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.
Mike didn't follow his parents' advice on choosing his career. He regrets it now.
A. As long as Mike follows his parents' advice on choosing his career, he won't regret.
B. If only Mike followed his parents' advice on choosing his career.
C. If Mike had followed his parents' advice on choosing his career, he would regret it now.
D. Mike wishes he had followed his parents' advice on choosing his career.
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Giải thích:
- wish + S + had + P2: ước gì… => ước trái với sự thật trong quá khứ
- Câu điều kiện mix/hỗn hợp/trộn loại 3-2 để đưa ra điều kiện trái với quá khứ, dẫn đến kết quả trái với hiện tại.
Công thức: If + S + had (not) P2, S + would/could (not) V_nguyên thể (now)
- As long as: miễn là
- If only + S + had + P2: Giá như… => mong muốn trái với sự thật trong quá khứ
Tạm dịch: Mike đã không nghe theo lời khuyên của cha mẹ trong việc lựa chọn nghề nghiệp của mình. Giờ anh ấy hối hận lắm.
A. Thiếu “it” sau “regret”
B. Sai ở “followed” => had followed
C. Nếu Mike đã làm theo lời khuyên của cha mẹ anh ấy về việc lựa chọn nghề nghiệp của mình, anh ấy sẽ hối hận ngay bây giờ. => sai nghĩa
D. Mike ước rằng anh đã nghe theo lời khuyên của cha mẹ trong việc lựa chọn nghề nghiệp của mình.
Chọn D.
Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the word(s) CLOSEST in meaning to the underlined word(s) in each of the following questions.
He has been jobless and often has to ask his parents for money.
In these difficult times, the company may have to _______ up to 100 laborers.
Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the correct answer to each of the following questions.
________ the instructions twice, I still couldn't understand how to use this machine.
Street vendors can _______ a fortune from humble tea stalls with dirt cheap nosh and simple drinks.
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.
Which of the following is closest in meaning to the word "unveiled" in paragraph 3?
He is very stubborn but flattery usually works like a charm on him.
Read the following passage and mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the correct word or phrase that best fits each of the numbered blanks.
Going Inside Black Holes
One of the strangest phenomena in the universe is the black hole. For years, scientists have studied black holes in an (39) ______ to better understand how they function. Like vacuum cleaners, black holes will suck up anything (40) ______ crosses their path. The incredible sucking power that black holes generate comes from gravity. They can quickly swallow up anything including planets, space debris, and anything else imaginable. Even light cannot escape the (41) ______ of black holes. Since they are able to pull in light, black holes are nearly impossible to see even with high-powered telescopes. (42) ______, scientists are able to detect the presence of black holes in space because of their effect on an observed area.
Black holes can originate in a few ways. One type of black holes occurs when a star comes to the end of its lifecycle and it dies in a supernova explosion. They can also occur when the mass of a neutron star becomes so great that it collapses in on itself. Black holes may also occur when several large and dense stars collide with one (43) _____in space.
