Đáp án D
Phương pháp giải:
Kiến thức: Thì quá khứ tiếp diễn
Giải chi tiết:
Dấu hiệu: until past midnight (cho đến tận quá nửa đêm qua) => hành động xảy ra trước thời điểm này là diễn ra liên tục, không ngừng => dùng thì quá khứ tiếp diễn.
Công thức: S + were/was + V-ing
A chưa thể hiện được sự nhấn mạnh vào tính liên tục của hành động làm ồn.
B sai vì nếu dùng quá khứ hoàn thành, thì hành động làm ồn đã diễn ra và kết thúc rồi thì hành động không ngủ được mới xảy ra => phi logic
C sai vì không hòa hợp về sự phối hợp thì (vế đầu quá khứ đơn, liên kết bằng “because”)
Tạm dịch: Peter đã không thể ngủ bởi vì hàng xóm cứ làm ồn mãi cho đến quá nửa đêm mới dừng lại.Read 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.