Read the following passage and mark the letter A, B, C or D on your answer sheet to indicate the correct word for each of the blanks from 33 to 37.
Left-handers are the odd ones out. Sure, lefties (33) _____________up about 10 percent of the population - but, frankly, it seems like society has forgotten about them. Just consider all of the right-handed gadgets, awkwardly designed desks, and cooking tools that fit comfortably only in your right hand, what (34) _____________someone to become a lefthand? Scientists aren’t exactly sure, but research points to a complex (35) _____________between genes and environment.
While no exact set of “leftie genes” have been discovered, people who dominantly use their left hands do have more left-handed family members. And researchers have found different brain wirings in righties vs. lefties. But no matter (36) _____________it is that drives someone to use their antipodal paw, science has also uncovered a particular set of personality traits that lefthanded people tend to have. So for all of you lefties, leftie-loving righties, and ambidextrous folks out there - it’s time to brush up on your left-handed knowledge and help (37) _____________an end to leftie discrimination once and for all.
Giải bởi Vietjack
Đáp án D
Ta thấy đằng sau chỗ trống là số phần trăm nên có thể đoán là chiếm bao nhiêu phần trăm. Để diễn đạt điều này có một Phrasal verb đó là make up - chiếm. Phương án A và B không đi với giới từ up.
Hold up : vẫn giữ vững, làm trì trệ, làm tắc nghẽn → loại vì không phù hợp về nghĩa.
Consist thường đi với giới từ of: bao gồm
Account thường đi với giới từ for: chiếm
→ Chọn đáp án D
Trích bài: Left-handers are the odd ones out. Sure, lefties make up about 10 percent of the population - but, frankly, it seems like society has forgotten about them.
Tạm dịch: Những người thuận tay trái là những người khác biệt. Chắc chắn rằng những người thuận tay trái chiếm 10% dân số - nhưng thẳng thắn mà nói, có vẻ như xã hội đã quên về họ.Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the correct answer to each of the following questions.
I demand to know how this vase_____________, and no one is leaving till I find out.
Mark the letter A, B, C or D on your answer sheet to indicate the sentence that is closest in meaning to each of the following questions.
“Please, let my child go!” she begged the kidnapper.
Just think! Next month you’ll be_____________and it seems like only yesterday you were a baby.
John is feeling_____________because he hasn’t had enough sleep recently.
Transgender people are denied the ability to join the armed forces due to discriminating policies implemented by the government.
Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the word or phrase that is OPPOSITE in meaning to the underlined part in each of the following questions.
Later a wine reception will be followed by a concert before guests tuck into a banquet.
The biologists have found more than one thousand types of butterflies in the forest, _____________its special characteristics.
Mark the letter A, B, C or D on you answer sheet to indicate the word whose underlined part differs from the other three in pronunciation in each of the following questions.
The natives were angry when foreigners came to their country and took over their land.
The online game “Dumb ways to die” quickly_____________with young people after being released in 2013.
