Read the following passage and mark the letter A, B, C or D on your answer sheet to indicate the correct word or phrase that best fist each of the numbered blanks from 36 to 40
Tim Samaras is a storm chaser. His job is to find tornadoes and follow them. When he gets close to a tornado, he puts a special tool (36) ___________a turtle probe on the ground. This tool measures things like a twister’s temperatune, humidity, and wind speed. With this information, Samaras can lean what causes tornadoes to develop. If meteorologists understand this, they can warn people (37) ___________twisters sooner and save lives.
How does Samaras hunt tornadoes? It’s not easy. First, he has to find one. Tornadoes are too small to see using weather satellites. So Samaras can’t rely on these tools to find a twister. (38) ___________, he waits for tornadoes to develop.
Once Samaras sees a tornado, the chase begins. But a tornado is hard to follow. Some tornadoes change (39) ___________several time – for example, moving east and then west and then east again. When Samaras finally gets near a tornado, het puts the turtle probe on the ground. Being this close to twister is (40) ___________. He must get away quickly.
Điền vào ô 38
A. Rather
B. Still
C. Instead
D. Yet
Rather: hơn
Still: vẫn
Instead: thay vì
Yet: nhưng, rồi
Câu này dịch như sau: How does Samaras hunt tornadoes? It’s not easy. First, he has to find one. Tornadoes are too small to see using weather satellites. So Samaras can’t rely on these tools to find a twister. (38)____, he waits for tornadoes to develop.
=> Samaras săn lung những cơn bão như thế nào? Không hề dễ chút nào. Trước tiên anh ấy phải tìm. Các cơn lốc xoáy quá nhỏ để có thể sử dụng vệ tinh thời tiết. Vì vậy Samaras không thể dựa vào công cụ này để tìm lốc xoáy. Thay vào đó, anh ấy chờ cơn lốc xoáy phát triển.
=> Chọn C