The saying never judge a book by its cover

Điền từ vào chỗ trống trong đoạn văn sau:

The (say) 1______ ‘never judge a book by its cover’ could not be more true for Ridiculous Rules by Marjorie Allen. The cover is completely blank, whereas the book is crammed full of wonderful examples and anecdotes. Allen is an (speak) 2______ critic of much of what is taught to native and non-native speakers of English, and has issued a (declare) 3______ of war against textbooks and style books which tell lies. Take the ridiculous and (mean) 4______ rule of never ending a sentence with a preposition. The lovely- if famous- story goes, that Winston Churchill, well-known for his unmoors (write) 5______ as well as for being British Prime Minister during the Second World War, received a manuscript back from an ignorant (edit) 6______, who had told him rather rudely that he had to (phrase) 7______ a sentence which ended with a preposition. Churchill responded by making the simple yet forceful (state) 8______ in the margin: ‘This is an impertinence up with which I will not put.’ - the (imply) 9______ being that not to end a sentence with a preposition often sounds ridiculous in English. Sadly, Allen informs us that the story is probably mere (hear) 10______, and that Churchill may have actually only written ‘rubbish’! in the margin.

Đáp án

The (say) 1 SAYING ‘never judge a book by its cover’ could not be more true for Ridiculous Rules by Marjorie Allen. The cover is completely blank, whereas the book is crammed full of wonderful examples and anecdotes. Allen is an (speak) 2 OUTSPOKEN critic of much of what is taught to native and non-native speakers of English, and has issued a (declare) 3 DECLARATION of war against textbooks and style books which tell lies. Take the ridiculous and (mean) 4 MEANINGLESS rule of never ending a sentence with a preposition. The lovely- if famous- story goes, that Winston Churchill, well-known for his unmoors (write) 5 WRITINGS as well as for being British Prime Minister during the Second World War, received a manuscript back from an ignorant (edit) 6 EDITOR, who had told him rather rudely that he had to (phrase) 7 REPHRASE a sentence which ended with a preposition. Churchill responded by making the simple yet forceful (state) 8 STATEMENT in the margin: ‘This is an impertinence up with which I will not put.’ - the (imply) 9 IMPLICATION being that not to end a sentence with a preposition often sounds ridiculous in English. Sadly, Allen informs us that the story is probably mere (hear) 10 HEARSAY, and that Churchill may have actually only written ‘rubbish’! in the margin.