Đọc đoạn văn sau và điền A, B, C hoặc D (tương ứng với đáp án đúng) vào mỗi chỗ trống sau:
Alexander the Great had seventeen cities named (1) him. Most of them are no longer around except for Alexandria, Egypt. This city is where the Lighthouse of Alexandria stood. The city was completed by Ptolemy Soter, (2) of Egypt. The city soon became rich and needed a symbol and a mechanism to guide the trade ships into its harbor so Ptolemy started building the lighthouse in 290 B.C. It was completed 20 years (3) and was the first lighthouse of the world. It was also the tallest building (4) the Great Pyramid. A man named Sostrates of Knidos designed the lighthouse. He thought it needed to have his name (5) in the foundation. But Ptolemy II, who ruled after his father, refused and wanted his own name carved in. Sostrates, (6) a clever man, had this inscription put on the lighthouse:
SOSTRATES SON OF DEXIPHANES OF KNIDOS ON BEHALF OF ALL MARINERS TO THE SAVIOR GODS.
Then he covered it with plaster. Then they put Ptolemy's name into the plaster. As years (7) , the plaster chipped away, leaving Sostrates declaration. The lighthouse was built on the island of Pharos. 'Pharos' became the word 'lighthouse' in French, Italian, Spanish, and Romanian languages.
This lighthouse was designed differently (8) modern lighthouses. It was more like a 20th century sky scraper. There were three stages which were piled (9) top of each other. The lowest level was about 200 feet square and was shaped like a huge box. The blocks on which the lighthouse was built were marble. There was a staircase in the lighthouse that led the keepers to the beacon chamber. In there, was a curved mirror which (10) project a fire's light into a beam. Ships could detect the beam from the tower at night or the smoke from it could be seen during the day from up to 100 miles away.
1. A. as B. like C. after D. up
2. A. the new ruler B. was the new ruler C. to be the new ruler D. new ruler
3. A. previous B. before C. ago D. later
4. A. not much as B. with the exception of C. instead of D. unlike
5. A. carve B. carving C. carved D. to carve
6. A. being B. to be C. that was D. which was
7. A. passes B. passing C. past D. passed
8. A. to B. with C. by D. from
9. A. on B. up C. above D. over
10. A. is used to B. was used to C. used to D. got used to
