The mobile phone (cloze passage, blanks 26–30 / Questions 34–38)
The mobile phone
People have been dreaming of having a personal means of communication for a long time. In the late 1960s, the idea seemed so far in the future that it was included in the science fiction series, Star Trek. Since the 1980s, however, mobile have become a part of everyday life. (26) _________ they were initially seen as a status symbol for successful business people, mobile use has spread to include practically everyone in the developed world, old and young alike. The (27) _________ on social life has been enormous. We have got used to the idea of having constantly changed social plans, (28) _________ a quick phone call is all takes to rearrange things. Before this was possible, there were (29) _________ occasions when friends who had arranged to meet completely missed each other because of a slight misunderstanding. People would often have to (30) _________ very careful arrangements to be sure of meeting up. As mobiles have become more popular, so they have become more powerful. The large, unreliable mobile phone of the 1980s has evolved into the small stylish phone of today.
(Adapted from “Destination C1&C2” by Malcomn Mann and Steve Taylor-Knowles)
People have been dreaming of having a personal means of communication for a long time. In the late 1960s, the idea seemed so far in the future that it was included in the science fiction series, Star Trek. Since the 1980s, however, mobile have become a part of everyday life. (26) _________ they were initially seen as a status symbol for successful business people, mobile use has spread to include practically everyone in the developed world, old and young alike. The (27) _________ on social life has been enormous. We have got used to the idea of having constantly changed social plans, (28) _________ a quick phone call is all takes to rearrange things. Before this was possible, there were (29) _________ occasions when friends who had arranged to meet completely missed each other because of a slight misunderstanding. People would often have to (30) _________ very careful arrangements to be sure of meeting up. As mobiles have become more popular, so they have become more powerful. The large, unreliable mobile phone of the 1980s has evolved into the small stylish phone of today.
(Adapted from “Destination C1&C2” by Malcomn Mann and Steve Taylor-Knowles)
(26) _________
(26) _________
Chọn một phương án bên dưới để kiểm tra đáp án ngay:
Đáp án chính thức: A
Hướng dẫn giải chi tiết
Kiến thức: Đọc điền từ
Xét các đáp án:
A. Although: mặc dù
B. But: nhưng
C. So: vì vậy
D. And: và
Dựa vào nghĩa và ngữ cảnh, đáp án A là đúng.
Thông tin: Since the 1980s, however, mobile have become a part of everyday life. (26) ___although___ they were initially seen as a status symbol for successful business people, mobile use has spread to include practically everyone in the developed world, old and young alike.
Tạm dịch: Tuy nhiên, kể từ những năm 1980, điện thoại di động đã trở thành một phần của cuộc sống hàng ngày. mặc dù ban đầu họ được coi là biểu tượng địa vị cho những doanh nhân thành đạt, nhưng việc sử dụng thiết bị di động đã lan rộng trên thực tế bao gồm tất cả mọi người trong thế giới phát triển, già và trẻ như nhau.
Xét các đáp án:
A. Although: mặc dù
B. But: nhưng
C. So: vì vậy
D. And: và
Dựa vào nghĩa và ngữ cảnh, đáp án A là đúng.
Thông tin: Since the 1980s, however, mobile have become a part of everyday life. (26) ___although___ they were initially seen as a status symbol for successful business people, mobile use has spread to include practically everyone in the developed world, old and young alike.
Tạm dịch: Tuy nhiên, kể từ những năm 1980, điện thoại di động đã trở thành một phần của cuộc sống hàng ngày. mặc dù ban đầu họ được coi là biểu tượng địa vị cho những doanh nhân thành đạt, nhưng việc sử dụng thiết bị di động đã lan rộng trên thực tế bao gồm tất cả mọi người trong thế giới phát triển, già và trẻ như nhau.