THE GREAT LIBRARY IN ALEXANDRIA             Today, there are libraries in almost every town in the world. Even in areas (36) ……..there are no libraries, there are often mobile libraries which take books from one village to (37). But in the days when books were copied by hand rather than printed, libraries were very rare. The reason is simple: books took a very long time to produce, and there were far  (38) ____copies of any given work around. The greatest library (39) …….all, that in Alexandria, had 54,000 books. In the ancient world, this number was considered huge. It was the first time that anyone (40)……. ever collected so many books from all around the world under one roof. There are many theories about             (41) …….these books were lost. (42)……. is that the library accidentally burned down. Another is that one of the rulers of the city ordered the books to be burned. They were taken to various places and it (43) six months to burn them. (44)……. happened, the collection there was priceless. Many of the library's treasures were lost forever - some books were never recovered. We cannot even know what exactly the library (45)……. Question 36. A. where            B. which             C. that                            D. whose Question 37. A. the other       B. other               C. another                      D. the another Question 38. A. little              B. less                 C. few                            D. fewer Question 39. A. among           B. of                   C. for                              D. in Question 40. A. has                B. has been         C. was                            D. had Question 41. A. how               B. when              C. what                          D. which Question 42. A. Some             B. One                C. A                               D. It Question 43. A. took              B. spent              C. cost                            D. lasted Question 44. A. However       B. Whenever       C. Whatever                   D. Whoever Question 45. A. made up        B. composed      C. contained                   D. included

Phương pháp làm bài:

- Đọc kỹ đoạn văn và hiểu ý chính của nó.
- Đọc lựa chọn trong từng câu hỏi và xem từ/cụm từ nào cần điền vào chỗ trống.
- Tìm thông tin liên quan trong đoạn văn để xác định câu trả lời chính xác.

Câu trả lời:

Question 36: B. which
Question 37: A. the other
Question 38: C. few
Question 39: D. in
Question 40: A. has
Question 41: A. how
Question 42: D. It
Question 43: A. took
Question 44: A. However
Question 45: C. contained

Question 38. The correct answer is D. fewer. This is because the sentence is referring to the number of copies of a given work, and the word 'fewer' is used to compare quantities. The word 'copies' indicates that there should be more than one copy, so 'few' or 'little' would not be appropriate choices.

Question 37. The correct answer is C. another. This is because the sentence is referring to another village, implying that there is already a village mentioned before. The word 'the' is not needed in this context.

Question 36. The correct answer is B. which. This is because the sentence refers to areas where there are no libraries, and the word 'which' is used to introduce a relative clause describing those areas.

Phương pháp làm:
1. Đọc kỹ câu hỏi để hiểu rõ yêu cầu.
2. Tìm hiểu ý nghĩa và cách dùng các từ nối trong tiếng Anh.
3. Xác định các câu hoặc đoạn văn có chứa các từ nối và nêu ý nghĩa của từ nối đó.
4. Cho ví dụ minh họa để làm rõ ý nghĩa và cách dùng của từ nối.
5. Trả lời câu hỏi theo từng từ nối.

Câu trả lời:
and: ý nghĩa "và", dùng để kết hợp hai mệnh đề hoặc hai từ/cụm từ có cùng ý nghĩa.
Ví dụ: Tom and Jerry are best friends.

but: ý nghĩa "nhưng", dùng để diễn đạt ý ngược lại so với điều được đề cập trước đó.
Ví dụ: She studied hard, but she failed the exam.

so: ý nghĩa "vì vậy", dùng để diễn đạt kết quả hoặc hành động được thực hiện dựa trên điều đã được đề cập.
Ví dụ: He missed the bus, so he had to walk to work.

or: ý nghĩa "hoặc", dùng để diễn đạt lựa chọn hoặc sự không chắc chắn giữa hai điều.
Ví dụ: Would you like tea or coffee?

although: ý nghĩa "mặc dù", dùng để đưa ra một thông tin đối lập hoặc trái ngược với điều đã được đề cập.
Ví dụ: Although it was raining, she went out without an umbrella.

because: ý nghĩa "vì", dùng để diễn đạt lý do hoặc nguyên nhân.
Ví dụ: He stayed at home because he was sick.

If: ý nghĩa "nếu", dùng để đưa ra điều kiện hoặc sự phụ thuộc vào một điều kiện nào đó.
Ví dụ: If it rains, we will stay at home.

Today, there are libraries in almost every town in the world. Even in areas where there are no libraries, there are often mobile libraries which take books from one village to another. But in the days when books were copied by hand rather than printed, libraries were very rare. The reason is simple: books took a very long time to produce, and there were far fewer copies of any given work around. The greatest library of all, that in Alexandria, had 54,000 books. In the ancient world, this number was considered huge. It was the first time that anyone had ever collected so many books from all around the world under one roof. There are many theories about how these books were lost. One is that the library accidentally burned down. Another is that one of the rulers of the city ordered the books to be burned. They were taken to various places and it took six months to burn them. Whatever happened, the collection there was priceless. Many of the library's treasures were lost forever - some books were never recovered. We cannot even know what exactly the library contained.