Question

 

Read the passage and mark A, B, C, or D to indicate the correct answer to each of the blanks from 33 to 37.

ROSES

According to fossil fuel records, roses are over 35 million years old and they were cultivated in China about 5,000 years ago. A Chinese emperor in the 6^th  century B.C. apparently had over 600 books on roses in his library, and oil was extracted from those grown in his gardens. (33) _______, only the highest members of society were allowed to use it. If anyone else was found with even a small amount, they were (34) ________ to death. Roses were also popular with the Romans, who used their petals as medicine, a source of perfume and as confetti at weddings.

Cultivated rose were only introduced to Western Europe in the 18th century. Napoleon’s wife, Josephine, started a botanical garden near Paris, (35) ______ she collected all the known varieties of rose and encouraged the breeding of new ones. This led to the flowers becoming increasingly popular, and in Britain at that time roses became so (36) ______ that they were often used as currency in local markets.

All roses in Europe used to be pink or white until the first red ones arrived from China 200 years ago. These now (37) _______ love and are the world’s most common cut flower.

(Source: Face2face- Upper Intermediate – Student’s Book, by Chris Redston & Gillie Cunningham)

 

 

Điền ô 35

A. why 

B. that 

C. where 

D. who 

Answer 1

Chọn C

Kiến thức: Đại từ quan hệ

Giải thích:

Trong mệnh đề quan hệ:

- why: thay thế cho cụm trạng từ chỉ nguyên nhân, lí do

- that: thay thế cho “who”, “whom”, “which” trong mệnh đề quan hệ xác định ‘

- where: thay thế cho trạng từ, cụm trạng chỉ nơi chốn; where + S + V

- who: thay thế cho một danh từ chỉ người; đóng vai trò chủ ngữ/ tân ngữ

Napoleon’s wife, Josephine, started a botanical garden near Paris, (35) where she collected all the known varieties of rose and encouraged the breeding of new ones.

Tạm dịch: Vợ của hoàng đế Napoleon, hoàng hậu Josephine, bắt đầu ươm một vườn hoa nằm cạnh thủ đô Pari nơi bà thu hoạch tất cả giống hoa hồng nổi tiếng và khuyến khích sự sinh sôi của những loài mới