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.
There are few passengers. The coach to Dover will still leave on schedule.
A. The coach to Dover would be going to depart soon even if there weren’t many people on it.
B. Despite having few passengers, the coach to Dover will still leave as planned.
C. The coach planned to going to Dover only carries a small number of passengers.
D. Even though the coach for Dover leaves now, there won’t be few people travelling on it.
Kiến thức: Mệnh đề nhượng bộ
Giải thích:
Despite + N/V.ing, S + V: mặc dù
on schedule = as planned: như lịch trình đã định
Tạm dịch: Chỉ có một vài hành khách. Chuyến xe đến Dover vẫn khởi hành theo lịch trình.
A. Chuyến xe đến Dover sẽ khởi hành sớm thậm chí nếu không có nhiều hành khách trên tàu.
B. Mặc dù chỉ có một vài hành khách, chuyến xe đến Dover vẫn khởi hành theo kế hoạch.
C. Chuyến xe dự định đến Dover chỉ chở một số lượng nhỏ hành khách.
D. Thậm chí dù chuyến xe đến Dover khởi hành bây giờ, cũng sẽ không có ít hành khách di chuyển trên nó.
Câu A, C, D không phù hợp về nghĩa.
Chọn B
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Điền vào ô 28
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