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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 of 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 of 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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Giải bởi Vietjack
Đáp án C
“they” được thay thế cho sticks trong vế trước: We do not know exactly when or how people first used fire. Perhaps, many ages ago, they found that sticks would burn
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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
Thông tin ở 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.
Con người thời xa xưa tạo ra nhiệt hoặc lửa nhờ hoàn toàn 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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Lời giải của GV VietJack
Đáp án D
Thông tin ở câu thứ 2 của đoạn thứ 4: They melted resins and dipped branches in the liquid to make torches that lit their homes at night. (Họ làm tan chảy nhựa và nhúng cành cây trong chất lỏng để làm ngọn đuốc thắp sáng nhà vào ban đêm.)
Câu 4:
is mentioned in the passage that before the electric lamp was invented
is mentioned in the passage that before the electric lamp was invented
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Lời giải của GV VietJack
Đáp án C
Thông tin ở 2 câu đầu của 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.
TRước khi đèn điện được phát minh thì nến, sau đó là đèn dầu được sử dụng
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
“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
Thông tin ở câu đầu của đoạn 2: We do not know exactly when or how people first used fire.
Chúng ta không biết rõ khi nào và bằng cách nào con người lần đầu tiên sử dụng lửa
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
gloomy = nearly dark: một cách tối tăm
(ngoài ra còn có một nghĩa nữa là: u sầu, làm cho ai đó buồn sầu)
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
Thông tin ở câu đầu đoạn 5: There was no lighting in city streets (Không có điện trên đường phố London cho đến khi có sự ra đời của gas, của đèn điện) => Link boys không sử dụng đèn mà chỉ sử dụng “torches of burning material” (đuốc từ đốt cháy các vật liệu)
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