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 from 23 to 27.
After winter months, the days become longer, the buds (23) _________ in the trees, birds sing, and the world (24) _________ a green dress. Spring passes (25) _________summer. Everyone knows that summer will not (26) _________. The power of all the wisest men and women in the world cannot keep it for us. The com becomes ripe, the leaves turn brown and then drop to the ground, (27) _________ the world changes its green dress for a dress of autumn colors.
Điền vào số (26)
A. forego
B. evaluate
C. succumb
D. last
Chọn đáp án D
- forego (v): thôi, bỏ
- evaluate (v): đánh giá
- succumb (v): không thể chống nổi, không thể chịu nổi (bệnh tật, tấn công, ...)
- last (v): kéo dài
Everyone knows that summer will not last. (Mọi người đều biết rằng mùa hè sẽ không kéo dài mãi.)”