* 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.
He was suspected to have stolen credit cards. The police have investigated him for days.
A. He has been investigated for days, suspected to have stolen credit cards.
B. Suspecting to have stolen credit cards, he has been investigated for days.
C. Having suspected to have stolen credit cards, he has been investigated for days.
D. Suspected to have stolen credit cards, he has been investigated for days.
ĐÁP ÁN D
Giải thích: Giữa hai câu trong đề bài có mối quan hệ nhân quả với nhau.
Dịch nghĩa: Người đàn ông bị nghi ngờ là đã đánh cắp thẻ tín dụng. Cảnh sát đã điều tra ông ta trong nhiều ngày.
Phương án D sử dụng cấu trúc mệnh đề rút gọn khi hành động mang tính bị động, động từ được rút gọn thành dạng phân từ.
Dịch nghĩa: Suspected to have stolen credit cards, he has been investigated for days = Bị nghi ngờ là đã đánh cắp thẻ tín dụng, ông ta đã bị điều tra trong
nhiều ngày.
Đây là phương án có nghĩa của câu sát với nghĩa câu gốc nhất.
A. He has been investigated for days, suspected to have stolen credit cards. = Ông ta đã bị điều tra trong nhiều ngày, bị nghi ngờ là đã đánh cắp thẻ tín dụng, Khi hai mệnh đề có chung chủ ngữ và muốn rút gọn một mệnh đề thì mệnh đề được rút gọn phải nằm ở phía trước.
B. Suspecting to have stolen credit cards, he has been investigated for days. = Nghi ngờ là đã đánh cắp thẻ tín dụng, ông ta đã bị điều tra trong nhiều ngày.
Chủ ngữ không trực tiếp thực hiện hành động đang nghi ngờ, do đó không thể rút gọn động từ thành dạng chủ động.
C. Having suspected to have stolen credit cards, he has been investigated for days = Đã nghi ngờ là đã đánh cắp thẻ tín dụng, ông ta đã bị điều tra trong nhiều ngày.
Chủ ngữ không trực tiếp thực hiện hành động nghi ngờ và hành dộng đó chưa được hoàn thành, do dó không thể rút gọn động từ thành dạng Having + V(phân từ).
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