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.
English has without a (31) ____ become the second language of Europe and the world. European countries which have most (32) ____ assimilated English into daily life are England's neighbors in Northern Europe: Ireland, the Netherlands, Sweden, Norway, and the rest of Scandinavia.
The situation is so (33) ____ that any visitor to the Netherlands will soon be aware of the pressure of English on daily life: television, radio and print bring it into every home and the schoolyard conversation of children; advertisers use it to (34) ____ up their message, journalists take refuge in it when their home-bred skills fail them. Increasingly one hears the (35) ____ that Dutch will give way to English as the national tongue within two or three generations.
Điền ô số 31
A. question
B. doubt
C. problem
D. thought
Đáp án B
Giải thích: Thành ngữ without a doubt = không hề nghi ngờ gì. Đây là cụm từ cố định, không thể kết hợp cùng với những từ khác.
Dịch nghĩa: English has without a doubt become the second language of Europe and the world = Tiếng Anh không hề nghi ngờ gì đã trở thành ngôn ngữ thứ hai của Châu Âu và thế giới.
A. question (n) = câu hỏi
C. problem (n) = vấn đề
D. thought (n) = suy nghĩ