Câu hỏi:

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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 21 to 25.

Mother Teresa was one of the most influential personalities of the twentieth century. However, her life was neither easy nor glamorous. She was born in Skoje, Macedonia in 1910. When she was 8 years old, her father died unexpectedly, and the family became devastated after a(an) (21)________of intense grief. At the age of 18 she left her home in Skopje and joined the Sisters of Loreto, an Irish community of nuns with missions in India. She went to India as a (22)________. She became a teacher of English in a secodary school. The school was in a nice area but there were slums nearby. Conditions there were absolutely terrible. She was horrified by (23)________ she saw. She insisted on leaving her comfortable convent and going to live among the poor. At first her superiors tried to discourage her from leaving the convent but in the end they agreed to (24)________her go. Soon other people heard about her work and came to help her. (25)________she had no money herself, she succeeded in building shelters for the dying and schools for the poor. By the 1990s, she had become famous and she was eventually given the Nobel Prize for her service to the poor. Mother Teresa died on September 5th, 1997.

A. Whereas

B. Although

Đáp án chính xác

C. Because

D. If

Trả lời:

verified Giải bởi Vietjack

Đáp án đúng: B

Giải thích: giữa 2 vế câu có sự tương phản nên dùng Although

Dịch: Mặc dù bản thân không có tiền, nhưng bà ấy đã thành công trong việc xây dựng những mái ấm cho người hấp hối và trường học cho người nghèo.

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