They didn’t think Newton could do it. He was confident.
A. Because they didn’t think Newton could do it, he was confident.
B. They didn’t think Newton could do it because he was confident.
C. They didn’t think Newton could do it no matter how confident he was.
D. If they had thought Newton could do it, he would have been more confident.
Giải bởi Vietjack
Đáp án đúng là: C
no matter how = dù cho như thế nào
Dịch: Họ không nghĩ rằng Newton có thể làm được điều đó cho dù ông ấy có tự tin đến đâu
Questions 11-20. Read the following passage and mark the letter A, B, C, or D to indicate the correct word or phrase that best fits each of the numbered blanks.
Cheap and reliable electric lighting was a holy grail for 19th-century inventors. But didn't Thomas Edison get there first? No! He was beaten (11) ____ it by Britain's very own Joseph Swan, working out of his (12) ____ lab at his house in Gateshead, Swan got his (13) ____ - and started manufacturing and selling his bulbs - in 1880. He developed a tiny lament that used (14) ____ treated cotton, and set it inside an oxygen-free vacuum (15) ____ it wouldn't catch fire when it glowed white-hot.
Swan's first bulbs lasted little more than 12 hours but, unlike gas lamps, there was no name or dirty smoke and they soon (16) ____ on. The impresario Richard d'Oyly Carte (17) ____ the opportunity to make his new Savoy Theatre in London stand (18) ____ - and when it opened the following year it was the first public building in the world (19) ____ electrically throughout. D'Oyly Carte even took to the (20) ____ himself - holding a glowing bulb aloft, he ceremoniously broke it in front of the audience to prove it was safe.
Michael Faraday was employed by the Royal Institution. There, he investigated the connections between electricity, magnetism and motion.
The story of each invention is interwoven with that of the life of its inventor. The lives of inventors furnish materials of the highest educative value.
Dr. Percy Spencer invented the microwave oven. The invention happened by accident.
Scientists and inventors have made significant contributions to the lives of the common people.
Inventors' and engineers' initial ideas rarely solve a problem. Instead, they try different ideas, learn from mistakes, and try again.
Mark the letter A, B, C, or D to indicate the sentence that best combines each pair of sentences given
Engineering is a process for developing solutions to problems. Inventing is a process for creating things that didn't exist before.
Shockley's book describes the research leading to the invention of the transistor.
