The word “gouging” in the fourth paragraph most probably means ____________.
A. rising
B. reducing
C. stabilizing
D. remaining
Chọn đáp án A
Từ “gouging” trong đoạn 4 có thể có nghĩa là _____________.
A. rise /raɪz/ (v): tăng lên
B. reduce /rɪˈduːs/ (v): giảm xuống
C. stabilize /ˈsteɪbəlaɪz/ (v): làm cho ổn định, không thể thay đổi
D. remain /rɪˈmeɪn/ (v): vẫn, giữ nguyên (không thay đổi)
=> Căn cứ trong ngữ cảnh câu chứa từ:
“In addition, the government has warned against panic buying and has taken action against businesses engaged in price gouging.” (Ngoài ra, chính phủ đã cảnh báo chống lại việc mua bán hoảng loạn và đã có những hành động chống lại các doanh nghiệp tham gia vào việc khoét giá (tăng giá một cách thiếu công bằng, hợp lý để chuộc lợi).)
=> Ta có: gouge /ɡaʊdʒ/ (v): tăng lên (giá cả) ~ rise
We were banned from entering this area for _____________ reasons.
When the pregnant woman got on the bus, one of the young men stood up and _______ room for her.
There's a shortage of cheap accommodation in this city of five million __________.
Farmers ___________ into big cities to find work when the harvest time is up.
A lot of people have ignored the warning of air pollution__________ health problems.
Many patients think optimistically. They are never in the ______of death.
Câu 5: Your brother is living in HCM city, ___________?
Mark the letter A, B, C or D on your answer sheet to indicate the sentence that best combines each pair of sentences in the following questions.
Câu 49: He was an incompetent director. The company lost a lot of money.
My mother says that we__________ the party in the garden if the weather is good.
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.
Daddy, how can I ___________ so little money? Please send me some more money.
The topic is very interesting and I'd like to continue it but we're all __________ time.
- “Waiter! I’d like the menu, please.”
- “_____________”