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
Steven Paul Jobs was an American entrepreneur, industrial designer, business magnate, media proprietor, and investor. Jobs was born in San Francisco to a Syrian father and German-American mother. He was adopted shortly after his birth. Jobs (16)_______Reed College in 1972 before withdrawing that same year. In 1974, he traveled through India seeking enlightenment and studying Zen Buddhism
In 1985, Jobs was forced out of Apple after a long power struggle with the company's board and its thenCEO, John Sculley. That same year, Jobs took (17)________Apple employees with him to found NeXT, a computer platform development company that specialized in computers for higher-education and business markets. (18)________, he helped to develop the visual effects industry when he funded the computer graphics division of George Lucas's Lucasfilm in 1986. The new company was Pixar, (19) produced the first 3D computer-animated feature film Toy Story (1995) and went on to become a major animation studio, producing over 25 films since. In 1997, Jobs returned to Apple as CEO after the company's acquisition of NeXT. He was largely responsible for reviving Apple, which was on the (20)_________of bankruptcy.
Đáp án đúng là: C
Giải thích
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Cấu trúc:
be on the verge of something: trên bờ vực gì
Tạm dịch:
He was largely responsible for reviving Apple, which was on the verge of bankruptcy. (Ông có công rất lớn trong việc hồi sinh Apple, công ty đang trên bờ vực phá sản.)
→ Chọn đáp án C