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.
Seth informed us of his retirement from the company. He did it when arriving at the meeting.
A. Only after his retiring from the company did Seth tell us about his arrival at the meeting.
B. Not until Seth said to us that he would leave the company did he turn up at the meeting.
C. Hardly had Seth notified us of his retiring from the company when he arrived at the meeting.
D. No sooner had Seth arrived at the meeting than we were told about his leaving the company.
Giải bởi Vietjack
Kiến thức: Cấu trúc đảo ngữ
Giải thích:
ONLY AFTER + N/Ving/clause + auxiliary + S + V : Chỉ sau khi … thì
NOT UNTIL + N/Ving/clause + auxiliary + S + V : Chỉ đến khi … thì
HARDLY + auxiliary + S + V + WHEN + S + V: Ngay khi … thì
= NO SOONER + auxiliary + S + V + THAN + S + V
Cấu trúc bị động ở thì quá khứ: S + was/were + V.p.p
Tạm dịch: Seth thông báo cho chúng tôi về việc ông ấy nghỉ hưu ở công ty. Ông ấy đã làm điều đó khi đến cuộc họp.
A. Chỉ sau khi ông ấy nghỉ hưu ở công ty, Seth mới nói với chúng tôi về việc anh ấy đến cuộc họp.
B. Mãi cho đến khi Seth nói với chúng tôi rằng anh ấy sẽ rời công ty, anh ấy mới đến cuộc họp.
C. Ngay khi Seth thông báo cho chúng tôi về việc ông nghỉ hưu từ công ty thì ông đến cuộc họp.
D. Ngay khi Seth đến cuộc họp thì chúng tôi mới được nghe ông ấy nói về việc rời công ty.
Câu A, B, C sai về nghĩa.
Chọn D
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(Encarta, DVD, 2009)
Điền vào câu 27
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