................... is called erosion
A. The wearing away of land B. When land wears away
C. Land that wears away D. Wearing away land
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.
Wind, water, air, ice and heat all work to cause erosion. As the wind blows over the land, it often (26) _______ small grains of sand. When these grains of sand strike against solid rocks, the rocks are slowly worn away. In this way, even very hard rocks are worn away by the wind.
When particles of rocks or soil became loosened in any way, running water carries them down the hillsides. Some rocks and soil particles are carried into streams and then into the sea.
Land that is covered with trees, grass and other plants wears away very slowly, and so loses very (27) _______ of its soil. The roots of plants help to (28) _______ the rocks and soil in place. Water that falls on grasslands runs away more slowly than water that falls on bare ground. Thus, forests and grasslands help to slow down erosion.
Even where the land is (29) _______ covered with plants, some erosion goes on. In the spring, the (30) _______ snow turns into a large quantity of water that then runs downhill in streams. As a stream carries away some of the soil, the stream bed gets deeper and deeper. After thousands of years of such erosion, wide valleys are often formed.
Điền ô số 28
A. store
B. back
C. stay
D. hold
Đáp án D
D. hold: thích hợp với ý nghĩa của câu: “to hold the rocks and soil in place” = “giữ nguyên vị trí của đá tảng và đất”.
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.
Wind, water, air, ice and heat all work to cause erosion. As the wind blows over the land, it often (26) _______ small grains of sand. When these grains of sand strike against solid rocks, the rocks are slowly worn away. In this way, even very hard rocks are worn away by the wind.
When particles of rocks or soil became loosened in any way, running water carries them down the hillsides. Some rocks and soil particles are carried into streams and then into the sea.
Land that is covered with trees, grass and other plants wears away very slowly, and so loses very (27) _______ of its soil. The roots of plants help to (28) _______ the rocks and soil in place. Water that falls on grasslands runs away more slowly than water that falls on bare ground. Thus, forests and grasslands help to slow down erosion.
Even where the land is (29) _______ covered with plants, some erosion goes on. In the spring, the (30) _______ snow turns into a large quantity of water that then runs downhill in streams. As a stream carries away some of the soil, the stream bed gets deeper and deeper. After thousands of years of such erosion, wide valleys are often formed.
Điền ô số 30
A. melted
B. building
C. melting
D. formed
Đáp án C
C. melting: “(tuyết) đang tan chảy”. Hiện tại phân từ “malting” được dùng như một tính từ bổ nghĩa cho danh từ “snow”.
Ý nghĩa cả câu: “Vào mùa xuân, tuyết đang tan biến thành khối lượng nước lớn chảy xuống triền núi thành những dòng suối”.
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.
Wind, water, air, ice and heat all work to cause erosion. As the wind blows over the land, it often (26) _______ small grains of sand. When these grains of sand strike against solid rocks, the rocks are slowly worn away. In this way, even very hard rocks are worn away by the wind.
When particles of rocks or soil became loosened in any way, running water carries them down the hillsides. Some rocks and soil particles are carried into streams and then into the sea.
Land that is covered with trees, grass and other plants wears away very slowly, and so loses very (27) _______ of its soil. The roots of plants help to (28) _______ the rocks and soil in place. Water that falls on grasslands runs away more slowly than water that falls on bare ground. Thus, forests and grasslands help to slow down erosion.
Even where the land is (29) _______ covered with plants, some erosion goes on. In the spring, the (30) _______ snow turns into a large quantity of water that then runs downhill in streams. As a stream carries away some of the soil, the stream bed gets deeper and deeper. After thousands of years of such erosion, wide valleys are often formed.
Điền ô số 27
A. large
B. little
C. few
D. much
Đáp án B
B. little: “and so loses vary little of its soil” = “và nhờ thế mất rất ít đất”.
Vì dùng với từ “soil” (đất) là danh từ không đếm được nên không thể dùng “few”; các từ “large” và “much” không thích hợp với nghĩa trong câu.
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.
Wind, water, air, ice and heat all work to cause erosion. As the wind blows over the land, it often (26) _______ small grains of sand. When these grains of sand strike against solid rocks, the rocks are slowly worn away. In this way, even very hard rocks are worn away by the wind.
When particles of rocks or soil became loosened in any way, running water carries them down the hillsides. Some rocks and soil particles are carried into streams and then into the sea.
Land that is covered with trees, grass and other plants wears away very slowly, and so loses very (27) _______ of its soil. The roots of plants help to (28) _______ the rocks and soil in place. Water that falls on grasslands runs away more slowly than water that falls on bare ground. Thus, forests and grasslands help to slow down erosion.
Even where the land is (29) _______ covered with plants, some erosion goes on. In the spring, the (30) _______ snow turns into a large quantity of water that then runs downhill in streams. As a stream carries away some of the soil, the stream bed gets deeper and deeper. After thousands of years of such erosion, wide valleys are often formed.
Điền ô số 26
A. holds up
B. cleans out
C. carries out
D. picks up
Đáp án D
Các phương án khác không có ý nghĩa thích hợp vì “hold up = làm trì hoãn (= to delay the movement or progress of sb/sth);
“clean out = làm sạch bên trong (= to clean the inside of sth thoroughly);
“carry out = thực hiện (= to conduct or to perform).
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.
Wind, water, air, ice and heat all work to cause erosion. As the wind blows over the land, it often (26) _______ small grains of sand. When these grains of sand strike against solid rocks, the rocks are slowly worn away. In this way, even very hard rocks are worn away by the wind.
When particles of rocks or soil became loosened in any way, running water carries them down the hillsides. Some rocks and soil particles are carried into streams and then into the sea.
Land that is covered with trees, grass and other plants wears away very slowly, and so loses very (27) _______ of its soil. The roots of plants help to (28) _______ the rocks and soil in place. Water that falls on grasslands runs away more slowly than water that falls on bare ground. Thus, forests and grasslands help to slow down erosion.
Even where the land is (29) _______ covered with plants, some erosion goes on. In the spring, the (30) _______ snow turns into a large quantity of water that then runs downhill in streams. As a stream carries away some of the soil, the stream bed gets deeper and deeper. After thousands of years of such erosion, wide valleys are often formed.
Điền ô số 29
A. thinly
B. strongly
C. thickly
D. scarcely
Đáp án C
C. thickly: “dày đặc”, trạng từ này thích hợp với ý nghĩa của câu: “Ngay cả những nơi mà đất có cây cỏ bao phủ dày đặc, sự xói mòn cũng xảy ra”
Wind, water, air, ice and heat all work to cause erosion. As the wind blows over the land, it often (1) ______ small grains of sand. When these grains of sand strike against solid rocks, the rocks are slowly worn away. In this way, even very hard rocks are worn away by the wind.
When particles of rocks or soil became loosened in any way, running water carries them down the (3) ______. Some rocks and soil particles are carried into streams and then into the sea.
Land that is covered with trees, grass and other plants wears away very slowly, and so loses very (4) ______ of its soil. The roots of plants help to (5) ______ the rocks and soil in place. Water that falls on grasslands runs away more slowly than water that falls on bare ground.
Điền vào số 1
A. cleans out
B. picks up
C. carries out
D. holds up
Đáp án B
Giải thích: Câu hỏi này về ngữ động từ (phrase verb)
•pick st up = lift st up: nâng lên, làm bay đi
“As the wind blows over the land, it often picks up small grains of sand.” – Khi cơn gió thổi qua một miền đất, nó thường làm bay đi những cát nhỏ.
•clean st out: lấy cắp, làm sạch hoàn toàn bên trong
VD: I must clean the fish tank out. (Tôi phải làm sạch bên trong bể cá.)
•carry st out: thực hiện điều gì
•hold st up: trì hoãn, lấy cắp
Wind, water, air, ice and heat all work to cause erosion. As the wind blows over the land, it often (1) ______ small grains of sand. When these grains of sand strike against solid rocks, the rocks are slowly worn away. In this way, even very hard rocks are worn away by the wind.
When particles of rocks or soil became loosened in any way, running water carries them down the (3) ______. Some rocks and soil particles are carried into streams and then into the sea.
Land that is covered with trees, grass and other plants wears away very slowly, and so loses very (4) ______ of its soil. The roots of plants help to (5) ______ the rocks and soil in place. Water that falls on grasslands runs away more slowly than water that falls on bare ground.
Điền vào số 1
A. borders
B. topside
C. backside
D. hillsides
Đáp án D
Giải thích: hillside: (n) sườn đồi
“When particles of rocks or soil became loosened in any way, running water carries them down the hillsides.” – Khi các hòn đất đá trở nên tơi ra, nước xoáy làm chúng rơi xuống sườn đồi.
•Phương án sai: border: (n) biên giới (giữa 2 vùng hoặc 2 quốc gia)
•Phương án sai: topside: phần nổi lên trên mặt nước của chiếc tàu; súc thịt bò cắt ra từ phần trên của chân
•Phương án sai: backside: (trượt tuyết) mặt gót
Wind, water, air, ice and heat all work to cause erosion. As the wind blows over the land, it often (1) ______ small grains of sand. When these grains of sand strike against solid rocks, the rocks are slowly worn away. In this way, even very hard rocks are worn away by the wind.
When particles of rocks or soil became loosened in any way, running water carries them down the (3) ______. Some rocks and soil particles are carried into streams and then into the sea.
Land that is covered with trees, grass and other plants wears away very slowly, and so loses very (4) ______ of its soil. The roots of plants help to (5) ______ the rocks and soil in place. Water that falls on grasslands runs away more slowly than water that falls on bare ground.
Điền vào số 3
A. much
B. few
C. little
D. large
Đáp án C
Giải thích: Tính từ little chỉ sự khan hiếm hoặc thiếu và gần như mang nghĩa phủ định được dùng trước danh từ không đếm được (trong câu này là soil: đất trồng). Ta có thể dùng trạng từ chỉ mức độ so/ very để bổ nghĩa cho tính từ little.
“Land that is covered with trees, grass and other plants wears away very slowly, and so loses very little of its soil.” – Đất được bao phủ bởi cây cối, cỏ và các loại thực vật khác bị trôi đi rất chậm, và như thế mất rất ít đất trồng.
Wind, water, air, ice and heat all work to cause erosion. As the wind blows over the land, it often (1) ______ small grains of sand. When these grains of sand strike against solid rocks, the rocks are slowly worn away. In this way, even very hard rocks are worn away by the wind.
When particles of rocks or soil became loosened in any way, running water carries them down the (3) ______. Some rocks and soil particles are carried into streams and then into the sea.
Land that is covered with trees, grass and other plants wears away very slowly, and so loses very (4) ______ of its soil. The roots of plants help to (5) ______ the rocks and soil in place. Water that falls on grasslands runs away more slowly than water that falls on bare ground.
Điền vào số 5
A. building
B. formed
C. melted
D. melting
Đáp án D
Giải thích: melting: (adj) tan chảy. Tính từ ‘melting’ có dạng V_ing chỉ tính chất của tuyết.
“In the spring, the melting snow turns into a large quantity of water that then runs downhill in streams.” – Vào mùa đông, tuyết tan chảy biến thành một lượng nước khổng lồ và chảy xuống các con suối.