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.
More petrol is consumed nowadays than ten years ago.
A. Not so much petrol was consumed ten years ago as nowadays.
B. Petrol consumption is going down nowadays.
C. We had more petrol ten years ago than we do nowadays.
Đáp án A
Dịch đề bài: Nhiều xăng hơn được tiêu thụ hiện nay hơn là 10 năm về trước, (ngụ ý: việc tiêu thụ xăng của 10 năm về trước không nhiều bằng việc tiêu thụ xăng hiện nay).
A. Không nhiều xăng được tiêu thụ vào 10 năm trước bằng hiện nay. → đúng
B. Hiện nay việc tiêu thụ xăng đang giảm dần. → sai nghĩa so với câu gốc
C. Chúng ta có nhiều xăng vào 10 nám trước hơn hiện nay. → sai nghĩa so với câu gốc, không phải việc có nhiều xăng mà là việc tiêu thụ xăng.
D. Chúng ta nên tiêu thụ nhiều xăng nhất có thể → sai nghĩa so với câu gốc.
→ Chọn đáp án AMark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the correct answer to each of the following questions.
Due to the economic unrest, people___________happy lately.
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.
Mobility is one of the characteristics often demanded of executives, and they must accustom themselves to move quite regularly.
Parents’ choices for their children’s names is based on names of their relatives or ancestors.
___________how confident you are, it is almost impossible not to be a little nervous before an important exam.
The Principal usually has his pupils___________waste paper for their mini-project.
Mark the letter A, B, C or D on you answer sheet to indicate the word whose underlined part differs from the other three in pronunciation in each of the following questions.
He enjoyed the dessert so much that he accepted the second___________when it was offered.
Most office furniture is bought more on the basis of___________than comfort.
If you say bad things about the person who give a job you bite the hand that feeds you.
Every city in the United States has traffic problems because the amount of cars on American streets and highways is increasing every year.
Gerry didn’t go on the expedition - he made up that part of the story.
Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the word that differs from the other three in the position of the primary stress in each of the following questions.