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 51 to 60.
Throughout history, women have had responsibility for healing the sick. However, it is only in comparative recent times that they have been allowed to train as doctors at medical schools in Britain. Yet in that short time, they have (37) _________ an enormous contribution to modem medicine.
The first female doctors were nuns (38) ________ gave advice about diseases and (39) ________ and
prepared medicines. In ancient Rome, women healers were considered skillful and respected. In Britain,
for centuries, male doctors were suspicious of women who practised medicine (40) _________ and in 1512 a law was passed making it illegal for them to do so. Women couldn’t study medicine at universities (41) ____________ the 19th century and they only began to gain equality with male doctors in the 20th century.
Điền vào số 41
A. until
B. in
C. from
D. since
Đáp án A.
Tạm dịch: Women couldn’t study medicine at universities ____________ the 19th century and they only began to gain equality with male doctors in the 20th century: Họ không được học ngành y dược ________ thế kỷ 19 và họ chỉ bắt đầu đạt được bình đẳng với các bác sĩ nam trong thế kỷ 20.
Đáp án A. until là phù hợp. Nhấn mạnh phụ nữ không được học ngành y cho đến tận thế kỷ 19.