Kiến thức: Từ vựng
Giải thích:
A. picked up (v-ed): đón B. plucked up (v-ed): chộp, kéo, giật, …
C. took up (v-ed): đảm nhiệm, tiếp nhận D. held up (v-ed): trì hoãn
pluck up the courage to do something: lấy dũng khí, can đảm để làm gì
Unless the local authorities have not yet (26) plucked up the courage to ban most traffic from the streets, in which case the city center is congested by day, and a gigantic car park by night.
Tạm dịch: Trừ khi chính quyền địa phương vẫn chưa lấy được dũng khí để cấm hầu hết việc đi lại ở các con đường, trong trường hợp đó thì trung tâm thành phố vẫn bị tắc nghẽn vào ban ngày và là một bãi đậu xe khổng lồ vào ban đêm.
Chọn B
His arrival was completely unexpected. (took)
=> ...........................................................................................................................................
The minister was interrupted just after starting his speech.
=> Hardly ..............................................................................................................................
The car burst into ....................... but the driver managed to escape.
As I think about the problem more, I become more worried about it.
=> The more ...........................................................................................................................
A country cannot be prosperous if it’s not quite independent.
=> Only ..................................................................................................................................
Listen to a small talk about Hacking and decide if the following sentences are True (T) or False (F).
Question 36: Now we don’t need to be aware of hacking. ______
Question 37: Hacking has turned into a major crime. ______
Question 38: Hackers cannot break into top secret government computers to steal classified information. ________
Question 39: Many spies are using hackers to get the information they want. ______
Question 40: It’s not really important to keep your security up to date on your computer. ______
Choose the word whose underlined part is pronounced differently from the others.
Of all the paintings in the gallery, it was this one that really ................ my eye.