Đáp án A
Vế sau rõ ràng là dùng thì quá khứ đơn (diễn tả hành động đã xảy ra trong quá khứ)
Ta nhận thấy có By the time + 1 sự kiện xảy ra trong quá khứ => dùng thì quá khứ hoàn thành (diễn tả một hành động xảy ra trước một hành động khác trong quá khứ)
Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the sentence that is closest in meaning to each of the following questions.
We were already late for the show by the time we had found a taxi.
A. We found a taxi in order not to be late for show.
B. The taxi was late, so we missed the start of the show.
C. We eventually found a taxi to go to the show, which had already begun.
D. It took a long time to find a taxi but the show began later than expected.
Mark the letter A, B, C or D on your answer sheet to indicate the correct answer to each of the following questions.
No sooner had we left the house, ________ it started snowing.
A. and
B. than
C. when
D. that
Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the sentence that is closest in meaning to each of the following questions
Scarcely had he got out of the house when it started raining
A. He got out of the house after it started raining
B. He had no sooner got out of the house when it started raining
C. He was getting out of the house when it started raining
D. It started raining right after he got out of the house
Mark the letter A, B, C or D on your answer sheet to indicate the sentence that is closest in meaning to each of the following questions
Scarcely had he got out of the house when it started raining
A. He was getting out of the house when it started raining
B. He had no sooner got out of the house when it started raining
C. He got out of the house after it started raining
D. It started raining right after he got out of the house
Mark the letter A, B, C or D on your answer sheet to indicate the correct answer to each of the following questions
The couple were so busy with their careers that they had no time for each other, that’s when they started to _______.
A. drift away
B. drift out
C. drift off
D. drift apart
Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the correct answer to each of the following questions.
John was late this morning because he had trouble ______ his car started
A. got
B. getting
C. to get
D. gotten
Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the correct answer to each of the following questions
Although the police suspected that the fire had been started _______, they couldn’t prove it.
A. increasingly
B. constantly
C. deliberately
D. precisely
Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the correct answer to each of the following question.
The room got when the teacher started the lesson.
A. quiet
B. quietness
C. quietly
D. quite
Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the correct answer to each of the following questions.
Because the traffic was so terrible, by the time we got to the airport, our airline’s check-in counter had _____________ closed.
A. already
B. no more
C. still
D. yet
Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the sentence that best combines each of sentences in the following questions.
Question 49: I started training to be an accountant one year ago. I had more months to go and then I had to take exams.
A. By the time I've taken my exam, I will have started training to be an accountant for a year.
B. By the time I take my exam, I will have been in training to be an accountant for a year.
C. By the time I took my exam, I had been trained to be an accountant for a year.
D. By the time I've taken my exam, I will be training for a year.
