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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 answer to each of the question.

  Rachel Carson was bom in 1907 in Springsdale, Pennsylvania. She studied biology in college and zoology at Johns Hopkins University, where she received her master’s degree in 1933. In 1936, she was hired by the US Fish and Wildlife Service, where she worked most of her life.

  Carson’s first book, Under the Sea Wind, was published in 1941. It received excellent reviews, but sales were poor until it was reissued in 1952. In that year, she published The Sea Around Us, which provided a fascinating look beneath the ocean’s surface, emphasizing human history as well as geology and marine biology. Her imagery and language had a poetic quality. Carson consulted no less than 1, 000 printed sources. She had voluminous correspondence and frequent discussions with experts in the field. However, she always realized the limitations of her non-technical readers.

          In 1962, Carson published Silence Spring, a book that sparked considerable controversy. It proved how much harm was done by the uncontrolled, reckless use of insecticides. She detailed how they poison the food supply of animals, kill birds, and contaminate human food. At that time, spokesmen for the chemical industry mounted personal attacks against Carson and issued propaganda to indicate that her findings were flawed. However, her work was vindicated by a 1963 report of the President’s Science Advisory Committee.

Which of the following was not mentioned in the passage as a source of information for The Sea Around Us?

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Đáp án D.

Key words: not mentioned, as a source of information for The Sea Around Us.

Clues: “Carson consulted no less than 1, 000 printed sources. She has voluminous correspondence and frequent discussions with experts in the field.”, Câu trên đều có đề cập đến A. Printed matter, B. Talks with experts C. Letters from scientists, nhưng không đề cập gì đến D. A research expedition.

Vậy đáp án D là đúng theo yêu cầu.

CÂU HỎI HOT CÙNG CHỦ ĐỀ

Lời giải

Đáp án C.

To do away with sth = to get rid of sth = eliminate = wipe out: tống khứ, giải thoát cho ai, cái gì.

Ex: She thinks it’s time we did away with the monarchy: Cô y nghĩ đã đến lúc chúng ta phế bỏ nền quân chủ.

MEMORIZE

to do away with sb/ oneself: tự tử, kết tiễu ai.

Ex: She tried to do away with herself: Cô ấy toan tự tử

Câu 2

Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the sentence that is closest in meaning to each of the following questions.

It was wrong of you to criticize your son before his friends left.

Lời giải

Đáp án C.

Tạm dịch: Bạn đã sai khi la mắng con mình trước khi mấy đứa bạn của nó ra về.

Cấu trúc: It + be + wrong of sb to do sth: Đó là sai lầm của ai đó khi làm gì.

Đáp án A, B và D sai về nghĩa.

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Câu 4

Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the sentence that is closest in meaning to each of the following questions.

The number of accidents has gone down steadily since the speed limit was imposed.

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