Geologists are using modern technology to_____________.
C. measure the accuracy of earthquakes D. control ground slippage
A.help predict earthquakes
B. enhance their reputations
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Chọn đáp án A
Các nhà địa chất đang sử dụng công nghệ hiện đại để_____________.
A. giúp dự đoán động đấtB. nâng cao danh tiếng của họ
C. đo độ chính xác của động đấtD. kiểm soát trượt đất
Thông tin trong bài: "Geologists would like to be able to predict earthquakes accurately. Using laser beams, seismographs, gravity-measuring devices, and radio telescopes, they are presently studying the San Andreas Fault to determine the rate of strain and the amount of ground slippage." (Các nhà địa chất muốn có thể dự đoán chính xác các trận động đất. Sử dụng chùm tia laze, máy ghi địa chấn, thiết bị đo trọng lực và kính viễn vọng vô tuyến, họ hiện đang nghiên cứu vết đứt gãy San Andreas để xác định tốc độ biến dạng và lượng trượt mặt đất.)
Read the following passage and mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the correct word or phrase that best fits each of the numbered blanks from 26 to 30.
Horses and donkeys were (26) _____________comparatively late compared with other animals, probably around 4000 BC in Western Asia. By that time, people in many parts of the world were no longer (27) _____________on hunting and gathering their food, but had become nomadic stockbreeders or settled farmers, raising livestock such as cattle, sheep and goats and, in the static communities, growing and harvesting food plants.
They still hunted wild game, but could now do so with the (28) _____________of domestic dogs, the close animal companions who also helped them to protect and control their flocks and herds. Their needs for meat, milk, skins and wool were being met, and it may not have been immediately obvious to them that the horse had anything more to offer than the occasional (29) _____________of the chase and a different type of meat. The horse did have something more to offer. It had the potential to bring about nothing less than a revolution (30) _____________power and transport, a dramatic development that transformed the ability of humans to wage war.
Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the word(s) CLOSEST in meaning to the underlined word(s) in each of the following questions.
The sales clerk was totally bewilderedby the customer's behavior.
Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the option that best completes each of the following exchanges.
Ken and Laura are saying goodbye to each other after going to LOTTE Center. And they are going to have a date with each other later.
Laura: "Well, it's getting late. Maybe we could get together sometime." - Ken:" _____________"
A. Nice to see back you.B. Take it easy.
How do you feel during the first stage of culture shock?
A. Lonely and depressedB. Bored and homesick
Tom no longer smokes a lot.
C. Tom didn't use to smoke a lot.D. Tom rarely smoked a lot.
Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the word that differs from the other three in the position of primary stress in each of the following questions.
Their needs for meat, milk, skins and wool were being met, and it may not have been immediately obvious to them that the horse had anything more to offer than the occasional (29) _____________of the chase and a different type of meat.
Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the word that differs from the other three in the position of primary stress in each of the following questions.
They still hunted wild game, but could now do so with the (28) _____________of domestic dogs, the close animal companions who also helped them to protect and control their flocks and herds.
The Chinese predicted an earthquake by_____________.
A. employing amateur seismologistsB. observing professional geologists
By that time, people in many parts of the world were no longer (27) _____________on hunting and gathering their food, but had become nomadic stockbreeders or settled farmers, raising livestock such as cattle, sheep and goats and, in the static communities, growing and harvesting food plants.
