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 from 36 to 42. Today, roller skating is easy and fun. But a long time ago, it wasn't easy at all. Before 1750, the idea of skating didn't exist. That changed because of a man named Joseph Merlin. Merlin's work was making musical instruments. In his spare time he liked to play the violin. Joseph Merlin was a man of ideas and dreams. People called him a...
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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 from 36 to 42.
Today, roller skating is easy and fun. But a long time ago, it wasn't easy at all. Before 1750, the idea of skating didn't exist. That changed because of a man named Joseph Merlin. Merlin's work was making musical instruments. In his spare time he liked to play the violin. Joseph Merlin was a man of ideas and dreams. People called him a dreamer.
One day Merlin received an invitation to attend a fancy dress ball. He was very pleased and a little excited. As the day of the party came near, Merlin began to think how to make a grand entrance at the party. He had an idea. He thought he would get a lot of attention if he could skate into the room.
Merlin tried different ways to make himself roll. Finally, he decided to put two wheels under each shoe. These were the first roller skates. Merlin was very proud of his invention as he dreamed of arriving at the party on wheels while playing the violin.
On the night of the party Merlin rolled into the room playing his violin. Everyone was astonished to see him. There was just one problem. Merlin had no way to stop his roller skates. He rolled on and on. Suddenly, he ran into a huge mirror that was hanging on the wall. Down fell the mirror, breaking to pieces. Nobody forgot Merlin's grand entrance for a long time!
People thought Merlin was a dreamer because he ___________.
A. was a gifted musician
B. invented the roller skates
C. often gave others surprises
D. was full of imagination
điền vào mỗi khoảng trống trong các câu sau đây với A,AN,THE, or 0
1: He disappeared without __X____ trace and suddenly turned up on __A___ cold winter evening.
2: I thought he was ___THE__ honest man at ___THE___ first, but I was wrong.
3: London, ____THE____ capital of Great Britain, is on _____THE____ Thames.
4: He earned _____A____ living as ______AN____ office boy.
5: They're going to build ____A___ university on _____THE_____ outskirts of the city.
6: She asked her mother for ___X_____ permission to go to _____THE______ movies last night.
7: I heard her sing ____A___ popular song on ___X____ air yesterday.
8: Have ___THE_____ police found ____X___ person who stole your motorbike ?
9: This morning he had ___A_____ boiled egg for ____X____ breakfast.
10: ____THE____ man is slowly destroying ____THE___ environment.
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