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.
Helen's financial difficulties are serious. She never loses her hopes of overcoming them soon.A. Serious as her financial difficulties are, Helen never loses her hopes of overcoming them soon.
B. Helen's serious financial difficulties stopped her from hoping.
C. When Helen loses her hopes, she may overcome her serious financial difficulties.
Đáp án A
Phương pháp giải:
Kiến thức: Đảo ngữ
Giải chi tiết:
Đảo ngữ với “as”: Adj + as + S + tobe, S + V
stop sb from V-ing: ngăn ai làm gì
when: khi
in spite of + cụm từ: mặc cho, mặc dù
Tạm dịch: Helen gặp khó khăn tài chính nghiêm trọng. Cô ấy không bao giờ mất hy vọng sớm vượt qua chúng.
A. Khó khăn tài chính nghiêm trọng như vậy, Helen không bao giờ mất hy vọng sẽ sớm vượt qua chúng.
B. Khó khăn tài chính nghiêm trọng của Helen đã ngăn cô ấy hy vọng. => sai nghĩa
C. Khi Helen mất hy vọng, cô ấy có thể vượt qua khó khăn tài chính nghiêm trọng của mình. => sai nghĩa
D. Mặc dù mất hết hy vọng, Helen sẽ sớm vượt qua khó khăn tài chính nghiêm trọng của mình. => sai nghĩaRead the following passage and mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the correct word that best fits each of the numbered blanks from 1 to 5.
The placebo effect is far more powerful than most people realize. It's fascinating, and it has been (1) _____ studied by medical science. We know that four placebo sugar pills a day will clean up an illness quicker than two sugar pills, we know that an injection is a more effective treatment for pain than a pill, we know that green pills are more effective (2) _____ stress than red pills, and we know that brand packaging on painkillers increases pain relief.
But if homeopathy users are being deceived by the placebo effect, is that so bad? Maybe not. There are often situations (3) _____ people want treatment but medicine has little to offer - back pain, stress at work, medically unexplained fatigue, and (4) _____ commonly colds. Trying every known medication will only give you side effects. A sugar pill in these circumstances seems a very (5) _____ option.
(Adapted from Unlimited B2 - student's book)
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.
In an effort to solve the problem of extinction, many countries have allocated large amounts of its land to animal reserves.Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the word OPPOSITE in meaning to the underlined word(s) in each of the following questions.
Katherine has currently been down in the dumps because all her best friends have gone abroad to study.
Exercise strengthens the heart, increases the level at which we burn fat, lowers the chance of high blood pressure, and preventing loss of bone strength.
Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the word CLOSEST in meaning to the underlined word in each of the following questions.
As a new employee, your next presentation is important, so you have to be entirely aware of what you are doing.