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.
Health is something we tend to (31) _______ when we have it. When our body is doing well, we are hardly aware of it. But illness can come, even (32) _______ we are young. In fact, childhood has been a very susceptible time. Many diseases attack children in particular, and people know very little how to cure them once they struck. The result was that many children died. About a century ago,(33) _________, scientists found out about germs, and then everything changed. The cause of many diseases was found, and cures were developed. As this medical discovery spread, the world became____ (34) _____ safer for children. The result is that whereas a hundred years ago, the average man lived for 35 years, nowadays, in many areas of the world, people can expect to live for 75 years. And what do we expect by the year 2020? Undoubtedly, medical science will continue to (35) ________. Some people will be able to avoid medical problems that are unavoidable today.
Điền ô số 32
A. if
B. so
C. when
D. while
Đáp án C
Giải thích: Đây là một mệnh đề nhấn mạnh về thời gian, sử dụng cụm từ "even when" = kể cả khi
Dịch nghĩa: But illness can come, even when we are young = Nhưng bệnh tật có thể đến bất cứ khi nào, thậm chí khi chúng ta còn trẻ.
A. even if = kể cả nếu, dùng trong cấu trúc câu điều kiện
B. even so = kể cả thế (=but), dùng để nối hai vế có mối quan hệ nhượng bộ
D. even while = kể cả trong khi, nhấn mạnh vào quá trình hơn là về thời điểm