Câu hỏi:

Read the following passage and mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the correct word or phrase that best fits each of the numbered blanks.

If there is an eighth Wonder of the World, it is probably the lost city of Atlantis, if only we could find it. (1) ______ the large amounts of money that have been spent trying to find the site of this ancient city, the most important question remains unanswered. Did it ever really exist? Atlantis was first described by Plato in around 360 BC. He tells how Atlantis was settled by Poseidon. The people were ruled from a city on a hill 15 miles wide and, at first, they lived simple, virtuous lives. But slowly they became more and more (2) ______ and Zeus decided to teach them a lesson. It is possible that Plato based his story on the ancient civilization of Minoan Crete, but other sites have also been told. It is true that the Minoans were an advanced society and it was possibly that ports on the north coast of Crete were destroyed by a volcano sometime around 3420 BC. When Plate died, he left the story incomplete and his student, Aristotle, claimed that Plato had (3) _______ the whole thing up. Whatever the reality, there are still thousands of people out there (4) ________ believe Atlantis will still be found.

(1) ______ the large amounts of money that have been spent trying to find the site of this ancient city, the most important question remains unanswered.