Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the sentence that best combines each pair of sentences in the following questions.
Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the sentence that best combines each pair of sentences in the following questions.
He came from a poor family. However, he was a famous writer.
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A.
Although he was a successful writer, he was so poor.
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B.
Poor as he is, he managed to become a famous writer.
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C.
It was his poverty that made him a famous writer.
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D.
Despite quite a poor background, he succeeded as a writer.
Đáp án: D
Kiến thức: Mệnh đề nhượng bộ
However: tuy nhiên = Despite + N: mặc dù
He came from a poor family. However, he was a famous writer.
(Ông ấy xuất thân từ một gia đình nghèo. Tuy nhiên, ông là một nhà văn nổi tiếng.)
A. Although he was a successful writer, he was so poor.
(Mặc dù ông ấy là một nhà văn thành công nhưng ông ấy lại quá nghèo.)
B. Poor as he is, he managed to become a famous writer.
(Dù nghèo nhưng anh ấy vẫn trở thành một nhà văn nổi tiếng.)
C. It was his poverty that made him a famous writer.
(Chính sự nghèo khó đã khiến ông trở thành một nhà văn nổi tiếng.)
D. Despite quite a poor background, he succeeded as a writer.
(Mặc dù có hoàn cảnh khá nghèo khó nhưng ông đã thành công với tư cách là một nhà văn.)
Chọn D
He had finished reading the novel. He started to write the assignment.
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A.
He might have read the novel before starting to write the assignment.
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B.
Not until he finished reading the novel did he start to write the assignment.
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C.
Reading the novel, he started to write the assignment.
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D.
Had it not been for the novel, he would have started to write the assignment earlier.
Đáp án: B
Kiến thức: Câu đảo ngữ
Cấu trúc đảo ngữ: Not until + S + had Ved/V3 did + S + V(nguyên thể): Mãi cho đến khi…thì…
He had finished reading the novel. He started to write the assignment.
(Anh ấy đã đọc xong cuốn tiểu thuyết. Anh bắt đầu viết luận văn.)
A. He might have read the novel before starting to write the assignment.
(Anh ấy đã có thể đã đọc cuốn tiểu thuyết trước khi bắt đầu viết luận văn.)
B. Not until he finished reading the novel did he start to write the assignment.
(Mãi cho đến khi đọc xong cuốn tiểu thuyết, anh ấy mới bắt đầu viết luận văn.)
C. Reading the novel, he started to write the assignment.
(Đọc tiểu thuyết, anh bắt đầu viết luận văn.)
D. Had it not been for the novel, he would have started to write the assignment earlier.
(Nếu không có cuốn tiểu thuyết thì anh ấy đã bắt đầu viết bài tập sớm hơn.)
Chọn B