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Read the following passage and mark the letter A, B, C, or D to indicate the best option for each of the blanks.

Why do people like to chew gum? Some people say they like the taste. (46) ________say they can think better if they chew gum. Some people chew it when they have some boring work to do. Others chew gum when they are nervous.

Gum is a mixture of things. For many years gum companies made gum from chicle. Chicle is a natural gum from a tree in Mexico and Central America. Now companies use plastic and rubber made from petroleum (47) ________of chicle.

Gum must be soft so that you can chew it. A softener keeps it soft. The gum company makes the softener from vegetable oil. A sweetener makes the gum sweet. The sweetener is usually sugar. Then the company (48) ________the flavor.

Thomas Adams made the first gum from chicle in 1836. However, chewing gum was not new. The Greeks chewed gum from a tree (49) ________2,000 years ago. Mayan Indians in Mexico chewed chicle. Indians in the Northeastern United States taught Europeans to chew gum from a tree there.

People first made bubble gum in 1928. Children like to (50) ________bubble with bubble gum. Some university students do too.

Điền vào câu 47

A. aside

B. apart

C. inside

D. instead

Đáp án chính xác

Trả lời:

verified Giải bởi Vietjack

Đáp án D

Ta có :

- aside from : ngoài ra, trừ ra                               - apart from: ngoài ra

- inside of: trong vòng                                          - instead of: Thay vì, thay cho

Dịch: “Ngày nay các công ty sử dụng  chất dẻo và cao su được làm từ dầu mỏ thay vì dùng loại chất đặc biệt đó.”

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