Câu 35: All of the following are mentioned as possible factors in drawing insects to weakened trees
except_____.
A. sounds B. smells C. thermal changes D. changes in color
Read the following passage and mark the letter A, B, C or D on your answer sheet to indicate
the correct word for each of the blanks from 36 to 45.
Captain James Cook is (36) __ today for being one of Britain’s most famous explorers of the 18
thcentury. Cook was (37) __most other explorers of the same period as he did not come from a wealthy
family and had to work hard to (38) __ his position in life. He was lucky to be (39)__ by his father’s
employer, who saw that he was a bright boy and paid for him to attend the village school. At sixteen,
he started (40) __ in a shop in a fishing village, and this was a turning (41)__ in his life. He developed
an interest in the sea and eventually joined the Royal Navy in order (42) __ more of the world.
Cook was fascinated by sailing, astronomy and the production of maps, and quickly became an
expert (43) __ these subjects. He was also one of the first people to realised that scurvy, an illness
often suffered by sailors, could be prevented by careful attention to diet. It was during his voyage to
the Pacific Ocean (44)__ Cook made his historic landing in Australia and the major discovery that
New Zealand was two separate islands. He became a national hero and still (45)__ one today.
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