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Question 1 - 6.
Read the following passage and mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the option that best fits each of the numbered blanks.
SHEEP CAN RECOGNISE FACES!
Many people think sheep aren’t very (1) ______ creatures. But in fact, according to new research, they may be cleverer than we think. For example, sheep can actually be trained to recognise human faces from photographs!
Recognising faces is an important (2) ______. However, it seems that sheep are also social animals that can recognise other sheep as well as familiar humans. In experiments, researchers trained eight sheep to recognise the faces of celebrities from photographs. Training involved (3) ______ the sheep to make decisions about the photos (4) ______ they saw. At one end of a room, they would see two different photographs, and would receive a reward of food (5) ______ approaching the photograph of the celebrity; if they approached the wrong photograph, they got nothing. Over time, they learned to (6) ______ getting food with the celebrity’s photograph. And after training, the sheep correctly chose the celebrity’s face eight times out of ten!
intelligent
intelligently
intelligence
intellectual
Giải thích chi tiết
Ứng dụng 😎 Linearthinking để giải quyết câu hỏi:
Step 1: Understand the question ✏️ Read structure: Many people think S - Cừu sheep V - không rất (?) aren’t very _____ Bổ nghĩa cho sheep - sinh vật creatures .
🔮 Predict:
Predict word form: Tính từ (adjective) vì đứng giữa “very + _____ + noun (creatures)” để bổ nghĩa cho creatures.
Predict meaning: Chỉ mức độ thông minh/lanh lợi (đánh giá khả năng nhận thức) của “sheep”.
Step 2: Compare options ✅ A. intelligent => Tính từ + hợp cấu trúc “very + adj + noun” và đúng nghĩa thông minh. ❌ B. intelligently => Trạng từ, không dùng để bổ nghĩa trực tiếp cho creatures trong “very ___ creatures”. ❌ C. intelligence => Danh từ, không hợp vị trí cần tính từ trước creatures. ❌ D. intellectual => Tính từ nhưng thiên về trí thức/học thuật (thường nói về người/hoạt động), không tự nhiên với “sheep … creatures” theo nghĩa thông minh thường dùng.
A. intelligent