Read the following passage and mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the correct answer to each of the questions from 37 to 43.
[Đoạn mở đầu của bài đọc không có trong các trang được cung cấp.]
...write Holmes stories until 1927. Among the most famous of all the works featuring Holmes are The Hound of the Baskervilles, The Blue Carbuncle, and A Scandal in Bohemia.
One of the reasons that Sherlock Holmes was so popular concerns the method he employs to solve his cases: logic. Together with his partner, Dr. Watson, Holmes uses his powers of observation to detect clues that can help him solve the cases he accepts. Holmes has an incredibly sharp mind that enables him to determine who the guilty party is or what the problem is. Holmes also is a master of disguise, which he proves many times, and he is skilled at boxing as well as sword fighting.
While Holmes often solves cases that are unrelated to one another, he has a nemesis with whom he comes into both direct and indirect conflict in several stories. That person is Professor Moriarty, the leader of a crime ring in London. In one of the stories, The Final Problem, Holmes and Moriarty fight one another and fall to their deaths by plunging down a steep cliff near a waterfall. When he wrote that story, Doyle had tired of Holmes and wanted to kill off the character. He then refrained from writing about Holmes for many years but public demand for more detective stories induced him to bring Holmes back from the dead and to continue writing.
(Adapted from Reading Intermediate)
...write Holmes stories until 1927. Among the most famous of all the works featuring Holmes are The Hound of the Baskervilles, The Blue Carbuncle, and A Scandal in Bohemia.
One of the reasons that Sherlock Holmes was so popular concerns the method he employs to solve his cases: logic. Together with his partner, Dr. Watson, Holmes uses his powers of observation to detect clues that can help him solve the cases he accepts. Holmes has an incredibly sharp mind that enables him to determine who the guilty party is or what the problem is. Holmes also is a master of disguise, which he proves many times, and he is skilled at boxing as well as sword fighting.
While Holmes often solves cases that are unrelated to one another, he has a nemesis with whom he comes into both direct and indirect conflict in several stories. That person is Professor Moriarty, the leader of a crime ring in London. In one of the stories, The Final Problem, Holmes and Moriarty fight one another and fall to their deaths by plunging down a steep cliff near a waterfall. When he wrote that story, Doyle had tired of Holmes and wanted to kill off the character. He then refrained from writing about Holmes for many years but public demand for more detective stories induced him to bring Holmes back from the dead and to continue writing.
(Adapted from Reading Intermediate)
Question 39. In paragraph 4, the word "nemesis" is closest in meaning to_________.
Question 39. In paragraph 4, the word "nemesis" is closest in meaning to_________.
Chọn một phương án bên dưới để kiểm tra đáp án ngay:
Đáp án chính thức: B
Hướng dẫn giải chi tiết
Kiến thức: Đọc – Từ vựng
Giải thích: Trong đoạn 4, từ "nemesis" gần nghĩa nhất với_________.
A. đối thủ cạnh tranh
B. đối thủ
C. ngang hàng
D. đối tác
Thông tin:
While Holmes often solves cases that are unrelated to one another, he has a nemesis with whom he comes into both direct and indirect conflict in several stories.
Tạm dịch:
Trong khi Holmes thường giải quyết các vụ án không liên quan đến nhau, anh ta có một kẻ thù không đội trời chung với người mà anh ta có xung đột cả trực tiếp và gián tiếp trong một số câu chuyện.
Choose B.
Giải thích: Trong đoạn 4, từ "nemesis" gần nghĩa nhất với_________.
A. đối thủ cạnh tranh
B. đối thủ
C. ngang hàng
D. đối tác
Thông tin:
While Holmes often solves cases that are unrelated to one another, he has a nemesis with whom he comes into both direct and indirect conflict in several stories.
Tạm dịch:
Trong khi Holmes thường giải quyết các vụ án không liên quan đến nhau, anh ta có một kẻ thù không đội trời chung với người mà anh ta có xung đột cả trực tiếp và gián tiếp trong một số câu chuyện.
Choose B.