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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 questions from 35 to 42.
Public holidays in the United Kingdom, commonly referred to as bank holidays, are days where most businesses and non – essential services are closed although an increasing number of retail businesses (especially the larger ones) do open on some of the public holidays. There are restrictions on trading on Sundays and Christmas Day. Four public holidays are common to all countries of the United Kingdom. These are: New Year's Day, the first Monday in May, Christmas Day, and Boxing Day. Some banks open on some bank holidays. In Scotland, while New Year's Day and Christmas Day are national holidays, other bank holidays are not necessarily public holidays, since the Scots instead observe traditional local customs and practice for their public holidays. In Northern Ireland, once again, bank holidays other than New Year's Day and Christmas Day are not necessarily public holidays. Good Friday and Christmas Day are common law holidays, except in Scotland, where they are bank holidays. In Scotland the holiday on 1 January (or 2 January if 1 January is Sunday) is statutory, and 25 December is also a statutory holiday (or 26 December if Christmas Day falls on a Sunday). Boxing Day is a holiday traditionally celebrated the day following Christmas Day, when servants and tradesmen would receive gifts, known as a "Christmas box", from their
bosses or employers. Today, Boxing Day is the bank holiday that generally takes place on 26 December. And 28 December only is given if Boxing Day is Saturday.
Like Denmark, the United Kingdom has no national day holiday marked or celebrated for its formal founding date. Increasingly, there are calls for public holidays on the patron saints' days in England, Scotland and Wales. An online petition sent to the Prime Minister received 11,000 signatures for a public holiday in Wales on St. David's Day; the Scottish Parliament has passed a bill creating a public holiday on St. Andrew's Day although it must be taken in place of another public holiday; campaigners in England are calling for a bank holiday on St. George's Day; and in Cornwall, there are calls for a public holiday on St. Piran's Day
The word “calls” in paragraph 2 is closest in meaning to ______.

A. requests

B. yells

C. protests

D. approvals

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Trả lời:

Giải bởi Vietjack

Chọn A

Kiến thức: Đọc hiểu

Giải thích:

Từ “calls” trong đoạn 2 gần nghĩa nhất với từ

A. requests (n): những yêu cầu

B. yells (n): tiếng la hét

C. protests (n): những phản đối

D. approvals (n): những chấp nhận, phê chuẩn

Thông tin: Increasingly, there are calls for public holidays on the patron saints' days in England, Scotland and Wales.

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A. Since

B. Although

C. Despite

D. Because of

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The South of England is drier than the North

A. The South of England is not as dry as the North

B. It is drier in the North than in the South of England

C. It is not so dry in the North as in the South of England

D. It is less dry in the South than in the North of England

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Câu 3:

John got a terminal illness. He couldn’t get out of the bed on his own

A. Such was John’s illness that he could never get out of the bed on his own

B. John’s illness is too terminal for him to get out of the bed on his own

C. Were it not for his terminal illness, John would be able to get out of bed on his own

D. No sooner had John’s illness got terminal than he could not get out of the bed on his own

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Câu 4:

I didn’t get admitted to Harvard University. It would have been fantastic otherwise

A. That I got admitted to Harvard University was fantastic

B. If only I gained admission to Harvard University

C. I regretted having been admitted to Harvard University

D. I wish I had gained admission to Harvard University

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Câu 5:

We should ______ with the difficulties we were confronted with rather than sitting still and complaining

A. acquaint

B. contend

C. comply

D. accord

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Câu 6:

None of her novels lends itself to being made into a film; they just simply lack a coherent storyline

A. inapplicable

B. untamable

C. unsuitable

D. inconceivable

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Most of my friends admire Milan as she can play _____ piano so beautifully

A. a

C. the

D. Ø

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I didn’t get admitted to Harvard University. It would have been fantastic otherwise

We should ______ with the difficulties we were confronted with rather than sitting still and complaining

None of her novels lends itself to being made into a film; they just simply lack a coherent storyline

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The South of England is drier than the North

John got a terminal illness. He couldn’t get out of the bed on his own

I didn’t get admitted to Harvard University. It would have been fantastic otherwise

We should ______ with the difficulties we were confronted with rather than sitting still and complaining

None of her novels lends itself to being made into a film; they just simply lack a coherent storyline

Most of my friends admire Milan as she can play _____ piano so beautifully

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