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.
When I was at school, sports day was the highlight of the year. Let me set the scene. First of all, on sports day, it was always bound (26) ___________ rain. Sunny weather? No such luck. Despite the previous two months of soaring temperatures, as likely as not, on the morning of the games, The temperature would plummet. So, imagine a hundred (27) ___________ small children, dressed in tight shorts and thin vests, shivering in the cold, unaware of the heartbreak that lies in store for them. Swept up by the excitement and desperate to win, tempers soon get frayed. One girl finds herself disqualified from the egg and spoon race despite giving it everything she’s got, and another boy, (28)_____ jealous of the winner of the sack race, makes the mistake of being rude to him within earshot of the teachers. Scores of tiny children, bitterly disappointed at tasting defeat for the first time, break down and cry. Twenty years on, I’m certainly not (29) ___________ any young, but I do have some really lasting (30) _______ of those days at school!
Điền vào ô số 27
A. enthusiast
B. enthusiastic
C. enthuse
D. emthusiasm
Đáp án B.
Tạm dịch: So, imagine a hundred ____________ small children...: Vì vậy, hãy thử tượng tượng có hàng trăm đứa trẻ
Trong câu trên, từ cần điền vào chỗ trống phải là một tính từ để bổ nghĩa cho “children”. Vì thế, chỉ có đáp án B. enthusiastic là chính xác.
A. enthusiast (n): người có lòng đam mê, nhiệt tình
Ex: A football enthusiast: 1 người đam mê bóng đả.
C. enthuse (v): đam mê, thích.
Ex: They all enthused over my new look: Tất cả họ đều thích ngoại hình mới của tôi.
D. enthusiasm (n): lòng say mê.
Ex: They did their job with complete enthusiasm: Họ làm việc bằng cả lòng say mê.