Read the following passage and mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to choose the word that best fits each of the numbered blanks:
WILL OUR PLANET SURVIVE?
There are over 7 billion people in the world today. The richest 1.5 billion (36)_________ 75% of all the world’s resources. To give the other 5.5 billion people who live in (37)_________ a better life, we will need the resources of (38)_________ four or five planets. (39)_________ we have only one, and 1.5 billion of us have already (40)_________ a large part of it.
Forests are essential to life. They give us clean air and plants for medicines, (41)_________ contain over half the world’s animals, birds, and plants. Humans destroy an area of forest the (42)_________ of Greece every year. If we don’t (43)_________ this destruction, it will be too late. There are some signs of (44)_________, but we will have to work very (45)_________ if we want to save the planet.
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Lời giải:
Báo saiKiến thức: đọc
Giải thích:
- so: vì thế, cho nên
- therefore: vì vậy, do đó
- however: tuy nhiên
- and: và
“To give the other 5.5 billion people who live in poverty a better life, we will need the resources of another four or five planets. However, we have only one.” (Để cung cấp cho 5,5 tỉ người còn lại sống trong cảnh nghèo đói thì chúng ta sẽ cần nguồn tài nguyên của 4 hoặc 5 hành tinh nữa. Tuy nhiên, chúng ta chỉ có một hành tinh.)