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VI: Read the following passage and mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to choose the word or phrase that best fits each of the numbered blanks from 17 to 26. BURIED TREASURE Artist Kit Williams was always interested in trying new things, so when it was suggested that he should (17) _______ a book, he preferred to write his own story rather than work with someone else's. He hit (18) _______ a new idea . What better way to attract people's (19) _______ to his work than to give his readers the chance to take part in a treasure hunt? So Kit made a golden pendant in the (20) _______ of a hare and buried it underground at a secret location. The words and pictures in his book, Masquerade, (21) _______ clues as to where the hare was buried. Almost two million readers from all over the world joined in the rush to solve the puzzle. The race was open to all, and no one had any advantage - the treasure was as likely to be found by a clever child of ten as it was by a university professor. After more than two years, the golden hare was found by a businessman who called himself Ken Thomas, although this was actually a (22) _______ name. It appears that "Thomas" subsequently sold the hare for a large (23) _______ of money. Afterwards some people (24) _______ that the discovery of the hare was not based purely on the information in the book, but was the result of a complex (25) _______ in which "Thomas" was helped by a former girlfriend of Kit Williams. However, "Thomas" has always firmly (26) _______ these claims. Trả lời câu hỏi dưới đây:________ (22)

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Read the following passage and mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to

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Read the following passage and mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to choose the word or phrase that best fits each of the numbered blanks from 17 to 26.

BURIED TREASURE

Artist Kit Williams was always interested in trying new things, so when it was suggested that he should (17) _______ a book, he preferred to write his own story rather than work with someone else's. He hit (18) _______ a new idea . What better way to attract people's (19) _______ to his work than to give his readers the chance to take part in a treasure hunt? So Kit made a golden pendant in the (20) _______ of a hare and buried it underground at a secret location. The words and pictures in his book, Masquerade, (21) _______ clues as to where the hare was buried. Almost two million readers from all over the world joined in the rush to solve the puzzle. The race was open to all, and no one had any advantage - the treasure was as likely to be found by a clever child of ten as it was by a university professor.

After more than two years, the golden hare was found by a businessman who called himself Ken Thomas, although this was actually a (22) _______ name. It appears that "Thomas" subsequently sold the hare for a large (23) _______ of money. Afterwards some people (24) _______ that the discovery of the hare was not based purely on the information in the book, but was the result of a complex (25) _______ in which "Thomas" was helped by a former girlfriend of Kit Williams. However, "Thomas" has always firmly (26) _______ these claims.

Trả lời câu hỏi dưới đây:

________ (22)


A.
dishonest 
B.
deceptive     
C.
wrong       
D.
false
Đáp án đúng: D

Lời giải của Luyện Tập 365

Đáp án là D. false name: tên giả

Nghĩa các từ còn lại: dishonest: không thật thà; deceptive: dối trá; wrong: sai

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