Mark the letter A, B, C or D on your answer sheet to indicate the sentence that best combines each pair of sentences in the following questions.
Lee gave up her job. She planned to continue her education.
A. Lee’s education was interrupted since she wanted to find a job.
B. Lee gave up her job with the aim at continuing her education.
C. Lee gave up her job in case she continued her education.
Đáp án D
Dịch đề bài: Lee từ bỏ công việc của mình. Cô ấy có kế hoạch tiếp tục việc học. (ngụ ý: Ngưng công việc để đi học lại).
A. Việc học của Lee bị gián đoạn vì cô ấy muốn tìm một công việc. → sai nghĩa
B. Không dịch vì sai cấu trúc: “with the aim of + sth/ V-ing” chứ không có cấu trúc “with the aim at...”
C. Lee từ bỏ công việc của mình để phòng trường hợp cô ấy tiếp tục việc học. → sai nghĩa
D. Lee từ bỏ công việc với mục đích tiếp tục việc học. → đúng
Đáp án D đúng nghĩa và cấu trúc. Các đáp án lại sai nghĩa hoặc cấu trúc.
* Mở rộng: “with a view to sth/ V-ing” và “with the aim of sth/ V-ing” là cấu trúc dùng để chỉ mục đích.Mark the letter A, B, C or D on your answer sheet to indicate the correct answer to each of the following questions.
I don’t know much about computer, so I asked the assistant for____________advice.
I would have cooked something special if I____________you were coming.
There is still widespread____________against older people in the job market.
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.
Keith had so interesting and creative plans that everyone wanted to work on his committee.
Everyone thought she would accept the offer. ____________, she turned it down immediately.
Even though she had been studying hard, she had only a____________chance of passing the exam.
This is a rare opportunity. You should take advantage of it to get a better job.
The arrested man is suspected of____________government funds for himself.
Most headaches____________with aspirin unless they are too severe.
Women have proved repeatedly that they are equal and often superior____________men in almost every field.
A paragraph is a portion of a text consists of one or more sentences related to the same idea.
Amy and Jacob are talking about the two-day excursion at the end of the school year. Amy: “You look so sad. ____________”
Jacob: “I couldn’t get my parents’ permission to stay the night away from home.”
Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the word whose underlined part differs from the other three in pronunciation in each of the following questions.
Mark the letter A, B, C or D on your answer sheet to indicate the word that differs from the rest in the position of the main stress in each of the following questions.