Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the sentence that a best combines each pair of sentences in the following questions.
It was an interesting novel. I stayed up all night to finish it.
A. I stayed up all night to finish the novel so it was interesting.
B. Unless it were an interesting novel, I would not stay up all night to finish it.
C. Though it was an interesting novel, I stayed up all night to finish it.
Đáp án D
Dịch đề bài: Đó là một cuốn tiểu thuyết thú vị. Tôi đã thức suốt đêm để đọc hết nó. (ngụ ý: vì hay nên thức suốt đêm đọc hết → mệnh đề trạng ngữ chỉ kết quả. Nếu nhìn nhanh ta có thể chọn ngay được đáp án D - sử dụng cấu trúc đảo ngữ với so)
A. Tôi đã thức suốt đêm để đọc hết cuốn tiểu thuyết vì vậy nó thú vị. → sai nghĩa so với câu gốc.
B. Nếu nó không phải là một cuốn tiểu thuyết thú vị thì tôi sẽ không thức suốt đêm để đọc nó. → sai nghĩa so với câu gốc.
C. Mặc dù nó là một cuốn tiểu thuyết thú vị nhưng tôi đã thức suốt đêm để đọc hết nó. → sai nghĩa so với câu gốc
D. Nó là cuốn tiểu thuyết thú vị đến nỗi tôi đã thức suốt đêm để đọc hết nó → đúng
→ Chọn đáp án D
* Mở rộng: Trong mệnh đề trạng ngữ chỉ kết quả, ta có thể dùng cấu trúc đảo với so... that/ such... that:
So + adj/adv + tobe/Auxiliary + S + that + clause
Such + tobe + (a/an) + adj + N + that + clause
Such + (a/an) + adj + N + tobe + that + clauseMark 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.