Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the sentence that best combines each pair of sentences in the following questions.
I’d suggest that we avoid telling any scary stories with Janet around. She’s a bit unstable and could get hysterical.
A. Janet has trouble keeping her emotions under control, especially when she is told frightening stories.
B. Since Janet is somewhat unbalanced, the only way to make her laugh is by telling stories, but we should avoid scary ones as they might cause her to panic.
C. It is no fun to tell frightening stories to Janet, who is not very stable mentally, because she only laughs instead of getting scared.
D. Janet is somewhat mentally unbalanced and might easily become uncontrollably emotional, so let’s not tell frightening stories in her presence.
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Đáp án D
Câu gốc: “tôi đề nghị rằng chúng ta nên tránh việc kể các câu chuyện đáng sợ khi Janet ở quanh. Cô ấy thì hơi không ổn định và có thể bị kích động
A. Janet có vấn đề với việc kiểm soát tình cảm của cô ấy, đặc biệt là khi cô ấy được kể các câu chuyện đáng sợ -> không sát nghĩa với câu gốc
B. Bởi vì Janet hơi không cân bằng được, nên cách duy nhất để làm cô ấy cười là bằng cách kể chuyện, nhưng chúng ta nên tránh những câu chuyện đáng sợ vì chúng có thể làm cô ấy hoảng sợ -> không sát nghĩa với câu gốc
C. Không có gì thú vị khi kể các câu chuyện đáng sợ cho janet, người mà không ổn định về thần kinh, vì cô ấy chỉ cưới thay vì cảm thấy sợ -> không sát nghĩa với câu gốc
D. Janet hơi không cân bằng được thần kinh và có thể dễ bị mất kiểm soát, vì vậy chúng ta không nên kể những câu chuyện đáng sợ khi có mặt cô ấy -> sát nghĩa với câu gốc
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