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.
No sooner had she put the telephone down than her boss rang back.
A. As soon as her boss rang back, she put down the telephone.
B. Scarcely had she put the telephone down when her boss rang back.
C. Hardly she had hung up, she rang her boss immediately.
D. She had hardly put the telephone down without her boss rang back.
Đáp án B
Giải thích: No sooner…than: ngay sau khi…thì. Câu đã cho có nghĩa như sau: “Ngay sau khi cô ấy đặt điện thoại xuống thì sếp của cô ấy gọi lại”. Các câu C, D đều sai về mặt ngữ pháp. Câu C phải đảo động từ lên trước chủ ngữ vì có trạng từ đứng đầu câu. Câu D sai vì sau without không là mệnh đề mà phải là danh từ hoặc Ving. Câu A sai về mặt ngữ nghĩa: “Ngay khi sếp cô ấy gọi lại, cô ấy đặt luôn điện thoại xuống” Đáp án đúng là B.
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