WRITING
I/Choose the sentence (A, B, C or D) that is closest in meaning to the root sentence or best combines the two given sentences.
1. Loan is beautiful. She is also intelligent and hard working.
A. Loan is not very beautiful but she is intelligent and hard working.
B. Loan is beautiful, intelligent and hard working.
C. Loan is beautiful and she is not intelligent or hard working either.
D. Loan is as beautiful as intelligent and hard working.
2. Da Nang is peaceful and beautiful. Nha Trang is peaceful and beautiful.
A. Both Da Nang and Nha Trang are peaceful and beautiful.
B. Da Nang is different from Nha Trang because Da Nang is more beautiful and peaceful.
C. Da Nang is not as beautiful and peaceful as Nha Trang.
D. Da Nang and Nha Trang are peaceful and beautiful either.
3. It rained heavily this morning. Luyen was late for school.
A. Because Luyen was late for school, it rained heavily this morning.
B. It rained heavily this morning as Luyen was late for school.
C. Luyen was late for school this morning because it rained heavily.
D. Luyen was late for school so it rained heavily this morning.
4. Dancing is as healthy and interesting as singing.
A. Dancing is healthier and interesting as singing.
B. Singing is different from dancing and more interesting.
C. Dancing is healthy and interesting and singing is too.
D. Singing and dancing are not very healthy and interesting.
5. Photography is more expensive and time-consuming as photography.
A. Dancing is as expensive and time-consuming as photography
B. Dancing is not as expensive and time-consuming as photography.
C. Photography is the same as dancing.
D. Photography is expensive and time-consuming and dancing is too.
6. How much do you pay for the blue jeans you are wearing?
A. How much money does the blue jeans you are wearing?
B. How much are the blue jeans you are wearing?
C. How many money do you pay for the blue jeans you are wearing?
D. How many are the blue jeans you are wearing?
7. When did you last ride a bike?
A. What time is it when you ride a bike?
B. How often did you ride a bike?
C. How much time did you ride a bike?
D. When was the last time you rode a bike?
8. I am wearing sunglasses. I am wearing a T-shirt. I am wearing jeans.
A. I am wearing a pair of sunglasses, a T-shirt and a jeans.
B. I am wearing a T-shirt, jeans and a pair of sunglasses.
C. I am wearing jeans, T-shirt and sunglasses.
D. I am wearing a pair of sunglasses, T-shirt, jeans.
9. Tuan put some flour in the mixture. Tuan didn’t put any milk.
A. Tuan put some flour and milk in the mixture.
B. Tuan didn’t put any flour in the mixture but he put some milk.
C. Tuan forgot to put some flour and milk in the mixture.
D. Tuan put some flour and he didn’t put any milk in the mixture.
10. Trang has got lots of friends. She hasn’t got much money.
A. Trang has got a lot of friends and money.
B. Trang hasn’t got a lot of money but she has many friends.
C. Trang has got much friends and many money.
D. Trang hasn’t got any friends or money.
11. They water the flowers every morning.
A. They need some water and flowers every morning.
B. The flowers are watered by them in the morning every day.
C. There is some water on the flowers.
D. They put the flowers in the water every morning.
12. Their game of badminton is always on Thursday.
A. They always play badminton on Thursday.
B. They always play their game on Thursday.
C. They play badminton always on Thursday.
D. They have played badminton every Thursday.
13. My birthday is on Jun the 4th.
A. I born on the 4th of Jun.
B. I was born on the 4th of Jun.
C. My mother born me on June the 4th.
D. I am born on June the 4th.
14. My parents didn’t buy that house. They didn’t have enough money.
A. Because they didn’t have a lot of money, my parents bought that house.
B. My parents didn’t have enough money so they bought that house.
C. Because my parents didn’t have enough money, they didn’t buy that house.
D. My parents didn’t buy that house because they had a lot of money.
15. The temple in my hometown was built in the 18th century.
A. They build the temple long time ago in my hometown.
B. In my home, the temple was not very old.
C. It took 200 years to build the temple in my village.
D. The temple in my hometown is over 200 years old.
Đáp án:
Sử dụng phân từ hoàn thành để chỉ lí do của một hành động trong quá khứ, được chia ở thì quá khứ hoàn thành (had not slept...)
Không dùng từ nối (connectives) khi sử dụng phân từ => bỏ "and therefore"
=> Not having slept for two days, she wasn’t able to concentrate.
Tạm dịch: Bởi vì không ngủ được trong hai ngày, cô ấy không thể tập trung.
Đáp án cần chọn là: A