Câu hỏi:
04/02/2025 177It took me 4 hours to read the first chapter of the book.
A. I spent 4 hours reading the first chapter of the book.
B. I spent 4 hours to read the first chapter of the book.
C. I spent 4 hours to reading the first chapter of the book.
D. I spent 4 hours read the first chapter of the book.
Trả lời:
Giải bởi Vietjack
Đáp án A
Ta có: “spend" thường đi kèm với một danh động từ (gerund), tức là động từ có đuôi "-ing" để diễn tả hoạt động mà bạn đã dành thời gian làm.
Dịch nghĩa: “Tôi mất 4 giờ để đọc hết chương đầu tiên của cuốn sách.”
CÂU HỎI HOT CÙNG CHỦ ĐỀ
Câu 1:
Read the passage and choose the best answer to each of the following questions.
European Union, almost 100 million citizens of all ages invest their time, talents and money to make a positive contribution to their community by volunteering in civil society organisations, youth clubs, hospitals, schools, in sport clubs, etc. For the Commission, volunteering is an active expression of civic participation which strengthens common European values such as solidarity and social cohesion. Volunteering also provides important learning opportunities, because involvement in voluntary activities can provide people with new skills and competences that can even improve their employability. This is especially important at this time of economic crisis. Volunteering plays an important role in sectors as varied and diverse as education, youth, culture, sport, environment, health, social care, consumer protection, humanitarian aid, development policy, research, equal opportunities and external relations.
Objectives of the Year:
1. To create an enabling and facilitating environment for volunteering in the EU;
2. To empower volunteer organisations and improve the quality of volunteering;
3. To reward and recognise volunteering activities; and
4. To raise awareness of the value and importance of volunteering.
The Commission expects that the European Year of Volunteering will lead to an Increase In volunteering and to greater awareness of its added value, and that it will highlight the link between voluntary engagement at local level and its significance in the wider European context.
(EU Citizenship Portal)
1. What does the word “their” in paragraph 1 refer to?
Câu 3:
Read the following passage and mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the correct answer to each of the questions from 39 to 42.
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(Adapted from English Unlimited by Alex Tilbury et al.)
What is the passage mainly about?
Câu 6:
Choose the best answer to fill in the blank.
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Câu 7:
Rewrite the following sentences in reported speech with Gerund
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Câu 11:
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Which best serves as the title for the passage?
Where smart cities were once regarded purely as a vision of the future, they are now becoming a reality in numerous urban centres across the globe. From Dubai, Singapore, Amsterdam, Copenhagen, and Madrid to Southampton in the UK, we’re already beginning to see smart cities provide inhabitants with improved living conditions, easier mobility and cleaner, safer environments, by using cloud computing to power services. But as with all public sector initiatives, smart city services need to be delivered as cost effectively as possible to minimise the taxpayer burden. Often, key decision makers are met with obstacles when it comes to deploying smart services, preventing smart cities initiatives from reaching their full potential – or worse, blocking them altogether.
Central to the functioning of most ‘normal’ city ecosystems is the underlying data they run on. Regardless as to whether that data is stored on local servers or using cloud storage, when that data is fragmented or incomplete, identifying emerging trends for strategic planning and cost reduction becomes extremely difficult – and because of this, authorities have to adopt an entirely reactive approach. Conversely, in a smart city environment, connected sensors forming an Internet of Things (IoT) provide valuable data for analysis and, in turn, insight into the specific city’s behavioural trends. With this level of information, services can be optimised to reduce costs and risk, increase urban flows and manage assets. Importantly, they can also provide real-time connections and interactions between the city’s businesses, local governments, service providers and citizens.
In this way, operations and services are elevated through the integration and connection of physical devices via IoT networks, ultimately transforming how a city runs.
(Source: https://www.techradar.com/)
Which best serves as the title for the passage?
Câu 12:
Finish the second sentence so that it has a similar meaning to the first one, beginning with the given words
Somebody repaired her car yesterday.
Câu 14:
The Mekong Delta is well-known for its busy waterways with many rivers, canals and streams__________through the region. FLOW
Câu 15:
Complete each of the following sentences with “used to/ didn’t use to” using the verbs from the box.
1. In my childhood, there_____so many high building here. There were parks.
2. People _______with pen, but now they use computers.
3. My brother_________football, but an injure stopped him from playing.
4. In my grandfather’s youth, people__________by car. They rode horses.
5. I__________to school, but two weeks ago I got a bike so now I ride it every day.
6. My sister__________when we go to the beach because she was afraid of water.
7. Mr. Lam_________television in the morning. He did it in the evening.
8. David was a good climber in his youth. He_________very high mountains.
9. My parents ___________me expensive toys as we were not rich.
10. We____________in the town market. We bought fish, fruit and vegetables.
