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Read the following passage and indicate the correct word for each of the blanks.

Getting to the root of Bonsai crime Bonsai trees have always been a source of great fascination to people. They are perfect miniatures, grown in pots small enough to sit on a windowsill. You have to keep reminding yourself that these trees are (1) _____ real and identical to their larger cousins in all respects except their size. Rather like other small and perfectly-formed artifacts, bonsai trees (2) _____ quite a high price in the marketplace and so it doesn’t come as a great surprise to find that they also attractthe attention of thieves. It seems that quite a flourishing business has (3) _____, in which they are stolen from the homes of growers and collectors, then repotted and trimmed by unscrupulous dealers, to be sold on, at good prices, to unsuspectingbuyers.One of Britain’s top collectors of bonsai trees, Paul Widdington, believes that he has found a solution, however. After losing his life’s work, (4) _____ at £250,000, when burglars broke into his home one night, Paul decided to (5) _____ the possibilities of electronically tagging the trees he bought as a replacement. This (6) _____ injecting a microchip the size of a (7) _____ of rice into the trunk of each tree. Each chip is a laser-etched with information which is (8) _____ in a central register held by the police. Paul is quite aware that this kind of data-tagging doesn’t prevent thieves from stealing the trees in the first (9) _____, although it may increase the (10) _____ of getting them back. So he’s also installinga security alarm system, complete with infra-red detectors, in his home.

You have to keep reminding yourself that these trees are (1) _____ real and identical to their larger cousins in all respects except their size. 

A. deeply
B. eventually
C. actually
D. greatly

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Đáp án: C

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Câu 2:

Rather like other small and perfectly-formed artifacts, bonsai trees (2) _____ quite a high price in the marketplace and so it doesn’t come as a great surprise to find that they also attractthe attention of thieves.

A. obtain
B. expect
C. command
D. charge

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Đáp án: C

Câu 3:

It seems that quite a flourishing business has (3) _____, in which they are stolen from the homes of growers and collectors, then repotted and trimmed by unscrupulous dealers, to be sold on, at good prices, to unsuspectingbuyers.

A. erupted
B. evolved
C. adapted
D. arrived

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Đáp án: B
 

Câu 4:

After losing his life’s work, (4) _____ at £250,000, when burglars broke into his home one night

A. prized
B. treasured
C. valued
D. costed

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Đáp án: C

Câu 5:

Paul decided to (5) _____ the possibilities of electronically tagging the trees he bought as a replacement

A. look into
B. set about
C. try out
D. go after

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Đáp án: A

Câu 6:

This (6) _____ injecting a microchip the size of a (7) _____ of rice into the trunk of each tree.

A. requires
B. includes
C. involves
D. reflects

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Đáp án: C

Câu 7:

This (6) _____ injecting a microchip the size of a (7) _____ of rice into the trunk of each tree.

A. crumb
B. speck
C. bean
D. grain

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Đáp án: D

Câu 8:

Each chip is a laser-etched with information which is (8) _____ in a central register held by the police.

A. stored
B. detained
C. locked
D. piled

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Đáp án: A
 
 

Câu 9:

Paul is quite aware that this kind of data-tagging doesn’t prevent thieves from stealing the trees in the first (9) _____,

A. turn
B. time
C. point
D. place

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Đáp án: D

Câu 10:

although it may increase the (10) _____ of getting them back.

A. counts
B. chances
C. choices
D. claims

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Đáp án: B

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Câu 1

A. The microbe hunters
B. The potential of genetic engineering
C. The progress of modern medical research
D. The discovery of enzymes

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Đáp án: C

Câu 3

A. stop
B. begin
C. evoke
D. continue

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Câu 4

A. beginnings
B. makings
C. looks
D. talents

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Câu 6

A. The decline of TV today
B. Benefits of TV today
C. TV and culture
D. Why “24” became I hot

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