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They didn’t think Newton could do it. He was confident.
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Trả lời:
Đáp án đúng là: C
no matter how = dù cho như thế nào
Dịch: Họ không nghĩ rằng Newton có thể làm được điều đó cho dù ông ấy có tự tin đến đâu
Questions 11-20. Read 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.
Cheap and reliable electric lighting was a holy grail for 19th-century inventors. But didn't Thomas Edison get there first? No! He was beaten (11) ____ it by Britain's very own Joseph Swan, working out of his (12) ____ lab at his house in Gateshead, Swan got his (13) ____ - and started manufacturing and selling his bulbs - in 1880. He developed a tiny lament that used (14) ____ treated cotton, and set it inside an oxygen-free vacuum (15) ____ it wouldn't catch fire when it glowed white-hot.
Swan's first bulbs lasted little more than 12 hours but, unlike gas lamps, there was no name or dirty smoke and they soon (16) ____ on. The impresario Richard d'Oyly Carte (17) ____ the opportunity to make his new Savoy Theatre in London stand (18) ____ - and when it opened the following year it was the first public building in the world (19) ____ electrically throughout. D'Oyly Carte even took to the (20) ____ himself - holding a glowing bulb aloft, he ceremoniously broke it in front of the audience to prove it was safe.
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Inventors' and engineers' initial ideas rarely solve a problem. Instead, they try different ideas, learn from mistakes, and try again.
Câu 3:
Dr. Percy Spencer invented the microwave oven. The invention happened by accident.
Câu 4:
Scientists and inventors have made significant contributions to the lives of the common people.
Câu 5:
Mark the letter A, B, C, or D to indicate the sentence that best combines each pair of sentences given
Engineering is a process for developing solutions to problems. Inventing is a process for creating things that didn't exist before.
Câu 6:
Michael Faraday was employed by the Royal Institution. There, he investigated the connections between electricity, magnetism and motion.
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