Read the following passage and mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the correct answer to each of the questions from 43 to 50.
The elements other than hydrogen and helium exist in such small quantities that it is accurate to say that the universe is somewhat more than 25 percent helium by weight and somewhat less than 75 percent hydrogen.
Astronomers have measured the abundance of helium throughout our galaxy and in other galaxies as well. Helium has been found in old stars, in relatively young ones, in interstellar gas, and in the distant objects known as quasars. Helium nuclei have also been found to be constituents of cosmic rays that fall on the earth (cosmic rays are not really a form of radiation; they consist of rapidly moving particles of numerous different kinds). It doesn’t seem to make very much difference where the helium is found. Its relative abundance never seems to vary much. In some places, there may be slightly more of it; in others, slightly less, but the ratio of helium to hydrogen nuclei always remains about the same.
Helium is created in stars. In fact, nuclear reactions that convert hydrogen to helium are responsible for most of the energy that stars produce. However, the amount of helium that could have been produced in this manner can be calculated, and it turns out to be no more than a few percent. The universe has not existed long enough for this figure to be significantly greater. Consequently, if the universe is somewhat more than 25 percent helium now, then it must have been about 25 percent helium at a time near the beginning.
However, when the universe was less than one minute old, no helium could have existed. Calculations indicate that before this time temperatures were too high and particles of matter were moving around much too rapidly. It was only after the one- minute point that helium could exist. By this time, the universe had cooled so sufficiently that neutrons and protons could stick together. But the nuclear reactions that led to the formations of helium went on for only relatively short time. By the time the universe was a few minutes old, helium production had effectively ceased
What does the passage mainly explain?
A. Why hydrogen is abundant.
B. How stars produce energy.
C. When most of the helium in the universe was formed.
Đáp án C
Dịch đề bài: Bài đọc này chủ yếu giải thích điều gì?
A. Vì sao Hydro lại nhiều như vậy.
B. Các ngôi sao sinh ra năng lượng thế nào
C. Phần lớn lượng Heli trong vũ trụ được tạo ra thế nào.
D. Sự khác biệt giữa Heli và Hydro.
Câu hỏi ý chính của bài.
* Hướng dẫn làm bài: Đối với loại câu hỏi tìm ý chính/ tiêu đề của đoạn văn, việc cần làm là:
1/ Đọc 2-3 câu đầu tiên của bài vì những câu đó là câu thể hiện chủ đề của bài viết.
2/ Đọc lướt qua nội dung của bài để chắc chắn mình xác định ý chính đúng.
Ở bài này, câu đầu tiên, cũng là đoạn đầu tiên, giới thiệu tỉ lệ giữa Hydro và Heli trong vũ trụ. Các đoạn sau đều dành để nói về nơi có thể tìm thấy Heli (đoạn 2), và Heli được tạo ra thế nào (đoạn 3 và 4). Có thể thấy, phần lớn dung lượng của bài đọc nói về việc Heli trong vũ trụ được tạo ra thế nào.
Vậy nên, đáp án C là phù hợpMark the letter A, B, C or D on your answer sheet to indicate the correct answer to each of the following questions.
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There is still widespread____________against older people in the job market.
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Keith had so interesting and creative plans that everyone wanted to work on his committee.
Everyone thought she would accept the offer. ____________, she turned it down immediately.
Even though she had been studying hard, she had only a____________chance of passing the exam.
This is a rare opportunity. You should take advantage of it to get a better job.
The arrested man is suspected of____________government funds for himself.
Women have proved repeatedly that they are equal and often superior____________men in almost every field.
Most headaches____________with aspirin unless they are too severe.
A paragraph is a portion of a text consists of one or more sentences related to the same idea.
Amy and Jacob are talking about the two-day excursion at the end of the school year. Amy: “You look so sad. ____________”
Jacob: “I couldn’t get my parents’ permission to stay the night away from home.”
Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the word whose underlined part differs from the other three in pronunciation in each of the following questions.
Mark the letter A, B, C or D on your answer sheet to indicate the word that differs from the rest in the position of the main stress in each of the following questions.