Fill in each blank with a suitable word deriving from one of the words in the box
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Nội dung trong bức ảnh như sau:
VIII. Fill in each blank with a suitable word deriving from one of the words in the box. (2 pts)
DIFFER – END – EXPENSE – FAVOUR – FINAL
INVENT – PERFORM – POPULAR – REGULAR
One of the best-known (0) _______ inventors of the last century was Thomas Edison. He (1) ______ came up with new inventions in his life - 1,093 in all - but his (2) ______ remained the phonograph, a machine for recording sound. He was very enthusiastic about the possibilities for his machine, which could be used for recording (3) ______ of music, dictating letters, making toys - the possibilities seemed (4) ______. Although the machine was quite (5) ______ and the sound quality was not particularly good, the phonograph quickly gained great (6) ______. The massive success of the phonograph encouraged others, and in 1887 the gramophone was invented. This used a (7) ______ system, a flat disk instead of a cylinder. Other improvements (8) ______ led to a machine that could reproduce high quality sound.
IX. Read the passage and choose the word or phrase that best fits each blank. (2 pts)
The (0) ______ of modern tourism began on July 5, 1841, when a train carrying 500 factory workers (1) ______ off from Leicester towards Loughborough, 17 miles away. This modest excursion had been (2) ______ by a young man called Thomas Cook, who had neither money (3) ______ formal education. He had (4) ______ the Midland Railway Company to (5) ______ him charter a train on the condition that they would pay him back once he had sold all the tickets. His motive was not to (6) ______ a profit, but to try and improve society. He (7) ______ argued, would broaden the mind and help people from getting into trouble with the police or causing other social problems.
Nội dung trong bức ảnh như sau:
VIII. Fill in each blank with a suitable word deriving from one of the words in the box. (2 pts)
DIFFER – END – EXPENSE – FAVOUR – FINAL
INVENT – PERFORM – POPULAR – REGULAR
One of the best-known (0) _______ inventors of the last century was Thomas Edison. He (1) ______ came up with new inventions in his life - 1,093 in all - but his (2) ______ remained the phonograph, a machine for recording sound. He was very enthusiastic about the possibilities for his machine, which could be used for recording (3) ______ of music, dictating letters, making toys - the possibilities seemed (4) ______. Although the machine was quite (5) ______ and the sound quality was not particularly good, the phonograph quickly gained great (6) ______. The massive success of the phonograph encouraged others, and in 1887 the gramophone was invented. This used a (7) ______ system, a flat disk instead of a cylinder. Other improvements (8) ______ led to a machine that could reproduce high quality sound.
IX. Read the passage and choose the word or phrase that best fits each blank. (2 pts)
The (0) ______ of modern tourism began on July 5, 1841, when a train carrying 500 factory workers (1) ______ off from Leicester towards Loughborough, 17 miles away. This modest excursion had been (2) ______ by a young man called Thomas Cook, who had neither money (3) ______ formal education. He had (4) ______ the Midland Railway Company to (5) ______ him charter a train on the condition that they would pay him back once he had sold all the tickets. His motive was not to (6) ______ a profit, but to try and improve society. He (7) ______ argued, would broaden the mind and help people from getting into trouble with the police or causing other social problems.