I. Fill in each blank with one suitable word to complete this passage.
LOOKING …
LOOKING FOR A JOB
I finished university six month (1) _______, I’ve got a degree in business administration. I enjoyed the course very much (2) _______ I realize I should have studied a lot harder! A few of my friends have (3) _______ got full-time jobs but most, me, are still waiting (4) _______ something suitable to turn up. Meanwhile, I make sure that I keep myself busy. I look through the job advertisements (5) _______ the newspapers every day and I also ask all the people I know to tell me if they hear of any vacancies (6) _______ they work . What I am looking for is something challenging and I would certainly be happy to move to another city or even work abroad for a while. The (7) _______ is not so important at this stage , provided I earn enough to live on , because I don’t want to continue (8) _______ to depend on my parents , although they are (9) _______ generous to me . At the moment, I’m working in a nearby restaurant two evenings (10) _______ week, washing up and generally helping out, which brings a little money . The other people working there are very friendly, and many of them are in the same (11) _______ as me, so we have lots of to talk (12) _______.
II. Rewrite the sentences in such a way that they mean almost the same as those printed before them.
1.Martin may not be very well but he still manages to enjoy life.
Martin’s ………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………
2.Thanks to his aunt’s legacy of £10.000 he was able to buy the house he wanted.
Had his ……………………………………………………………………………………………………………………….
3.Mary was the only student absent from class.
Apart …………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………..
4.Jane hasn’t made much progress at school.
Jane has only ……………………………………………………………………………………………………………….
5.My parents find fault with everything I do.
No matter …………………………………………………………………………………………………………………….
6.It’s the cheapest watch but it’s the nicest.
Not only ………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………
7.The police didn’t at all suspect that the judge was the murder.
Little …………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………..
8.“ What you have cooked is the best in the world!”, John said to his girlfriend.
John congratulated ……………………………………………………………………………………………………….
9.Now that his mother was being there, they said nothing about it.
On ………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………
10.The last storm destroyed Lan’s house.
It‘s high time ……………………………………………………………………………………………………………….
II. Use the suggest words and phrases to write complete sentences of a passage.
1.Jack London/ famous/ American writer.
2.He/ bear/ January 13th/1876/ San Francisco/ California.
3.family/ poor/ he/ have/ leave/ school/ make money.
4.He/ work/ hard/ different jobs.
5.Later/ he/ return/ school/ he/ not/ stay/ long.
6.1897/he/ go/ Alaska/ find/ gold.
7.There/ he/ find/ ideas/ books / stories.
8.He/ come/ home/ start/ write.
9.writings/ successful/ he/ become/ rich/ famous/ twenties.
10.poor health/ he/ die/1916/ age/ 40.
Chúng ta bắt đầu với phần I nào.
I. Fill in each blank with one suitable word to complete this passage.
LOOKING FOR A JOB
Các em hãy đọc lướt qua đoạn văn một lần để nắm ý chính nhé. Đoạn văn này nói về một người vừa tốt nghiệp đại học và đang tìm kiếm công việc. Bây giờ, chúng ta sẽ điền từng từ vào chỗ trống.
1. I finished university six month (1) _______, I’ve got a degree in business administration.
* Ở đây, chúng ta cần một từ để chỉ thời gian sau khi tốt nghiệp. Từ phù hợp nhất là “ago” (trước đây).
* Đáp án: ago
2. I enjoyed the course very much (2) _______ I realize I should have studied a lot harder!
* Câu này diễn tả hai ý: thích khóa học nhưng cũng nhận ra mình nên học chăm hơn. Hai ý này có vẻ đối lập nhau, nên ta cần một liên từ chỉ sự đối lập.
* Đáp án: but
3. A few of my friends have (3) _______ got full-time jobs but most, me, are still waiting (4) _______ something suitable to turn up.
* Phần này liên quan đến thì hiện tại hoàn thành. “Have” đi với “already” để diễn tả một hành động đã xảy ra rồi.
* Đáp án: already
4. A few of my friends have already got full-time jobs but most, me, are still waiting (4) _______ something suitable to turn up.
* “Waiting” thường đi với giới từ “for” để diễn tả việc chờ đợi ai đó hoặc cái gì đó.
* Đáp án: for
5. Meanwhile, I make sure that I keep myself busy. I look through the job advertisements (5) _______ the newspapers every day and I also ask all the people I know to tell me if they hear of any vacancies (6) _______ they work .
* Chúng ta thường xem quảng cáo “trên” báo.
* Đáp án: in
6. Meanwhile, I make sure that I keep myself busy. I look through the job advertisements in the newspapers every day and I also ask all the people I know to tell me if they hear of any vacancies (6) _______ they work .
* Khi nói về nơi làm việc của ai đó, ta dùng giới từ “at” hoặc “where”. Trong trường hợp này, “where” là phù hợp hơn vì nó thay thế cho “at the place where”. Tuy nhiên, nếu chỉ xét về giới từ, “at” cũng có thể chấp nhận được. Nhưng để hoàn chỉnh ý nghĩa, “where” là tốt nhất. Cô sẽ cho đáp án là “where”.
* Đáp án: where
7. What I am looking for is something challenging and I would certainly be happy to move to another city or even work abroad for a while. The (7) _______ is not so important at this stage , provided I earn enough to live on , because I don’t want to continue (8) _______ to depend on my parents , although they are (9) _______ generous to me .
* Ở đây, người nói đang đề cập đến yếu tố không quan trọng lắm lúc này khi tìm việc. Đó chính là “salary” (mức lương).
* Đáp án: salary
8. The salary is not so important at this stage , provided I earn enough to live on , because I don’t want to continue (8) _______ to depend on my parents , although they are (9) _______ generous to me .
* “Continue” đi với động từ dạng “ving” (gerund). “Depend” là động từ ở đây, nên ta cần “depending”.
* Đáp án: depending
9. The salary is not so important at this stage , provided I earn enough to live on , because I don’t want to continue depending on my parents , although they are (9) _______ generous to me .
* “Although” (mặc dù) cho thấy sự đối lập. Bố mẹ hào phóng với mình, nhưng mình vẫn không muốn phụ thuộc. Từ “very” (rất) hoặc “extremely” (cực kỳ) là phù hợp để nhấn mạnh sự hào phóng đó. Cô chọn “very”.
* Đáp án: very
10. At the moment, I’m working in a nearby restaurant two evenings (10) _______ week, washing up and generally helping out, which brings a little money .
* Khi nói về tần suất, ta dùng cụm “per week” (mỗi tuần) hoặc “a week” (một tuần).
* Đáp án: a
11. The other people working there are very friendly, and many of them are in the same (11) _______ as me, so we have lots of to talk (12) _______.
* Khi nói về tình huống tương tự, ta dùng cụm “in the same situation” (trong cùng hoàn cảnh).
* Đáp án: situation
12. The other people working there are very friendly, and many of them are in the same situation as me, so we have lots of to talk (12) _______.
* “Talk” thường đi với giới từ “about” khi nói về một chủ đề nào đó.
* Đáp án: about
Bây giờ chúng ta chuyển sang phần II nhé.
II. Rewrite the sentences in such a way that they mean almost the same as those printed before them.
1. Martin may not be very well but he still manages to enjoy life.
Martin’s ………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………
* Câu này bắt đầu bằng “Martin’s”. Chúng ta cần diễn tả việc Martin dù không khỏe nhưng vẫn tận hưởng cuộc sống. Ta có thể dùng cấu trúc “health” (sức khỏe).
* Đáp án: Martin’s health doesn’t prevent him from enjoying life. (Sức khỏe của Martin không ngăn cản anh ấy tận hưởng cuộc sống.) Hoặc: Martin’s enjoyment of life is not affected by his poor health. (Sự tận hưởng cuộc sống của Martin không bị ảnh hưởng bởi sức khỏe yếu kém của anh ấy.) Cô chọn đáp án đầu tiên cho đơn giản hơn.
2. Thanks to his aunt’s legacy of £10.000 he was able to buy the house he wanted.
Had his ……………………………………………………………………………………………………………………….
* Đây là dạng câu điều kiện loại 3 đảo ngữ, dùng để nói về một điều kiện không có thật trong quá khứ. “Thanks to” có nghĩa là nhờ vào. Chúng ta sẽ đảo “Had” lên đầu câu.
* Đáp án: Had his aunt’s legacy of £10,000 not been received, he would not have been able to buy the house he wanted. (Nếu không nhận được khoản thừa kế 10.000 bảng Anh từ dì của mình, anh ấy đã không thể mua được ngôi nhà anh ấy muốn.) Hoặc đơn giản hơn: Had his aunt’s legacy of £10,000 been different, he would not have been able to buy the house he wanted. (Nếu khoản thừa kế 10.000 bảng Anh từ dì của anh ấy khác đi, anh ấy đã không thể mua được ngôi nhà anh ấy muốn.) Cô chọn đáp án đầu tiên cho sát nghĩa nhất.
3. Mary was the only student absent from class.
Apart …………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………..
* “Apart from” có nghĩa là “ngoại trừ”. Câu này có nghĩa là chỉ có Mary vắng học.
* Đáp án: Apart from Mary, all students were present in class. (Ngoại trừ Mary, tất cả học sinh đều có mặt trên lớp.)
4. Jane hasn’t made much progress at school.
Jane has only ……………………………………………………………………………………………………………….
* Câu này có nghĩa là Jane chưa tiến bộ nhiều ở trường. Ta có thể diễn tả bằng cách nói cô ấy chỉ đạt được ít tiến bộ.
* Đáp án: Jane has only made little progress at school. (Jane chỉ đạt được ít tiến bộ ở trường.)
5. My parents find fault with everything I do.
No matter …………………………………………………………………………………………………………………….
* “Find fault with” có nghĩa là chê bai, chỉ trích. Câu này có nghĩa là bố mẹ tôi chê bai mọi thứ tôi làm. “No matter what” có nghĩa là bất kể điều gì.
* Đáp án: No matter what I do, my parents find fault with it. (Bất kể tôi làm gì, bố mẹ tôi cũng chê bai nó.)
6. It’s the cheapest watch but it’s the nicest.
Not only ………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………
* “Not only… but also…” dùng để diễn tả cả hai điều đều đúng. Câu này nói rằng chiếc đồng hồ rẻ nhất nhưng cũng đẹp nhất.
* Đáp án: Not only is it the cheapest watch, but it is also the nicest. (Nó không chỉ là chiếc đồng hồ rẻ nhất mà còn là chiếc đẹp nhất.)
7. The police didn’t at all suspect that the judge was the murder.
Little …………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………..
* “Little” ở đầu câu thường dùng để nhấn mạnh sự thiếu sót hoặc không đáng kể. “Little did the police suspect” có nghĩa là cảnh sát hoàn toàn không nghi ngờ.
* Đáp án: Little did the police suspect that the judge was the murderer. (Cảnh sát hoàn toàn không ngờ rằng vị thẩm phán là kẻ giết người.)
8. “ What you have cooked is the best in the world!”, John said to his girlfriend.
John congratulated ……………………………………………………………………………………………………….
* Câu này nói John khen bạn gái mình nấu ăn ngon nhất. “Congratulate” có nghĩa là chúc mừng, nhưng ở đây dùng để diễn tả sự khen ngợi.
* Đáp án: John congratulated his girlfriend on her cooking, saying it was the best in the world. (John đã chúc mừng bạn gái của mình về món ăn cô ấy nấu, nói rằng nó là ngon nhất thế giới.) Hoặc đơn giản: John congratulated his girlfriend on her excellent cooking. (John đã chúc mừng bạn gái của mình về món ăn xuất sắc của cô ấy.) Cô chọn đáp án đầu tiên để sát nghĩa nhất.
9. Now that his mother was being there, they said nothing about it.
On ………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………
* “Now that” có nghĩa là bây giờ khi. Câu này có nghĩa là vì mẹ anh ấy có mặt ở đó, nên họ không nói gì về chuyện đó. “On account of” hoặc “Because of” có thể thay thế cho “Now that”. Tuy nhiên, với “On”, ta có thể dùng “On hearing that his mother was there” hoặc “On seeing his mother there”. Nhưng để sát nghĩa nhất, ta có thể dùng “On his mother’s being there”.
* Đáp án: On his mother’s being there, they said nothing about it. (Vì mẹ anh ấy có mặt ở đó, họ không nói gì về điều đó.)
10. The last storm destroyed Lan’s house.
It‘s high time ……………………………………………………………………………………………………………….
* Câu này diễn tả một sự việc đã xảy ra và gây hậu quả. “It’s high time” thường dùng với động từ quá khứ đơn để diễn tả một việc lẽ ra nên làm từ lâu rồi hoặc một tình huống đáng lẽ phải giải quyết. Tuy nhiên, trong trường hợp này, để diễn tả hậu quả, ta có thể dùng cấu trúc khác. Cô nhận thấy đề bài có thể hơi nhầm lẫn ở câu này. Nếu sửa lại đề là “Lan’s house was destroyed by the last storm.”, thì ta có thể dùng “It was the last storm that destroyed Lan’s house.” Tuy nhiên, theo đúng đề bài, “It’s high time” thường đi với hành động mang tính khẩn cấp, ví dụ: “It’s high time we rebuilt Lan’s house.” (Đã đến lúc chúng ta xây dựng lại nhà Lan rồi.) Cô sẽ giải thích theo hướng này.
* Đáp án: It’s high time we rebuilt Lan’s house. (Đã đến lúc chúng ta xây dựng lại nhà của Lan rồi.)
Bây giờ, chúng ta sang phần cuối cùng.
II. Use the suggest words and phrases to write complete sentences of a passage.
1. Jack London/ famous/ American writer.
* Đáp án: Jack London was a famous American writer.
2. He/ bear/ January 13th/1876/ San Francisco/ California.
* “Bear” ở đây có nghĩa là sinh ra. Ta dùng “was born”.
* Đáp án: He was born on January 13th, 1876, in San Francisco, California.
3. family/ poor/ he/ have/ leave/ school/ make money.
* “Have to” có nghĩa là phải làm gì. “Leave school” là bỏ học.
* Đáp án: His family was poor, so he had to leave school to make money.
4. He/ work/ hard/ different jobs.
* Đáp án: He worked hard at different jobs.
5. Later/ he/ return/ school/ he/ not/ stay/ long.
* Đáp án: Later, he returned to school, but he did not stay long.
6. 1897/he/ go/ Alaska/ find/ gold.
* Đáp án: In 1897, he went to Alaska to find gold.
7. There/ he/ find/ ideas/ books / stories.
* Đáp án: There, he found ideas for his books and stories.
8. He/ come/ home/ start/ write.
* Đáp án: He came home and started to write.
9. writings/ successful/ he/ become/ rich/ famous/ twenties.
* “Writings” là các tác phẩm viết.
* Đáp án: His writings were successful, and he became rich and famous in his twenties.
10. poor health/ he/ die/1916/ age/ 40.
* Đáp án: Due to his poor health, he died in 1916 at the age of 40.
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I. Fill in each blank with one suitable word to complete this passage.
1. ago
2. although
3. already
4. for
5. in
6. where
7. salary
8. having
9. a/per
10. very
11. situation
12. about
II. Rewrite the sentences in such a way that they mean almost the same as those printed before them.
1. Martin’s poor health doesn’t prevent him from enjoying life.
2. Had his aunt not died and left him her legacy of £10.000, he wouldn’t have been able to buy the house he wanted.
3. Apart from Mary every students was present in class.
4. Jane has only made a little progress at school.
5. No matter what I do, my parents find fault with it.
6. Not only is it the cheapest watch but it’s also the nicest.
7. Little did the police suspect that the judge was the murder.
8. John congratulated his girlfriend on her cooking.
9. On account of his mother’s being there, they said nothing about it.
10. It’s high time Lan repaired her house.
III. Use the suggest words and phrases to write complete sentences of a passage.
- Jack London was a famous American writer.
- He was born on January 13, 1876 in San Francisco, California.
- His family was very poor, and he had to leave school to make money.
- He worked hard in different jobs.
- Later, he returned to school where he didn’t stay long.
- In 1897, he went to Alaska to find gold.
- There he found ideas for his books and stories.
- He came back home and started to write.
- His writings were successful, and he became rich and famous in his twenties
- In poor health, he died in 1916 at the age of 40.
I) 1. ago
2. although
3. already
4. for
5. in
6. where
7. salary
8. having
9. very
10. a
11. situation
12. about
II) 1. Martin’s poor health doesn’t stop him from enjoying life
2. Had his aunt not left him a legacy of £10.000, he wouldn’t be able to buy the house he wanted
3. Apart from Mary, evertbody attended the class
4. Jane has only made a little progress at school
5. No matter what I do, my parents find fault with it
6. Not only is it the cheapest but it is also the nicest
7. Little did the police suspect that the judge was the murder
8. John congratulated his girl friend on what she had cooked
9. On account of his mother’s presence there, they said nothing about it
10. It’s high time Lan repaired her house
III) 1. Jack London was a famous American writer
2. He was born on January 13th, 1876 in San Francisco, California
3. His family was very poor, and he had to leave school to make money
4. He worked hard in different jobs
5. Later, he returned to school where he didn’t stay long
6. In 1897, he went to Alaska to find gold
7. There he found ideas for his books and stories
8. He came back home and started to write
9. His writings were successful and he became rich and famous in his twenties
10. In poor health, he died in 1916 at the age of 40