The car burst into_________ but the driver managed to escape.
A. flames
B. burning
C. heat
D. fire
45. The fire spread through the building quickly but everybody ……………………… A. manages to escapeB. managed to escape C. was escaping D. can escape
45. The fire spread through the building quickly but everybody ………………………
A. manages to escape B. managed to escape C. was escaping D. can escape
III. Put the correct tense of each verb in brackets.
a. My uncle ( take ) ……………….. me to a piano concert last night. It ( be) …………….. a pleasant evening. I ( meet) ……………….. many interesting people. The weather ( be) ……… nice. I really ( enjoy) …………… the concert.
b. American engineer Henry Ford ( start) …………….. the Ford Motor Company in 1903. Ford ( produce) …………………. the first cheap motor car. He ( call) ……………….. the car the Ford Model T. He ( start) ………………… making the Ford Model T in Detroit in 1908. Millions of people ( buy) ……………….. the car and Ford ( become) …………………. a very rich man.
c. Two people ( die) ……………… in a fire in Ellis Street, Oldport yesterday moring. They
( be) ………………… Herbert and Molly Paynter, a couple in their seventies. The fire ( start) ………………….. at 3.20 a.m. A neighbour, Mr.Aziz ( see) …………… the flames and ( call) ……………….. the fire brigade. He also ( try) ……………… to get into the house and rescue his neighbours, but the heat ( be) ………………….. too great. The fire brigade ( arrive) ………………… in five minutes. Twenty fire fighters ( flight) ……………… the fire and finally ( bring) …………………. it under control. Two fire- fighters ( enter) ………………. burning building but ( find) ………………. the couple dead.
a. My uncle ( take ) took me to a piano concert last night. It ( be) was a pleasant evening. I ( meet) met many interesting people. The weather ( be) was nice. I really ( enjoy) enjoyed the concert.
b. American engineer Henry Ford ( start) started the Ford Motor Company in 1903. Ford ( produce ) produced the first cheap motor car. He ( call) called the car the Ford Model T. He ( start) started making the Ford Model T in Detroit in 1908. Millions of people ( buy) bought. the car and Ford ( become) become a very rich man.
c. Two people ( die) died in a fire in Ellis Street, Oldport yesterday moring. They
( be) were Herbert and Molly Paynter, a couple in their seventies. The fire ( start) started at 3.20 a.m. A neighbour, Mr.Aziz ( see) saw the flames and ( call) called the fire brigade. He also ( try) tried to get into the house and rescue his neighbours, but the heat ( be) was too great. The fire brigade ( arrive) arrived in five minutes. Twenty fire fighters ( flight) fought the fire and finally ( bring) brought it under control. Two fire- fighters ( enter) entered burning building but ( find) found the couple dead.
Three people jumped.............. car on a busy oxford road after a fire started under the bonnet this morning.They were just able to rescure their possessions before the car burst into ..............Mr.Peter Collins, 25 of Wey Road, Berinsfield............ his Avenger, estale car home............ work with two friends when he noticed smoke coming into the car. He stopped, .......was unable to open the bonnet. He poured a bottle of water over the radiator where the smoke was coming from, but could not put the flames.He then.........to get fire extinguishers from a nearby..........but...............also failed to have any effect......... he telephoned for a............, but by the time it arrived, the car was totally burnt out.
Three people jumped out of car on a busy oxford road after a fire started under the bonnet this morning.They were just able to rescure their possessions before the car burst into flames Mr.Peter Collins, 25 of Wey Road, Berinsfield was driving his Avenger, estale car home from work with two friends when he noticed smoke coming into the car. He stopped, but was unable to open the bonnet. He poured a bottle of water over the radiator where the smoke was coming from, but could not put the flames. He then ran to get fire extinguishers from a nearby garage but these also failed to have any effect. Finally he telephoned for a fire engine, but by the time it arrived, the car was totally burnt out.
Good luck!
Three people jumped........out...... car on a busy oxford road after a fire started under the bonnet this morning.They were just able to rescure their possessions before the car burst into ........flames......Mr.Peter Collins, 25 of Wey Road, Berinsfield.....was driving....... his Avenger, estale car home.......from..... work with two friends when he noticed smoke coming into the car. He stopped, ....but...was unable to open the bonnet. He poured a bottle of water over the radiator where the smoke was coming from, but could not put the flames.He then....ran.....to get fire extinguishers from a nearby.....garage .....but........that.......also failed to have any effect.....Finally.... he telephoned for a......fire engine......, but by the time it arrived, the car was totally burnt out.
* Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the correct answer to each of the following questions.
“What happened to the plane?” “It had hardly touched down__________it burst into
flames.”
A. than
B. that
C. while
D. when
Chọn D Câu đề bài: “Chuyện gì đã xảy xa với chiếc máy bay vậy?”
“Nó gần như vừa chạm đất thì nổ tung.”
Đáp án D: when
Hardly had something happened when + quá khứ đơn
= No sooner had something happened than + quá khứ đơn.
—» Việc gì vừa diễn ra thì việc khác cũng diễn ra. (2 việc diễn ra gần như cùng lúc).
Mark the letter A, B, C, or D to indicate the sentence that is closest in meaning to each of the following questions.
Question. The fire-fighters made every effort to put off the flames. The building burned down completely.
A. The building burned down completely though the fire-fighters made every effort to put off the flames.
B. Had it not been for the fire-fighters’ every effort, the building would have burned down completely.
C. Making every effort to put off the flames, the fire-fighters completely burned down the building.
D. Since the fire-fighters made every effort to put off the flames, the building burned down completely.
Đáp án A
Dịch: Những người cứu hỏa làm hết sức để dập tắt ngọn lửa. Tòa nhà bị thiêu rụi hoàn toàn.
Mark the letter A, B, C, or D to indicate the sentence that best combines each pair of sentences in the following questions.
The fire-fighters made every effort to put off the flames. The building burned down completely.
A. The building burned down completely though the fire-fighters made every effort to put off the flames.
B. Had it not been for the fire-fighters’ every effort, the building would have burned down completely.
C. Making every effort to put off the flames, the fire-fighters completely burned down the building.
D. Since the fire-fighters made every effort to put off the flames, the building burned down completely.
Đáp án A
Dịch nghĩa: Những người cứu hỏa làm hết sức để dập tắt ngọn lửa. Tòa nhà bị thiêu rụi hoàn toàn.
Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on you answer sheet to indicate the sentence that best combines each pair of sentences in the following questions.
The fire-fighters made every effort to put off the flames. The building burned down completely.
A. Since the fire-fighters made every effort to put off the flames, the building burned down completely.
B. Had it not been for the fire-fighters’ every effort, the building would have burned down completely.
C. Making every effort to put off the flames, the fire-fighters completely burned down the building.
D. The building burned down completely though the fire-fighters made every effort to put off the flames.
Đáp án D.
Dịch câu đề: Chiến sỹ phòng cháy chữa cháy đã rất nỗ lực để dập tẳt ngọn lửa. Tòa nhà bị cháy rụi hoàn toàn.
Dựa vào nghĩa của 4 đáp án, ta chọn D.Tòa nhà đã bị cháy rụi hoàn toàn mặc dù lính cứu hỏa đã rất nỗ lực để dập tắt.
Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the sentence that best combines the pair of sentences given in each of the following questions.
The fire-fighters made every effort to put off the flames. The building burned down completely.
A. The building burned down completely though the fire-fighters made every effort to put off the flames.
B. Had it not been for the fire-fighters’ every effort, the building would have burned down completely.
C. Making every effort to put off the flames, the fire-fighters completely burned down the building.
D. Since the fire-fighters made every effort to put off the flames, the building burned down completely
Đáp án A
Nghĩa câu đã cho: Những người lính cứu hỏa đã nỗ lực dập tắt ngọn lửa. Toàn nhà đã bị thiêu rụi hoàn toàn. => Hai vế chỉ sự tương phản, nhượng bộ
=> Đáp án là A. Athough ( mặc dù ), nối hai mệnh đề chỉ sự nhượng bộ.
“What happened to the plane?” “It had hardly touched down__________it burst into flames.”
A. than
B. that
C. while
D. when
Chọn D
Câu đề bài: “Chuyện gì đã xảy xa với chiếc máy bay vậy?”
“Nó gần như vừa chạm đất thì nổ tung.”
Đáp án D: when
Hardly had something happened when + quá khứ đơn
= No sooner had something happened than + quá khứ đơn.
—» Việc gì vừa diễn ra thì việc khác cũng diễn ra. (2 việc diễn ra gần như cùng lúc).