Question

[Lê Quỳnh Anh]

Read the following passage, and mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the correct word or phrase for each of the blanks.

The role of translation enabling literature to pass beyond its natural frontiers is receiving growing recognition. In view of the general increase in this (30)_____, it is not surprising that many   people with literary interests and a knowledge of languages should think of adopting translating as a full-or part-time (31)_____. Some advice may usefully be given to such would-be translators.

The first difficulty the beginner will (32)_____is the unwillingness of publishers to entrust a translator to anyone who has not already (33)____a reputation for sound work. The least publishers  will (34)____ before commissioning a translator is a fairly lengthy specimen of the applicant’s work, even if unpublished. Perhaps the best way the would-be translator can begin is to select some books of the type (35)_____ he or she feels competent and eager to translate, translate a (36)_____section of   the book and then submit the book and the translation to a suitable publisher. If he or she is extremely lucky, this may result in a commission to translate the book. More probably, however, publishers   will

(37)             the book as such but if they are    favorably (38)             by the translation, they  may very possibly commission some other books of a (39)                           nature which they already have in mind.

Điền vào ô 39

A. joint                 

B. same                

C. common           

D. similar

Answer 1

[Dương Hoàn Anh]

Đáp án : D

Joint= common= chung, same= giống, similar= tương tự. “some books of a… nature which they already have in mind”: những cuốn sách…loại mà họ có sẵn trong trí óc.-> loại sách tương tự.