Nowadays, the divorce rate is higher than it used to be________ young people are allowed to decide on their marriage.
A. despite
B. but
C. even though
D. in spite of
KEY C
Giải thích: ta thấy vế sau là một mệnh đề hoàn chỉnh, trong các đáp án chỉ có even though đi được với mệnh đề nên B là đáp án đúng.
Dịch: Ngày này, tỉ lệ ly hôn cao hơn trước đây dù người trẻ đã được phép lựa chọn bạn đời.
She told me her address ........................ I wrote on a piece of paper.
The dress didn’t fit her, so she took it back to the shop ................... she had bought it.
When we went back to the bookstore, the bookseller _______ the book we wanted.
My mother told me she _______ very tired since she came back from a visit to our grandparents.
She seems to have spent all her life studying in _______ establishments.
Susan _______ her family after she had taken the university entrance examination.
How many cities______ you and your uncle _______ by July last summer?
Do you think food, air, and clothes ______ necessary for life?