Her career ground to a halt when the twins were born.
Giải bởi Vietjack
Đáp án D
Giải thích:
grind to a halt: chầm chậm dừng lại, ngừng phát triển (grind => ground => ground)
A. stopped suddenly: dừng đột ngột B. was interrupted: bị gián đoạn
C. made her tired: khiến cô ấy mệt mỏi D. developed quickly: phát triển nhanh chóng
=> ground to a halt: chầm chậm dừng lại, ngừng phát triển >< developed quickly: phát triển nhanh chóng
Tạm dịch: Sự nghiệp của cô dừng lại khi cặp song sinh chào đời.
Chọn D.
On 5th April, 2021, Mr. Pham Minh Chinh _______ as the 8th Prime Minister of Viet Nam.
Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the word(s) OPPOSITE in meaning to the underlined word(s) in each of the following questions.
TV companies _______ their programmes across the country or even across the world.
Huy was asking Mai, his classmate, for her opinion about the book he had lent her.
- Huy: "What do you think about the book?"
- Mai: “____________________”University students __________ in linguistics may take courses including phonetics, semantics, and pragmatics.
Read the following passage and mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the correct word or phrase that best fits each of the numbered blanks from 46 to 50.
Amy Tan was born on February 19, 1952 in Oakland, California. Tan grew up in Northern California, (46) _____ when her father and older brother both died from brain tumors in 1966, she moved with her mother and younger brother to Europe, where she attended high school in Montreux, Switzerland. She returned to the United States for college. After college, Tan worked as a language development consultant and as a corporate freelance writer. (47) _____ 1985, she wrote the "Rules of the Game” for a writing workshop, which laid the early foundation for her first novel The Joy Luck Club. Published in 1989, the book explored the (48) _____ between Chinese women and their Chinese-American daughters, and became the longest running New York Times bestseller for that year. The Joy Luck Club received numerous awards, including the Los Angeles Times Book Award. It has been translated into 25 languages, including Chinese, and was made into a major motion picture for (49) _____ Tan co-wrote the screenplay. Tan's (50) _____ works have also been adapted into several different forms of media.
Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the word(s) CLOSEST in meaning to the underlined word(s) in each of the following questions.
Mother Teresa devoted herself to caring for the sick and the poor.
The last time I saw David was when I went to my friend's birthday party.
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.
