Read the following passage and mark the letter A, B, c or D on your answer sheet to indicate the correct word for each of the blanks from 46 to 50.
Long ago, Chinese people didn’t say, ‘How are you?’ when they met each other or saw thefr friends. They said, ‘(46)________you eaten your rice today?’ Eating rice (47)________such an important part of daily life in China!
Rice is still one of the (48)________important kinds of food in the modem world. Nearly half the people that live on our planet eat it every day and in some countries, an adult eats more than 100 kilos of rice each year.
We think that people first (49)________rice in India. In China, people began eating rice about 5,000 years ago. Rice wasn’t eaten in North America until the 17th century, but many Americans prefer to eat pasta these days (50)________only eat about 2 kilos of rice per year.
Điền vào ô 47
A. been
B. was
C. be
D. is
Đáp án là B.
Câu này chia thì quá khứ, vì cả đoạn đang nói về quá khứ “Long ago”