Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the sentence that is closest in meaning to each of the following questions.
More petrol is consumed nowadays than ten years ago
A. Not so much petrol was consumed ten years ago as nowadays
B. Petrol consumption is going down nowadays
C. We had more petrol ten years ago than we do nowadays
D. We should consume as much petrol as possible
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Đáp án A
Giải thích: Câu gốc sử dụng cấu trúc so sánh :
More + N + V + trạng từ thời gian + than + trạng từ thời gian = Cái gì nhiều hơn vào lúc này so với lúc khác.
Dịch nghĩa: Nhiều xăng được tiêu thụ ngày nay hơn mười năm trước đây.
Phương án A. Not so much petrol was consumed ten years ago as nowadays sử dụng cấu trúc
Not so much + S + V + trạng từ thời gian + as + trạng từ thời gian = Cái gì không nhiều vào lúc này nhu vào lúc khác.
Dịch nghĩa: Không quá nhiều xăng đã được tiêu thụ mười năm trước đây như ngày nay.
Đây là phương án có nghĩa của câu sát với câu gốc nhất.
B. Petrol consumption is going down nowadays = Sự tiêu thụ xăng dầu đang đi xuống hiện nay.
C. We had more petrol ten years ago than we do nowadays = Chúng ta đã có nhiều xăng hơn vào mười năm trước đây so với chúng ta có ngày nay.
D. We should consume as much petrol as possible = Chúng ta nên tiêu thụ càng nhiều xăng càng tốt.
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