Read the following passage and mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the correct answer to each of the questions.Rachel Carson was born in 1907 inSpringsdale,Pennsylvania. She studied biology at college and zoology atJohnsHopkinsUniversity, where she received her master’s degree in 1933. In 1936, she was hired by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, where she worked most of her life.Carson’s first book, Under the Sea Wind, was published in 1941. It received excellent...
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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 answer to each of the questions.
Rachel Carson was born in 1907 inSpringsdale,Pennsylvania. She studied biology at college and zoology atJohnsHopkinsUniversity, where she received her master’s degree in 1933. In 1936, she was hired by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, where she worked most of her life.
Carson’s first book, Under the Sea Wind, was published in 1941. It received excellent reviews, but sales were poor until it was reissued in 1952. In that year she published The Sea Around Us, which provided a fascinating look beneath the ocean’s surface, emphasizing human history as well as geology and marine biology. Her imagery and language had a poetic quality.Carson consulted no less than 1,000 printed sources. She had voluminous correspondence and frequent discussions with experts in the field. However, she always realized the limitations of her nontechnical readers.
In 1962, Carsonpublished Silent Spring, a book that sparked considerable controversy. It proved how much harm was done by the uncontrolled, reckless use of insecticides. She detailed how they poison the food supply of animals, kill birds and fish, and contaminate human food. At the time, spokesmen for the chemical industry mounted personal attacks against Carson and issued propaganda to indicate that her findings were flawed. However, her work was proved by a 1963 report of the President’s Science Advisory Committee.
The passage mainly discusses Rachel Carson’s work
A. as a researcher
B. at college
C. at the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service
D. as a writer
Đáp án C
Dịch nghĩa: Hana và Jenifer đang nói chuyện về cuốn sách mà họ vừa đọc. - Hana: “Cuốn sách đó thực sự thú vị và có tính giáo dục.”
- Jenifer: “Tôi không thể đồng ý với bạn hơn được nữa.”
I couldn’t agree with you more là cách nói khi bạn hoàn tòan đồng ý với ý kiến, quan điểm nào đó.
Các đáp án còn lại:
A. I’d love it: Tôi rất thích nó => Dùng khi đồng ý với một lời mời nào đó.
B. That’s nice of you to say so: Bạn thật tốt khi nói vậy => Dùng để cảm ơn khi được khen.
D. Don’t mention it: Không có gì => Dùng để đáp lại một lời cảm ơn