Mark letter A, B, C or D on your answer sheet to indicate the sentence that is closest in meaning to the original sentence in each of the following questions.
33. If I were in your shoes, I would let him go.
A. My suggestion is that you let him go.
B. My advice is that you wear your shoes and let him go.
C. I would like to be in your shoe so you could let him go.
D. I was wearing your shoes and would like to let him go.
34. I haven’t seen my aunt since the Covid-19 began in 2019.
A. I last saw my aunt before the beginning of the Covid-19.
B. My aunt left the country after the Covid-19 so didn’t see her.
C. I haven’t seen my aunt for so many years because of the Covid-19.
D. My aunt didn’t come back until the start of the Covid-19 in 2019.
35. We must take care of all living species on Earth.
A. All living species on Earth are taken care of by us.
B. All living species on Earth must be taken care of by us.
C. All living species on Earth had been taken care of by us.
D. All living species on Earth will be taken care of by us.
36. Many people came to the meeting. Some were half an hour late.
A. Many people came to the meeting, some of who were half an hour late.
B. Many people came to the meeting, some of whom were half an hour late.
C. Many people came to the meeting, but some of them were half an hour late.
D. Many people who came to the meeting some of them were half an hour late.
37. It’s possible that the exam result will be announced next week.
A. The exam result might be announced next week.
B. The exam result will surely be announced next week.
C. We may receive very good exam result next week.
D. They are going to give us the exam result next week.
38. My headache kept getting worse, so I took an aspirin.
A. The more aspirins I took, the worse my headache kept getting.
B. My headache was getting worse and worse, so I took an aspirin.
C. I took an aspirin, so my headache was getting worse and worse.
D. My headache was getting from bad to worse as I took an aspirin.
39. She saw that he was so angry. She left the classroom.
A. She didn’t want to make him angry, so she left the classroom.
B. She left the classroom when she saw he was so angry.
C He was very angry when he saw her leaving the classroom.
D. Having been seen to be angry, she left the classroom.
40.The thick fog made it impossible for the plane to land.
A. The plane could land as the fog was hardly thick.
B. The plane cannot land because the fog is thick.
C. It was possible for the plane to land although the fog was thick.
D. The plane was unable to land because of the thick fog.
Đáp án là D.
A sai ở vị trí “thinking”, không theo quy tắc, cấu trúc ngữ pháp nào cả.
C sai vì không cùng thì giữa các động từ : said- quá khứ đơn giản; don’t know - hiện tại đơn giản.
Nghĩa câu gốc: Tôi chắc chắn bạn có ý định trả lại tiền cho tôi, và chỉ có thể là bạn quên thôi.
B sai vì không đồng nghĩa: có vẻ như với tôi rằng bạn đã không bao giờ thực sự có ý định trả lại tiền cho tôi, đúng không?
D. bạn chắc chắn có ý định trả lại tiền cho tôi, nhưng tôi chắc chắn rằng bạn chỉ quên về nó.