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WorksheetsREVIEW READING ĐỀ TỔNG HỢP 14 - 18
Total questions: 29
Worksheet time: 25mins
Dennis the Small, a 6th ….. expert on canon law
(a)
Dennis the Small has had an enduring, if unsung, ….. on the affairs of the modern world.
(a)
It was ….. to his calculations that the precise timing of the 2000th anniversary of Christ’s birth was confirmed beyond DOUBT
(a)
Dionysus Exiguus, as he was then ….., was charged in 525 by Pope John I was setting calculations was limited by the information.
(a)
Though he was a good mathematician, the accuracy of Dennis’s calculations was limited by the information ….. at the time
(a)
Establishing the exact ….. of Christ’s crucifixion - and therefore that of Easter - WAS an especially difficult challenge.
(a)
Theologians had decreed that Easter should be marked on the Sunday after the first full ….. after the vernal equinox
(a)
, but without accurate solar and ….. calendars
(a)
So widespread has texting become, however, that even pigeons have started doing it. ….. , in this case, it’s difficult to view the results as anything but positive
Therefore
Whereas
What’s more
That is
Twenty of birds are about to ….. to the skies with the task of measuring air pollution
Reach
Make
Launch
Take
, each ….. with sensor equipment and a mobile phone
Stocked
Loaded
Granted
Armed
The ….. made by the sensors will be automatically converted into text messages and beamed to the Internet
Reviews
Readings
Studies
Inquiries
Researchers are building a tiny “pigeon kit” containing all these …..
Utensils
Application
Implements
Gadgets
Answering question after question with tired cliches and business buzzwords that reveal ….. beneficial to an employer.
(a)
There is now a fascinating new method designed to reveal deeper subtleties ….. character.
(a)
This technique, known as psychometric testing, has been breaking (a) ground in recruitment by using aptitude tests
I was reading an article last week in which the writer described ….. her children has changed as they grow up.
(a)
She dreaded the fact thay they might TAKE after her husband, who admitted having ….. an uncontrollable child who SPENT most of time showing off
(a)
What was worse was that everyone else thought he was ….. sweet child, and he got away with the most terrible things
(a)
However, she had experienced an even greater shocked with her children. They had ….. out as chess and playing the piano.
(a)
She had to face up to the fact that they made het feel rather childish as they got ….. , and that in some ways she preferred them when they were young and noisy
(a)
23/1/2009, the most powerful storm for a decade hit western France. With wind speeds in ….. of 120 miles per hour, it flattened forests, BROUGHT down power lines
Surplus
Advance
Excess
Put
Seven miles out to sea at the ….. where the Atlantic Ocean meets the estuary of the River Gironde, a small island had RISEN out of water.
Scene
Mark
Stage
Point
Unfortunately, however, they were not alone in FINDING the island attractive. It became increasingly difficult to ….. the site from human visitors.
Prevent
Preserve
Protect
Prohibit
An overwhelming scientific consensus maintains that climate change is due primarily to the human use of fossil fuels, which ….. C02 and others into the air.
(a)
The gases trap heat within the atmosphere, which can have a range of effects on ecosystems, ….. rising sea levels, severe weather events and droughts
(a)
While consensus among nearly all scientists, ….. organizations, and governments is THAT climate change is happening.
(a)
Climate change deniers often claim that recent changes ….. to human activity can be seen as part of the natural variations in Earth’s climate and TEMPERATURE
(a)
….. the latter í generally true, decades of data and support the reality ò climate change and the human factor in this process.
(a)
