Mark the letter A, B, C or D on your answer sheet to indicate that best combine this pair of sentences in the following questions
The artist attempted to vivify the painting. The artist added people dressed in bright colors in the foreground
A. Vivifying the painting, the artist added people dressed in bright colors in the foreground
B. The artist attempted to vivify the painting because he added people dressed in bright colors in the foreground
C. The artist attempted to vivify the painting by adding people dressed in bright colors in the foreground
D. Whereas the artist attempted to vivify the painting, he added people dressed in bright colors in the foreground
Đáp án là C.
Người họa sĩ muốn làm bức tranh sống động. Người nghệ sĩ thêm những người mắc trang phục sáng màu trong phông nền.
A. Làm bức tranh sống động, người nghệ sĩ thêm những người mắc trang phục sáng màu trong phông nền.
Kiến thức: rút gọn hai mệnh đề cùng chủ ngữ khi hai hành động diễn ra song song cùng thì ta dùng: V-ing + O , S + V + O
=>Câu A sai vì động từ cần rút gọn là “attemp”
B. Người họa sĩ muốn làm bức tranh sống động bởi vì anh ấy thêm những người mắc trang phục sáng màu trong phông nền.
C. Người họa sĩ muốn làm bức tranh sống động bằng cách thêm những người mắc trang phục sáng màu trong phông nền.
D. Trong khi người họa sĩ muốn làm bức tranh sống động, anh ấy thêm những người mắc trang phục sáng màu trong phông nền
Read the passages and the questions or unfinished sentences. Then choose the answer (A, B, C or D) that you think fits best.
THE VIDEO LOGGERS
One rather unlike word that has recently entered the language is “blog”, a shortened form of “web log”. A blog is a diary on the Internet by the person writing it – the “blogger” – who presumably expect other people to read it. Modern technology is being used to (31)________new life into such an old-fashioned form as the personal journal. And now, as the technology behind video camera is making them easier to use, we have the video log, or “vlog”. Vlogging does not require (32)________sophisticated equipment: a digital video camera, a high-speed Internet connection and a host are all that is needed. Vloggers can put anything that takes their fancy onto their personal web site. Some vloggers have no ambition (33)________than to show films they have shot while on holiday in exotic places. However, vlogs can also serve more ambitious purposes. For instance, amateur film-makers who want to make a (34)________for themselves might publish their work on the Internet, eager to receive advice or criticism. And increasingly, vlogs are being used to publicize political and social issues that are not noteworthy enough to earn coverage by the mass media. It is still too early to predict whether vlogging will ever (35)________off in a major way or if it is just a passing fad, but its potential is only now becoming apparent
Điền vào ô số 35
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What _________at 10 o’clock last night?
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That smoking has a bad effect on our health has been proved
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It’s the first time I’ve been to a flower show
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A young tourist has been declared _________after he got lost in the mountains last Monday
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The woman looked _________the photos carefully to identify the pickpocket, but there were so many that it was soon hard to distinguish one_________another
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His comment bears little relation to the topic
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At _________time did I ever promise you a pay rise
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Greg has, to all intents and _________, finished his degree course, with the exception of his final dissertation
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A pet could_________a very special purpose in our life, as a companion
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Derek was wearing _________at the party
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The young man objects _________to do all the work himself
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Tim is different from John in that the first is smart and the latter rather unintelligent
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In about one-third of all cases of hepatitis B, it is unknown how the patient contracted the virus
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Their army invaded the neighbouring country’s _________