Question

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 31 to 35.

When you first arrive in a foreign culture, often your first reaction is completely positive. Everything seems exciting, different and fascinating. It’s an (31)                                           . If you are just on a short holiday, you will probably never leave this phase.

(32)                     , if you stay longer, your attitude can start to change. As you start to realize  (33)               little you really understand the new culture, life can get frustrating. People misunderstand what you are trying to say, or they may laugh at you when you say something incorrectly. Even simple things, like posting a letter, can seem very difficult to you. Thus, you are likely to get angry or upset when things go wrong.

With time, though, you start to (34)                       to become more comfortable with the differences and better able to handle frustrating situations. Your (35)              of humor reappears. Finally, you may feel enthusiastic about the culture once again, enjoy living in it, and even prefer certain aspects of the culture to your own.

(Adapted from Navigate – Coursebook, OUP 2015)

Điền vào ô 31.

A. adventure

B. adventurous

C. adventurer

D. adventurously

Answer 1

Đáp án A

Ở đây ta cần một danh từ, phía trước có chủ từ, to be và mạo từ an (Nó là một…)

Đáp án B (tính từ) và đáp án D (trạng từ) bị loại

Adventurer: người thám hiểm, người mạo hiểm => loại vì chủ từ là It

Đáp án là A

Dịch: Everything seems exciting, different and fascinating. It’s an adventure.

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