Read the following passage and mark the letter A,B,C or D to indicate the correct answer for each of the blanks.
The citadel of the Ho Dynasty was built according to the Feng Shui principles, (1) ____ the flowering of neo-Confucianism in the late 14th century in Viet Nam and its spread to other (2) _____ of East Asia. According to these principles, it was located in a landscape of great (3)______ beauty on an axis (4) _____ the Tuong Son and Don Son Mountains in a plain between the Ma and Buoi Rivers. In terms of architectural history, the citadel of the Ho Dynasty (5) ______ an important role in the planning and building of urban areas in Viet Nam. It shows the uniqueness (6) _____ the constmction of a citadel in general and a stone citadel in particular, and a breakthrough in Viet Nam’s tradition of citadel building.
Thanks to the unique construction techniques, all the (7) _____ stone sections are intact and have not been (8) _____ by time and weather or by recent urban encroachment. The citadel of the Ho Dynasty is an architectural (9) _____ of the 14th century with impressive architecture of the walls and other parts. The citadel buildings represent an outstanding example of a new (10) ______ of Southeast Asian imperial city with a combination between the Vietnamese architecture and the unique building techniques of Southeast Asia and Eastern Asian.
Question 4:
A. meeting
B. fastening
C. joining
D. matching
Đáp án:
fasten (v): buộc, trói chặt
join (v): nối liền, kết hợp
meet (v): giao nhau, gặp nhau, nối nhau
match (v): khớp, hợp, xứng
=> Dựa vào nghĩa thì chỉ có đáp án C là phù hợp nhất
… on an axis joining the Tuong Son and Don Son Mountains in a plain between the Ma and Buoi Rivers.
Tạm dịch: … trên một trục nối liền núi Tượng Sơn và Đốn Sơn tại một khu vực đồng bằng nằm giữa sông Mã và sông Bưởi.
Mở rộng:
- Động từ chia dạng V-ing vì trong câu này sử dụng dạng rút gọn của mệnh đề quan hệ
- Câu đầy đủ là: … on an axis which joins the Tuong Son and Don Son Mountains in a plain between the Ma and Buoi Rivers.
=> mệnh đề quan hệ dạng chủ động => rút gọn còn “joining”
Đáp án cần chọn là: C