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Ask anyone over 40 to make a comparison (1)____the past and the present and nine (2)____ten people will tell you that things have been getting (3)_____worse for as llong as they can remember. Take the weather for example, which has been behaving rather strangely lately. Everyone remembers that in their childhood the summers were (4)_____hotter, and the winter always included (5)_____falls of snow just when the school holidays started. Of course, the food in (6)_____days was far superior too, as nothing was imported and everthing was fresh. Unemployment was (7)_____, the pound really was worth something, and you could by a (8)____house even if your means were (9)_____. And above all, people were (10)_____better in those days, far more friendly, not inclined to crime or violence, and spent there free time making model boats and tending their stamp collections (11)_____than gazing at the television screen for hours on end. As we know that this picture of the past (12)_____can't be true, and there are plenty of statistics dealing with health and prosperity which prove that it is not true, why it is that we all have a (13)_____to idealize the past? Is this simply nostalgia? Or is it rather that we need to believe in an image of the world which is (14)_____the opposite of what we see around us? Whichever it is, at least it leaves us with a naggling feeling that the present could be better, and perhaps (15)_____us to be a little more critical about the way we live.
1.A.with B.from C.between D.in
2.A.out of B.to C.or D.from
3.out B.so C.virtually D.steadily
4.A.not only B.at least C.rarely D. considerably
5.A. lavish B.abundant C.bulky D.prolific
6.A.most B.early C.those D.former
7.A.petty B.negligible C.miniature D.trivial
8.A.midding B.sizeable C.medium D.volminous
9.A.mediocre B.confined C.rationed D.limited
10.A.more B.as C.somehow D.whatsoever
11.A.other B.rather C.usually D.different
12.A.simply B.hardly C.especially D.specifically
13.A.habit B.custom C.tendency D.practise
14.A.quite B.widely C.utterly D.rather
15.A.reassures B.supports C.makes D.encourages
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1.A.with B.from C.between D.in
2.A.out of B.to C.or D.from
3.out B.so C.virtually D.steadily
4.A.not only B.at least C.rarely D. considerably
5.A. lavish B.abundant C.bulky D.prolific
6.A.most B.early C.those D.former
7.A.petty B.negligible C.miniature D.trivial
8.A.midding B.sizeable C.medium D.volminous
9.A.mediocre B.confined C.rationed D.limited
10.A.more B.as C.somehow D.whatsoever
11.A.other B.rather C.usually D.different
12.A.simply B.hardly C.especially D.specifically
13.A.habit B.custom C.tendency D.practise
14.A.quite B.widely C.utterly D.rather
15.A.reassures B.supports C.makes D.encourages
Các bạn làm giúp mình và nhớ giải thích cho mình nhé!