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.
The story of gold is an adventure involving kings, queens, pirates, explorers, conquerors, and the native people they conquered. Throughout history, gold has (33) _____________a magic spell over those it touched. Gold is beautiful and rare; a soft shiny metal that can be moulded into many shapes. It has been used for money, jewelry, and to decorate special buildings such as palaces and places of worship. (34) _____________the precious metal was discovered, prospectors rushed to mine it, starting new cities and countries as they went. Gold and the people who love it have helped shape the world we live in today. Gold is one of many elements, or substances that cannot be changed by normal chemical means, that are found in the Earth's crust. Gold has a warm, sunny colour and (35) _____________it does not react with air, water, and most chemicals, its shine never fades. In its natural (36) _____________, gold is soft and easily shaped, when heated to 1,062 Celsius it melts and can be poured (37) _____________moulds to form coins, gold bars, and other objects. Stories have been told, movies made and legends born about the discovery of the world's great gold deposits. It is a saga of dreams, greed, ambition and exploration.
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Ta có cụm từ weave a spell (over sb): lôi cuốn, hấp dẫn
Throughout history, gold has woven a magic spell over those it touched.
Tạm dịch. Trong suốt tiến trình lịch sử, vàng có một sức hút thần kì với những ai chạm vào nóMark the letter A, B, C or D on your answer sheet to indicate the correct answer to each of the following questions.
The examination was not very difficult, but it was_____________ long.
Mark the letter A, B, C or Don your answer sheet to indicate the sentence that best combines each pair of sentences in the following questions.
My grandmother is very old. She can’t do the chores herself.
Although he was disabled, he was quite confident the first time he practiced this sport.
Our industrial output_____________from $2 million in 2002 to $4 million this year.
We_____________to take a taxi. Otherwise we’ll be late for the meeting.
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.
Studying all night is good for neither your grades nor your health.
“What I’ve got to say to you now is strictly_____________and most certainly not for publication” said the government to the reporter.
The original World Cup trophy was given permanent to Brazil to honour that country’s record third world cup title in Mexico in 1970.
Sorry for being late. I was_____________in the traffic for more than an hour.
Mark the letter A, B, c, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the word or phrase that is CLOSEST in meaning to the underlined part in each of the following questions.
We had never experienced such discourtesy towards the elderly as it occurred at this center
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 38 to 42.
Tsunami is a Japanese word which means harbour wave and is used as the scientific term for seismic sea wave generated by an undersea earthquake or possibly an undersea landside or volcanic eruption, when the ocean floor is tilted or offset during an earthquake, a set of waves is created similar to the concentric waves generated by an object dropped into the water. Most tsunamis originate along the Ring of Fire, a zone of volcanoes and seismic activity, 32,500 km long that encircles the Pacific Ocean. Since 1819, about 40 tsunamis have struck the Hawaiian Islands.
A tsunami can have wavelengths, or widths, of 100 to 200 km, and may travel hundreds of kilometers across the deep ocean, reaching speeds of about 725 to 800 kilometres an hour. Upon entering shallow coastal waters, the wave, which may have been only about half a metre high out at sea, suddenly grows rapidly. When the wave reaches the shore, it maybe 15 m high or more. Tsunamis have tremendous energy because of the great volume of water affected. They are capable of obliterating coastal settlements.
Tsunamis should nót be confused with storm surges, which are domes of water that rise underneath hurricanes or cyclones and cause extensive coastal flooding when the storms reach land. Storm surges are particularly devastating if they occur at high tide. A cyclone and accompanying storm surge skilled an estimated 500,000 people in Bangladesh in 1970. The tsunami which struck south and southeast Asia in late 2004 killed over 200 thousand people.
What does the word “concentric” in paragraph 1 mean?
