Đề minh họa tốt nghiệp THPT Tiếng Anh có đáp án (Đề số 5)

Read the following advertisement 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 from 1 to 6.

During the 1960s and '70s, industrialised countries suffered a(n) (1) ______ and violent crimes such as muggings increased at an alarming rate. What is more, it was expected to (2) ______ worse. Only it didn’t. Instead, it got much, much better. In the 1990s, crime started to fall dramatically, and today it is down by almost 50% across the industrialised world and continues to fall. Triumphant politicians will assert that their policies have cut crime. Actually, (3) ______ of the country’s policies, the trend does coincide (4) ______ the use and subsequent prohibition of tetraethyl lead in petrol, (5) ______ for years as a cause of aggressive behaviour. Therefore, countries that still use leaded petrol are being urged to stop (6) ______ it to help improve health and crime prevention.