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VI: Read the following passage taken from the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary 8th edition and mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the correct word for each of the blanks from 41 to 50. The Thames is the longest and best-known river inBritain. It is 210 miles/338 kilometres ___(41)___ and flows from the Cotswolds in centralEnglandto the North Sea after through London. Other famous towns on the river ___(42)___Oxford,Windsor1, Henley and Greenwich. ___(43)___ bridges across the Thames in London are London Bridge,Tower Bridge and Westminster Bridge. Large ships can sail ___(44)___ the Thames ___(45)___Londonand smaller ones a further 86 miles/138 kilometres. A large area in the east ofLondonwas formerly a major port on the river, but in recent times this Docklands area has been___(46)___. The Thames Barrier is a large barrier ___(47)___ across the River Thames at Woolwich, east ofLondon, to prevent London from being flooded. It was completed in 1982 and ___(48) ___ opened in 1984. It consists of ten gates, which ___(49)___ on the bottom of the river when the barrier is not required. If there is a danger of flooding, the gates rise to form a solid ___(50)___ 50 feet/15 metres high. Trả lời câu hỏi dưới đây:

VI: Read the following passage taken from the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary 8th edition

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VI: Read the following passage taken from the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary 8th edition and mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the correct word for each of the blanks from 41 to 50.

The Thames is the longest and best-known river inBritain. It is 210 miles/338 kilometres ___(41)___ and flows from the Cotswolds in centralEnglandto the North Sea after through London. Other famous towns on the river ___(42)___Oxford,Windsor1, Henley and Greenwich. ___(43)___ bridges across the Thames in London are London Bridge,Tower Bridge and Westminster Bridge. Large ships can sail ___(44)___ the Thames ___(45)___Londonand smaller ones a further 86 miles/138 kilometres. A large area in the east ofLondonwas formerly a major port on the river, but in recent times this Docklands area has been___(46)___.

The Thames Barrier is a large barrier ___(47)___ across the River Thames at Woolwich, east ofLondon, to prevent London from being flooded. It was completed in 1982 and ___(48) ___ opened in 1984. It consists of ten gates, which ___(49)___ on the bottom of the river when the barrier is not required. If there is a danger of flooding, the gates rise to form a solid ___(50)___ 50 feet/15 metres high.

Trả lời câu hỏi dưới đây:


A.
fence 
B.
boundary  
C.
periphery 
D.
wall
Đáp án đúng: D

Lời giải của Luyện Tập 365

Đáp án là D. a solid wall: một bức tường chăc chắn

Nghĩa các từ còn lại: fence: hàng rào; boundary: đường biên giới; periphery: ngoại biên

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