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Read the following passage and mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the correct word or phrase for each of the blanks from 55 to 64.
THE POWER OF PACKAGING
During shopping trip to your supermarket, you will (55)_____ many similar products. How do manufacturers (56)_____ you to buy their products and not those of another company? By careful packaging!
(57)_____ of the boxes and bottles that you see has been carefully designed to appeal to you, personally. Do you care about the environment? Then buy this washing powder; it contains (58)_____ chemicals. Do you want to impress your friends? Buy these trainers; they have a designer label.
Before manufacturers market a new product, they spend months discussing the packaging. Then, they try out their ideas on a group of customers. Manufacturers (59)_____ customers will see more than just a box or bottle. They want to convince you that their product ((60)_____ your personality more than any other product in the shop.
One psychologist did some interesting (61)_____ .He wanted to (62)_____ how important packaging is. He asked customers to try a certain drink. They all agreed about the taste and quality. Then he secretly poured the same drink into a differently designed bottle. The results changed! People thought this drink tasted much better than the first, (63)_____ both drinks were, in fact, the same! To the researcher’s amazement, people’s opinions depended (64)_____ the design of the bottle.
Trả lời câu hỏi dưới đây:
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Đáp án là A. although + clause: mặc dù …
Các từ còn lại: despite + N/V-ing: mặc dù…; = in spite + of + N/ V-ing
However + clause: tuy nhiên … ,