GIẢI BÀI TẬP: VOCABULARY
Read the following passage and choose A, B, C or D to indicate the correct word or phrase that best fits each of the numbered blanks.
Maria Sklodowska was born in Warsaw, Poland, on 7th November, 1867. Her childhood was not (1) _______ happy one. Her older sister died when she was nine and her mother passed away when she was eleven. Four years after the death of her mother, she left school. That was a difficult time, too. She couldn't go to university (2) ______ universities in Poland were not open to women, so she taught herself.
In 1891 Maria went to Paris to study Physics. She studied very well and got her degree in 1893. A year after she got degree in physics, she got a degree in maths, too. This was only a (3) _______ weeks before she met a clever young man called Pierre Curie. The got married in 1895 and Maria became Marie Curie. The Curies had two daughters: Irene, born in 1897, and Eve, born in 1904. Before the (4) _______ of Irene, Marie started working with Pierre and together they discovered radium in 1898.
In 1903, Marie and Pierre (5) _______ the Nobel Prize for physics and they became very famous. Then, three years later, Pierre died and Marie's world changed forever.
1. A. a B. the C. an D. Ø
2. A. although B. because C. like D. despite
3. A. few B. a few C. little D. some
4. A. birth B. born C. birthday D. bear
5. A. gave B. took C. won D. made
Maria Sklodowska was born in Warsaw, Poland, on 7th November, 1867. Her childhood was not (1) _______ happy one. Her older sister died when she was nine and her mother passed away when she was eleven. Four years after the death of her mother, she left school. That was a difficult time, too. She couldn't go to university (2) ______ universities in Poland were not open to women, so she taught herself.
In 1891 Maria went to Paris to study Physics. She studied very well and got her degree in 1893. A year after she got degree in physics, she got a degree in maths, too. This was only a (3) _______ weeks before she met a clever young man called Pierre Curie. The got married in 1895 and Maria became Marie Curie. The Curies had two daughters: Irene, born in 1897, and Eve, born in 1904. Before the (4) _______ of Irene, Marie started working with Pierre and together they discovered radium in 1898.
In 1903, Marie and Pierre (5) _______ the Nobel Prize for physics and they became very famous. Then, three years later, Pierre died and Marie's world changed forever.
1. A. a B. the C. an D. Ø
2. A. although B. because C. like D. despite
3. A. few B. a few C. little D. some
4. A. birth B. born C. birthday D. bear
5. A. gave B. took C. won D. made
Hướng dẫn giải
23. A
24. B
25. A
26. A
27. C
24. B
25. A
26. A
27. C