* Read the following passage and mark the letter A, II, C or I) on your answer sheet to
indicate the correct word or phrase that best fits each of the numbered blanks from 31 to 35.
THANKS A MILLION
Percy Ross was bom in 1916 in Michigan. His parents has come to the USA from Latvia and Russia and the family were poor. But Percy soon showed a talent (31)_________ business and made a (32)_______in the fur trade and auction business. Then disaster struck and he lost all his money. But he soon made a fortune again - this time by manufacturing plastic bags. In 1969, he sold his plastic bag company for millions of dollars.
Ross started giving away in 1977: he gave $50,000 to 50 Vietnamese refugees so that they could make a new home in the USA. (33) ________ he held a Christmas party tor 1,050 poor children in the American town of Minneapolis. Ross bought a bike for every one of the 1,050 children at the party.
After these first experiences of giving money away, Ross decided to do it on a (34)________basis. He started a newspaper column called “Thanks a Million”, and later a radio show, in order to (35)_________his money. It took years, but Ross finally succeeded in giving away his entire fortune.
(Source: Solutions - Intermediate)
Điền vào số 35
A. give away
B. take away
C. give in
D. take in
chọn A To give something away: cho đi, ủng hộ cái gì;
Các đáp án còn lại:
To take something away: lấy đi cái gì;
To give in: đầu hàng, quy phục;
To take in something: hiểu được cái gì.
He started a newspaper column called "Thanks a Milỉion’’, and later a radio show, in order to (35) _______ his money. It took years, but Ross finally succeeded in giving away his entire fortune.
Ông đã lập ra cột báo có tên là “Cảm ơn hàng triệu lần”, và sau đó trên một chương trình radio, để có thể quyên góp tiền của mình. Mất nhiều năm, nhưng cuối cùng ông Ross cũng thành công trong việc ủng hộ hết đi khối tài sản của mình.