Circle the best options to complete the following passage.
Jack London was born in San Francisco, California, in 1876. He (1)........ a high place in
American literature at the beginning of the twentieth century. At that time, the library shelves
and bookshops of America were already (2)........ books by famous writers. But Jack London's
stories were new, his characters were not like the ones in the books of those writers, and the
pictures he painted were not the same (3).......... their pictures. The characters in Jack London's
books live a different life, a life of danger. In his stories, the heroes are afraid of nothing and
nothing can stop them. People in his books never give up hope, they never stop (4)....... for life
even when the end of life seems very near. That is the lesson for us to apply in everything we
want and everything we do. If we do not (5)............ hope, we must and will win.
1. a. takes b. has taken c. took d. had taken (Vận dụng)
2. a. full of b. full with c. filled of d. full up (Thông hiểu)
3. a. like b. as c. with d. to (Nhận biết)
4. a. fight b. to fight c. fighting d. fights (Thông hiểu)
5. a. have b. lose c. give d. make (Nhận biết)