Read the following passage and choose the best answer for each blank.
El Nino is a weather phenomenon of the Pacific Ocean which is (1) _____ by an abnormal (2)___ of water on the surface of the ocean. It has the (3) ____ to influence global weather patterns as it brings drought to some continents and (4)_____ rain to others. It was first (5) ___ by fishermen coming from Spanish ports in the Pacific in the 17th century. It got its name (Spanish for “boy child”) because it usually takes (6)___ near Christmas time. It can cause catastrophic (7)____. The 1982 El Nino (8)____ in 1,500 deaths, but it can be a lot worse than that. Sea animals, (9)___ fish and birds, also die in large numbers. It is (10)______ that sailors in the Pacific can smell the dead sea-life during El Nino.
It got its name (Spanish for “boy child”) because it usually takes (6)___ near Christmas time.
- A.
away
- B.
place
- C.
part
- D.
care
Đáp án : B
Kiến thức: Từ vựng
take place: xảy ra
=> It got its name (Spanish for “boy child”) because it usually takes place near Christmas time.
(Nó có tên gọi riêng (tiếng Tây Ban Nha là “bé trai”) vì nó thường xảy ra gần thời gian Giáng sinh.)
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