A. John might have been ill yesterday, so he was not here.
B. John must have been ill yesterday, so he was not here.
C. John couldn't be here yesterday because he was ill.
D. Because of his illness, John shouldn't have been here yesterday.
Giải thích:
perhaps = possibly = might: có thể, không chắn chắn
should have Ved/V3: lẽ ra đã nên
might have Ved/V3: có thể là đã (không chắc)
must have Ved/V3: chắc hẳn là đã (chắc chắn cao)
couldn’t have Ved/V3: đã không thể làm gì (mặc dù rất muốn)
Tạm dịch: John không có ở đây ngày hôm qua. Có lẽ anh ta bị ốm.
= A. John có lẽ đã bị ốm nên hôm qua anh ấy mới không ở đây.
B. Hôm qua chắc hẳn John bị bệnh, vì vậy anh ấy không ở đây. => sai về nghĩa
C. John không thể ở đây hôm qua vì anh ấy bị ốm. => sai về nghĩa
D. Bởi vì bị ốm, hôm qua John lẽ ra đã không nên ở đây. => sai về nghĩa
Chọn A.
Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on the answer sheet to indicate the sentence that best combines each pair of sentences in the following questions.
There were 30 students in the class who _________ an exam when the bell went off.
Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the underlined part that needs correction in each of the following questions.
Several people had apparently tried to change the man's mind, but he refuses to listen.
Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the sentence that best completes the following exchanges.
If we didn't _________ any measures to protect whales, they would disappear forever.
Vietnam's rice export this year will decrease ______ about 10%, compared with that of last year.
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.
Read the following passage and mark the letter A, B, C or D on you answer sheet to indicate the correct answer to each of the questions.
Although the "lie detectors" are being used by governments, police departments, and businesses that all want guaranteed ways of detecting the truth, the results are not always accurate. Lie detectors are properly called emotion detectors, for their aim is to measure bodily changes that contradict what a person says. The polygraph machine records changes in heart rate, breathing, blood pressure, and the electrical activity of the skin (galvanic skin response, or GSR). In the first part of the polygraph test, you are electronically connected to the machine and asked a few neutral questions ("What is your name?", "Where do you live?"). Your physical reactions serve as the standard (baseline) for evaluating what comes next. Then you are asked a few critical questions among the neutral ones ("When did you rob the bank!). The assumption is that if you are guilty, your body will reveal the truth, even if you try to deny it. Your heart rate, respiration, and GSR will change abruptly as you respond to the incriminating questions.
That is the theory: but psychologists have found that lie detectors are simply not reliable. Since most physical changes are the same across all emotions, machines cannot tell whether you are feeling guilty, angry, nervous, thrilled, or revved up from an exciting day. Innocent people may be tense and nervous about the whole procedure. They may react physiologically to a certain word (“bank”) not because they robbed it, but because they recently bounced a check. In either case the machine will record a "lie". The reverse mistake is also common. Some practiced liars can lie without flinching, and others learn to beat the machine by tensing muscles or thinking about an exciting experience during neutral questions.
Read the following passage and mark the letter A, B, C or D on your answer sheet to choose the word or phrase that best fits each other numbered blanks.
SPORTS IN SOCIETY
The position of sport in today's society has changed out of all recognition. People no longer seem to think of sports as 'just a game' - to be watched or played for the (33) ________ of enjoyment. Instead, it has become big business worldwide. It has become accepted practice for leading companies to provide sponsorship. TV companies pay large sums of money to screen important matches or competitions. The result has been huge rewards for athletes, some of (34) ________ are now very wealthy, particularly top footballers, golfers and tennis players.
(35) ________, it is not unusual for some athletes to receive large fees on top of their salary, for advertising products or making personal appearances. A trend towards shorter working hours means that people generally tend to have more free time, both to watch and to take in sporting activity; sport has become a significant part of the recreation industry that we now rely (36) ________ to fill our leisure hours. Professional sport is a vital part of that industry, providing for millions of (37) ________ people all over the world.