Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the sentence that is CLOSEST in meaning to each of the following questions.
We couldn't have managed our business successfully without my father's money.
A. Had it not been for my father's money, we couldn't have managed our business successfully.
B. We could have managed our business successfully with my father's money.
C. If we could manage our business successfully, my father would give us his money.
Giải thích:
Chúng tôi không thể xoay xở việc kinh doanh thành công nếu không có tiền của bố tôi.
A. Nếu không có tiền của bố tôi, chúng tôi đã không thể xoay xở công việc kinh doanh của mình thành công.
B. Chúng tôi đã có thể xoay xở việc kinh doanh với tiền của bố tôi. → Sai nghĩa
C. Sai vì phải dùng câu điều kiện loại 3.
D. Sai vì đảo ngữ điều kiện loại 3: Had it not been for + Noun, S + would have Ved/ cột 3)
→ Chọn đáp án A
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Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the underlined part that needs correction in each of the following questions.
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Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the sentence that best combine each pair of sentences in the following questions.
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Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the word(s) CLOSEST in meaning to the underlined word(s) in each of the following questions.
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Mark the letter A, B, C, or D to indicate the word(s) OPPOSITE in meaning to the underlined word(s) in each of the following sentences.
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