The football team suffered a shattering defeat by their local rival. Their coach was then sacked as manager.
A. Only by the football team’s suffering a shattering defeat by their local rival was their coach not sacked as manager.
B. Only after their coach was sacked as manager did the football team suffer a shattering defeat by their local rival.
C. No sooner had their coach been sacked as manager than the football team sufferred a shattering defeat by their local rival.
Kiến thức: Kết hợp câu – Đảo ngữ
Giải thích: D
Câu đề bài:
The football team suffered a shattering defeat by their local rival. Their coach was then sacked as manager.
(Đội bóng đã phải chịu thất bại nặng nề trước đối thủ địa phương. Huấn luyện viên của họ sau đó đã bị sa thải khỏi vị trí quản lý.)
= D. Barely had the football team suffered a shattering defeat by their local rival when their coach was
sacked as manager.
(Đội bóng hiếm khi phải chịu thất bại nặng nề trước đối thủ địa phương khi huấn luyện viên của họ bị sa thải khỏi vị trí quản lý.)
Xét các phương án còn lại:
A. Only by the football team’s suffering a shattering defeat by their local rival was their coach not sacked as manager. (Sai nghĩa)
B. Only after their coach was sacked as manager did the football team suffer a shattering defeat by their local rival. (Sai nghĩa)
C. No sooner had their coach been sacked as manager than the football team sufferred a shattering defeat by their local rival. (Sai nghĩa)
Vậy đáp án đúng là D
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