Question

[Lê Quỳnh Anh]

Read the following passage and mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the correct word or phrase that best fits each of the numbered blanks from 25 to 29. Fill in the appropriate word in question 25

When you first arrive in a foreign culture, often your first reaction is completely positive. Everything seems exciting, different and fascinating. It’s an (25) _____. If you are just on a short holiday, you will probably never leave this phase.

(26) _______, if you stay longer, your attitude can start to change. As you start to realize (27) _____ little you really understand the new culture, life can get frustrating. People misunderstand what you are trying to say, or they may laugh at you when you say something incorrectly. Even simple things, like posting a letter, can seem very difficult to you. Thus, you are likely to get angry or upset when things go wrong.

With time, though, you start to (28) ______ to become more comfortable with the differences and better able to handle frustrating situations. Your (29) _____ of humor reappears. Finally, you may feel enthusiastic about the culture once again, enjoy living in it, and even prefer certain aspects of the culture to your own. (Adapted from Navigate – Coursebook, OUP 2015)

A. adventure

B. adventurous

C. adventurer

D. adventurously

Answer 1

[Dương Hoàn Anh]

Đáp án A.
Ta có: Sau "a/an" ta cần điền 1 danh từ. 
A. adventure (n): chuyến thám hiểm, phiêu lưu; 
B. adventurous (adj) thích phiêu lưu; 
C. adventurer (n): người thám hiểm; 
D. adventurously (adv): liều lĩnh, mạo hiểm. 
Dựa vào nghĩa, ta thấy chỗ cần điền 1 danh từ chỉ vật. 
Dịch: Khi bạn lần đầu tiên đến một nền văn hoá nước ngoài, thường phản ứng đầu tiên của bạn là hoàn toàn tích cực. Mọi thứ dường như thú vị, khác biệt và hấp dẫn. Đó là một cuộc phiêu lưu.