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:

Last year, thieves broke into a Scottish stately home and stole only one thing: a rhino horn trophy, which at 1.5 meters was the longest in the world. Meanwhile, in China, pharmaceutical factories have been building up (31)______of antiques made from rhino horn, for the sole purpose of smashing them to powder to make the (32)_______ingredient of many of their medicines. And in Zimbabwe, 34 poachers died in 1990 in the search for the black rhino. Recently, conservationists met to (33)_______a campaign to persuade countries where rhino horn is still part of the traditional medicine to switch to substitutes. The biggest threat to the survival of the rhinoceros is the refusal of certain countries to enforce a ban on domestic trading in rhino horn. The rhino horn is included in many doses for disorders raging from fevers to nosebleeds. Horn, like fingernails, is made of keratin and has no proven medicinal (34)_______. Traditional substitutes, such as horn from buffalo or antelope, are regarded as second best. The battle is thought to be winnable. But it may be harder than the battle against the trade in ivory, for there is a (35)_______between the two commodities. Ivory is a luxury; rhino horn, people believe, could save the life of their child.  

Question 31:

A.

A. bundles  

B.

B. collections  

C.

C. amounts  

D.

D. groups  

Đáp án và lời giải
Đáp án:B
Lời giải:

Đáp án B

Bundles: bó/ gói => a bundle of paper: một sấp giấy

Collections: bộ sưu tập

Amounts: lượng

Groups: nhóm

Last year thieves broke into a Scottish stately home and stole only one thing: a rhino horn trophy, which at 1.5 meters was the longest in the world. Meanwhile, in China, pharmaceutical factories have been building up (31)___________ of antiques made from rhino horn, 

Dịch: Năm ngoái các tên trộm đã đột nhập vào 1 ngôi nhà uy nghiêm và lấy đi chỉ một thứ: một chiếc cúp sừng tê giác, cái mà dài 1,5 mét dài nhất trên thế giới. Trong khi đó, ở Trung Quốc, các nhà máy dược liệu đã tạo ra những bộ sưu tập đồ cổ được làm từ sừng tê giác.

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