trừ kích thước. Không như dáng vóc nhỏ bé, cây cảnh có giá khá cao trên thị trường và vì vậy, không có gì ngạc nhiên khi chúng thu hút sự chú ý của những tên trộm. Dường như có khá nhiều hình thức thương mại đang phát triển, trong số đó có việc cây bị đánh cắp từ người trồng và người sưu tập, sau đó thay chậu và cắt bởi tỉa bởi những nhà buôn vô đạo đức, và được bán với giá cao, cho những người mua không tỉnh táo.

Một trong những nhà sưu tập cây hàng đầu của nước Anh, Paul Widdington, tin rằng ông đã tìm ra một giải pháp. Sau khi để mất tác phẩm của đời mình, đáng giá £ 250.000, khi kẻ trộm đã đột nhập vào nhà của mình, Paul quyết định thử khả năng của thiết bị điện từ gắn thẻ trên những cây mà anh mua về thay thế. Điều này liên quan đến việc cấy một vi mạch có kích thước bằng một hạt gạo vào thân cây. Mỗi con chip được khắc laze với các thông tin được lưu trữ tại trung tâm tổ chức bởi cảnh sát. Paul biết rõ rằng việc đánh dấu thông tin này không thể ngăn chặn những tên trộm trong lần đầu tiên, nhưng chúng sẽ tăng khả năng tìm lại được chúng. Vì vậy, ông cũng lắp đặt một hệ thống báo động an ninh hoàn chỉnh với các máy dò hồng ngoại trong nhà mình

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