Complete the passage----- Nội dung dịch tự động từ ảnh ----- V. Complete the passage The umbrella is a very ordinary object. It (..1..) the rain and the sun off people. Some umbrellas fold up, (..2..) it is easy to carry them. However, the umbrella did not begin life as an ordinary object. It was a sign of royalty or importance. Some African tribes still use umbrellas in this way today. Someone carries (..3..) and walks behind the king or important person. The Chinese had them (..4..) the 11th century BC. From China, they travelled to India, Persia and Egypt. In Greece and Rome, men wouldn't use them. They believed umbrellas were only for women. (..5..) the Spanish explorers (..6..) to Mexico, they saw the Aztec kings using umbrellas. English explorers saw Indian princes carrying umbrellas (..7..) the east coast of North America. It seems that people in different parts of the world invented umbrellas at different times. England was (..8..) the first country in Europe where ordinary people used umbrellas against the rain. England has a rainy climate and umbrellas are very (..9..) there. Everybody uses umbrellas today. The next time you carry one, (..10..) that for centuries only great men and women use them. Perhaps you are really a king or queen, a princess or prince! 1. A. prevents B. avoids C. keeps 2. A. so C. but 3. A. the umbrella C. umbrellas 4. A. in C. for 5. A. Although C. If C. have gone C. at C. probably C. using C. remember 6. A. go 7. A. in 8. A. likely 9. A. useless 10. A. find B. because B. an umbrella B. on B. Unless B. are going B. on B. frequently B. used B. forget D. stays D. or D. umbrella D. at D. When D. went D. to D generally D OneDrive Scroonchot cound |