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It is hard to think of a world without gas or electricity. Both are commonly used for lighting and heating today. We now can instantly flick a lighter or strike a match to make a flame. But it was not long ago that there were no such things as matches or lighters. To make fire, it was necessary to strike a piece of iron on flint for sparks to ignite some tinder. If the tinder was damp, or the flint old, you had to borrow some fire from a neighbor.
We do not know exactly when or how people first used fire. Perhaps, many ages ago, they found that sticks would burn if they were dropped into some hole where melted lava from a volcano lay boiling. They brought the lighted sticks back to make their fire in a cave. Or, they may have seen trees catch fire through being struck by lightning, and used the trees to start their own fires.
Gradually people learned they could start a fire without traveling far to find flames. They rubbed two pieces ot wood together. This method was used for thousands of years.
When people became used to making fires with which to cook food and stay warm at night, they found that certain resins or gums from trees burnt longer and brighter. They melted resins and dipped branches in the liquid to make torches that lit their homes at night. Iron stands in which torches used to be fixed can still be seen in old buildings of Europe.
There was no lighting in city streets until gas lamps, and then electric lamps were installed. Boys ran about London at night carrying torches of burning material. They were called torch boys, or link boys, and earned a living by guiding visitors to friends’ houses at night.
For centuries homes were lit by candles until oil was found. Even then, oil lamps were no more effective than a cluster of candles. We read about the splendors and marvels of ancient palaces and castles, but we forget that they must have been gloomy and murky places at night.
What does “they” refer to?
It is hard to think of a world without gas or electricity. Both are commonly used for lighting and heating today. We now can instantly flick a lighter or strike a match to make a flame. But it was not long ago that there were no such things as matches or lighters. To make fire, it was necessary to strike a piece of iron on flint for sparks to ignite some tinder. If the tinder was damp, or the flint old, you had to borrow some fire from a neighbor.
We do not know exactly when or how people first used fire. Perhaps, many ages ago, they found that sticks would burn if they were dropped into some hole where melted lava from a volcano lay boiling. They brought the lighted sticks back to make their fire in a cave. Or, they may have seen trees catch fire through being struck by lightning, and used the trees to start their own fires.
Gradually people learned they could start a fire without traveling far to find flames. They rubbed two pieces ot wood together. This method was used for thousands of years.
When people became used to making fires with which to cook food and stay warm at night, they found that certain resins or gums from trees burnt longer and brighter. They melted resins and dipped branches in the liquid to make torches that lit their homes at night. Iron stands in which torches used to be fixed can still be seen in old buildings of Europe.
There was no lighting in city streets until gas lamps, and then electric lamps were installed. Boys ran about London at night carrying torches of burning material. They were called torch boys, or link boys, and earned a living by guiding visitors to friends’ houses at night.
For centuries homes were lit by candles until oil was found. Even then, oil lamps were no more effective than a cluster of candles. We read about the splendors and marvels of ancient palaces and castles, but we forget that they must have been gloomy and murky places at night.
What does “they” refer to?
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Đáp án C
Dẫn chứng trong bài đọc: “ We do not know exactly when or how people first used fire. Perhaps, many ages ago, they found that sticks would burn if they were dropped into some hole ...” (Chúng ta không biết chính xác lúc nào hay bằng cách nào mà con người sử dụng lửa. Có lẽ, cách đây rất lâu, họ phát hiện ra que củi sẽ cháy nếu chúng rơi vào hố mà...)
Vậy: they = sticks
Câu hỏi cùng đoạn
Câu 2:
According to the passage the first fire used by people was probably obtained _______.
According to the passage the first fire used by people was probably obtained _______.
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Lời giải của GV VietJack
Đáp án C
Dẫn chứng trong đoạn 2:
“Perhaps, many ages ago, they found that sticks would burn if they were dropped into some hole where melted lava from a volcano lay boiling. They brought the lighted sticks back to make their fire in a cave. Or, they may have seen trees catch fire through being struck by lightning, and used the trees to start their own fires.”
Điều này có nghĩa là từ thời xưa con người tạo ra lửa nhờ vào tự nhiên
Câu 3:
It is stated in the passage that torches for lighting were made from ______.
It is stated in the passage that torches for lighting were made from ______.
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Đáp án D
Dẫn chứng ở đoạn 4: “When people became used to making fires with which to cook food and stay warm at night, they found that certain resins or gums from trees burnt longer and brighter. They melted resins and dipped branches in the liquid to make torches that lit their homes at night.” (Khi con người đã quen với việc tạo ra lửa để nấu ăn và sưởi ấm vào ban đêm thì họ phát hiện ra nhựa cây đốt cháy được lâu hơn và sáng hơn, Họ làm tan chảy nhựa cây và nhúng cành cây trong chất lỏng để làm ngọn đuốc thắp sáng nhà vào ban đêm)
Câu 4:
It is mentioned in the passage that before the electric lamp was invented, ________.
It is mentioned in the passage that before the electric lamp was invented, ________.
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Lời giải của GV VietJack
Đáp án C
Theo thông tin được để cập trong bài đọc thì trước khi đèn điện được phát minh thì _______.
A. đèn dầu rồi sau đó nến được sử dụng
B. nến và đèn dầu xuất hiện cùng một lúc
C. nến rồi sau đó đèn dầu được sử dụng
D. con người không sử dụng bất cứ hình thức thắp sáng nào trong nhà
Dẫn chứng ở đoạn cuối: “For centuries homes were lit by candles until oil was found. Even
then, oil lamps were no more effective than a cluster of candles.”
Câu 5:
The word “splendors” in the passage could be best replaced by which of the following?
The word “splendors” in the passage could be best replaced by which of the following?
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Lời giải của GV VietJack
Đáp án D
“We read about the splendors and marvels of ancient palaces and castles, but we forget that they must have been gloomy and murky places at night.” (Chúng ta biết được về những vật lộng lẫy của cung điện và lâu đài, nhưng quên rằng đó chắc hẳn là những nơi tối tăm và ảm đạm vào ban đêm.)
Phía sau từ “but” có những từ như “gloomy, murky” (tối tăm, ảm đảm) nên phía trước phải có nghĩa trái ngược.
Vậy: splendors = the beautiful and impressive features: vật rực rỡ, lộng lẫy
Câu 6:
According to the passage, which of the following sentence is NOT true?
According to the passage, which of the following sentence is NOT true?
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Lời giải của GV VietJack
Đáp án A
B. đúng theo Dẫn chứng trong bài dọc: “There was no lighting in city streets until gas lamps, and then electric lamps were installed. Boys ran about London at night carrying torches of burning material.”
C. đúng theo Dẫn chứng trong bà đọc: “To make fire, it was necessary to strike a piece of iron on flint for sparks to ignite some tinder”
D. đúng theo Dẫn chứng trong bài đọc: “But it was not long ago that there were no such things as matches or lighters”
A. không đúng theo Dẫn chứng trong bài đọc: “We do not know exactly when or how people first used fire.”
Câu 7:
The word “gloomy” in the passage is closest in meaning to ________.
The word “gloomy” in the passage is closest in meaning to ________.
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Lời giải của GV VietJack
Đáp án A
A. tối tăm
B. được trang trí tệ
C. có nhiều màu trắng
D. huyến bí
Thông tin trong bài đọc: “We read about the splendors and marvels of ancient palaces and castles, but we forget that they must have been gloomy and murky places at night.” (Chúng ta biết được về những vật lộng lẫy của cung điện và lâu đài, nhưng quên rằng đó chắc hẳn là những nơi tối tăm và ảm đạm vào ban đêm.)
Vậy gloomy” ~ nearly dark
Câu 8:
What form of street lighting was used in London when link boys used to work there?
What form of street lighting was used in London when link boys used to work there?
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Lời giải của GV VietJack
Đáp án B
Dẫn chứng trong bài đọc: “There was no lighting in city streets until gas lamps, and then electric lamps were installed. Boys ran about London at night carrying torches of burning material.” (Không có điện trên đường phố cho đến khi có sự ra đời của đèn gas, đèn điện. Các cậu bé chạy khắp thành phố Luân Đôn vào ban đêm mang theo những bó đuốc từ việc đốt cháy các vật liệu)
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- Electricity / ,el.ik'trisəti / (n): điện - Flick /flik/ (v): đánh nhẹ, gõ nhẹ. búng - Strike /straik/ (v): đánh, đập - Match / mæt∫ / (n): que diêm - Flame / fleim / (n): ngọn lửa - Flint /flint/ (n): đá lửa - Ignite /ig'nait/ (v): đốt cháy - Tinder /'tindər/ (n): bùi nhùi (để nhóm lửa) - Stick /stik/ (n): que củi - Lava /'lɑ:.va/ (n): dung nham - Volcano / vɒl'keinəu / (n): núi lửa - Cave /keiv/ (n): hang động |
- Wood /wʊd/ (n): gỗ - Resin / 'rezin/ (n): nhựa (cây) - Torch / 'tɔ:t/ (n): ngọn đuốc - Iron /'aiən/ (n): sắt - Lamp /læmp/ (n): đèn - Install /in'stɔ:l / (v): lắp đặt - Candle /'kændəl / (n): ngọn nến - Ancient / 'ein∫ənt / (adj): cổ xưa - Palace /'pælis/ (n): cung điện - Castle /'kɑ:səl/ (n): lâu dài - Murky / 'mə:ki/ (adj): tối tăm, u ám
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