Câu hỏi:
19/03/2020 461Read the following passage and mark the letter A, B, C or D to indicate the correct word or phrase that best fits each of the numbered blanks from 31 to 35.
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 frees are actually real and identical to their larger cousins in all (31) ______except their size. Rather like other small and perfectly-formed artifacts, bonsai trees command quite a high price in the marketplace and so it doesn't come as a great surprise to find that they also (32) ______the attention of thieves. It seems that quite a flourishing business has evolved, 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 (33) ______buyers.
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, valued at £250,000, when burglars broke into his home one night, Paul decided to (34) ______the possibilities of electronically tagging the trees he bought as a replacement. This involves injecting a microchip the size of a grain of rice into the trunk of each tree. Each chip is a laser-etched with information which is stored in a central register held by the police. Paul is quite aware that this kind of data-tagging doesn't (35) ______thieves from stealing the trees in the first place, although it may increase the chances of getting them back. So he's also installing a security alarm system complete with infra-red detectors, in his home.
Question 32
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Trả lời:
Đáp án A
A. attract (v) thu hút
B. inquire (v) yêu cầu
C. appeal to sb (v) được ai đó yêu thích [Ví dụ: This kind of clothes appeals to me]
D. invite (v) mời
Giải thích: attract attention: thu hút sự chú ý
Đã bán 152
Đã bán 114
Đã bán 132
Đã bán 47
CÂU HỎI HOT CÙNG CHỦ ĐỀ
Câu 1:
Mark the letter A, B, C or D to indicate the most suitable response to complete each of the following exchanges.
Question 20: Mai and Lan are friends. Lan asks Mai about Mai's plan. Select the most suitable response to fill in the blank.
Lan: “Are you going to see the live show by Son Tung today?”
Mai: “__________”.
Câu 2:
Mark the letter A, B, C or D to indicate the correct answer to each of the following questions.
Question 13: I'm thinking of changing my job because there are few _____ of promotion.
Câu 3:
Mark the letter A, B, C or D to indicate the correct answer to each of the following questions.
Question 12: I__________ the bell three times when he answered the door.
Câu 4:
Mark the letter A, B, C or D to indicate the correct answer to each of the following questions.
Question 17: Tom is _____ with his teacher because he didn't do any assignments.
Câu 5:
Mark the letter A, B, C or D to indicate the correct answer to each of the following questions.
Question 8: That Marie was able to retire at the age of 50 __________.
Câu 6:
Mark the letter A, B, C or D to indicate the underlined part that needs correction in each of the following questions.
Question 5: She was anxious about the interview because she failed three interviews before.
A B C D
Câu 7:
Mark the letter A, B, C or D to indicate the sentence that best combines each pair of sentences in the following questions.
Question 29: I whispered. I didn't want anybody else to hear our conversation.
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