SHE TRIED VERY HARD TO PASS THE DRIVING TEST. SHE COULD HARDLY PASS I...

Câu 30: She tried very hard to pass the driving test. She could hardly pass it

A. Despite being able to pass the driving test, she didn’t pass it.

B. Although she didn’t try hard to pass the driving test, she could pass it.

C. No matter how hard she tried, she could hardly pass the driving test.

D. She tried very hard, so she passed the driving test satisfactorily.

Read the passage and mark A, B, C, or D to indicate the correct answer to each of the

blanks.

CHESS

Chess, often (31) to as the Royal Game, is the oldest of all board games which do

not contain an element of chance.The origins of chess are uncertain (32)

there are a number of legends regarding its invention. One story says

that it was King Solomon who invented chess, another that it was the Greek god Hermes,

and yet another that the Chinese mandarin Han-Sing was responsible for its creation. In fact,

chess almost certainly originated in India in the sixth or seventh century AD. The game’s

popularity then spread quickly through Persia (now known as Iran) and from there came to

Europe. The first documented reference to chess in literature is in a Persian romance which

was written about 600 AD.It is (33) the word “chess” comes from “shah”, the

Persian word for “king” and that “checkmate”, the game’s winning (34) ,

comes from the phrase “shah mat”, (35) “the king is dead”. The rules and pieces used in

the game have undergone changes over the centuries. Modem chess owes much to the

Spaniard Lopez de Segura, who in 1561 wrote the first book on how to play the game. In it,

he introduced the concept of “castling”, which had not been part of the game until then.

Câu 31: A. called B. mentioned C. referred D. known