Read the following passage and mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the correct word or phrase that best fits each of the numbered blanks:
Can we see (33)______ the earth is a globe? Yes, we can, when we watch a ship that sails out to sea. If we watch closely, we see that the ship begins (34)______. The bottom of the ship disappears first, and then the ship seems to sink lower and lower, (35)______ we can only see the top of the ship, and then we see nothing at all. What is hiding the ship from us? It is the earth. Stick a pin most of the way into an orange, and (36)______ turn the orange away from you. You will see the pin disappear, (37)______ a ship does on the earth.
Question 36:
A. reluctantly
B. accidentally
C. slowly
D. passionately
Đáp án C
Reluctantly: [một cách] miễn cưỡng, [một cách] bất đắc dĩ. Accidentally: một cách tình cờ, vô ý. Slowly: một cách chậm rãi. Passionately: [một cách] say đắm, mãnh liệt. Dịch: Gắn một đinh ghim vào gần hết quả cam, và từ từ xoay quả cam ra xa bạn.