Read the following passage and mark the letter A, B, C or D on your answer sheet to indicate the correct word that best fits each of the numbered blanks.
Seeking a new life and hoping a significant (1)..... in their standard of living, foreign workers began flocking into Western Europe during the 1950s. In Britain, some of the first immigrants arriving from the West Indies and the Indian subcontinent were welcomed by brass bands, but the dream of a new life soon (2).....sour for many.
Attracted by the promise to earn good money and learn new skills, the reality they found was often one of low wages and, in many case, unemployment. Some did not adapt (3)...... to life in a country of cold weather and discrimination. The (4).......... of West Indian immigrants moved into the inner cities, areas that were already fraught with social tensions caused by poverty and poor housing. There were cases of open hostility towards the newcomers; riots (5)....... out in Notting Hill, West London in 1958, when gangs of white youths began taunting immigrants.
Yet despite the numerous difficulties they encountered, many foreign workers did manage to adjust to their new conditions, settling in their new adopted country and prospering. Their contribution had the effect of not only speeding up the pace of economic change in the postwar period, but also transforming Western Europe into a multiracial society.
(1)............................
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Lời giải:
Báo saiKiến thức: Từ vựng
Giải thích:
change (n): sự thay đổi (trở nên khác đi)
switch (n): sự thay đổi đột ngột (từ cái này sang cái khác)
modification (n): sự cải tiến
variation (n): sự thay đổi (về số lượng, mức độ)
a significant change in something: một sự thay đổi đáng kể ở cái gì
Seeking a new life and hoping a significant (1) change in their standard of living, foreign workers began flocking into Western Europe during the 1950s.
Tạm dịch: Tìm kiếm một cuộc sống mới và hy vọng một sự thay đổi đáng kể trong mức sống của họ, những người lao động nước ngoài bắt đầu đổ xô vào Tây Âu trong những năm 1950.