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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 jits each of the numbered blanks from 31 to 35
MODERN SCIENCE
It seems entirely natural to us that there are teams of scientists in universities and (31) ..........institutions around the world, attempting to discover the way the world works. (32) ............., it hasn’t always been that way. Although the scientific method is now four or five hundred years old, the ancient Greeks, for example, believed that they could (33) ........... the causes of natural events just by the power of thought.
During the 17th century, more and more people began to realize that they could test their scientific ideas by designing a relevant experiment and seeing what happened. A lot of (34) ...... was made in this way by individual scientists. These men and women often worked alone, carrying out research into many different areas of science, and they often received very little (35) ............. for their hard work. At the start of the 20th century, thought, it became clearthat science was becoming more complicated and more expensive. This individual scientist disappeared, to be replaced by highly qualified teams of experts. Modem science was born.
Câu hỏi:(31) ....................
- A. another
- B. every
- C. other
- D. whole
Lời giải tham khảo:
Đáp án đúng: C
University - Đại học, cũng là một loại tổ chức nên ta dùng “other” trước institutions để nói về những tổ chức kiểu tương tự như vậy.
Other + N số nhiều: những cái khác;
Another + N số ít: một cái khác;
Every + N số ít: mọi cái gì;
The whole of something: toàn bộ cái gì.
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- (32) ............., it hasn’t always been that way. Although the scientific method is now four or five hundred years old, the ancient Greeks, for example
- (33) ........... the causes of natural events just by the power of thought.
- A lot of (34) ...... was made in this way by individual scientists.
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