Choose the word (A, B, C or D) that best fits the blank space in the following passage.
Many countries in Asia, such as Japan, Taiwan, the Philippines, Indonesia, are very (13) _______ to the Pacific Rim which is (14) _______ as the “Ring of Fire”. These countries are affected by more earthquakes and volcanoes than anywhere else in the world. People in these countries may (15) _______ landslides, liquid rock, ash and tidal waves as a result. In June 1991, Mount Pinatubo (16) _______ the Philippines erupted. Despite scientist’s advance warning of the (17) _______, hundreds of people were killed. The area around the volcano was badly damaged. Flows of very hot ash and liquid rock forced people to run away from the area. They were not able to go back (18) _______ several months afterwards.
Trả lời câu hỏi dưới đây:
__________(18)
Đáp án D. until = cho đến khi.
They were not able to go back until several months afterwards. (Họ không thể trở lại cho đến khi một vài tháng sau đó.)
Nghĩa các từ khác: before = trước đó, on =trên, trong,... , since = kể từ khi