Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the sentence that a best combines each pair of sentences in the following questions.
It was an interesting novel. I stayed up all night to finish it.
A. I stayed up all night to finish the novel so it was interesting.
B. Unless it were an interesting novel, I would not stay up all night to finish it.
C. Though it was an interesting novel, I stayed up all night to finish it.
Đáp án D
Dịch đề bài: Đó là một cuốn tiểu thuyết thú vị. Tôi đã thức suốt đêm để đọc hết nó. (ngụ ý: vì hay nên thức suốt đêm đọc hết → mệnh đề trạng ngữ chỉ kết quả. Nếu nhìn nhanh ta có thể chọn ngay được đáp án D - sử dụng cấu trúc đảo ngữ với so)
A. Tôi đã thức suốt đêm để đọc hết cuốn tiểu thuyết vì vậy nó thú vị. → sai nghĩa so với câu gốc.
B. Nếu nó không phải là một cuốn tiểu thuyết thú vị thì tôi sẽ không thức suốt đêm để đọc nó. → sai nghĩa so với câu gốc.
C. Mặc dù nó là một cuốn tiểu thuyết thú vị nhưng tôi đã thức suốt đêm để đọc hết nó. → sai nghĩa so với câu gốc
D. Nó là cuốn tiểu thuyết thú vị đến nỗi tôi đã thức suốt đêm để đọc hết nó → đúng
→ Chọn đáp án D
* Mở rộng: Trong mệnh đề trạng ngữ chỉ kết quả, ta có thể dùng cấu trúc đảo với so... that/ such... that:
So + adj/adv + tobe/Auxiliary + S + that + clause
Such + tobe + (a/an) + adj + N + that + clause
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