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CHUYÊN ĐỀ 29: CÂU ĐỒNG NGHĨA Exercise 1.1: 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. Question 1: It's such a pity! My mother can't attend my birthday party. A. If only my mother could attend my birthday party. B. If only my mother had attended my birthday party. C. I am very sorry that my mother didn't attend my birthday party. D. I wonder why my mother can't attend my birthday party. Question 2: Fansipan is the highest mountain in the Indochinese Peninsula. A. There are some mountains in the Indochinese Peninsula higher than Fansipan. B. The Indochinese Peninsula includes one of the highest mountains on earth. C. The highest mountain in the Indochinese Peninsula is exclusive Fansipan. D. No mountains in the Indochinese Peninsula are higher than Fansipan. Question 3: I guess Mary was very disappointed when she failed to get the scholarship. A. Mary should have been very disappointed when she failed to get the scholarship. B. Mary may have been very disappointed when she failed to get the scholarship. C. Mary must have been very disappointed when she failed to get the scholarship. D. Mary could have been disappointed when she failed to get the scholarship. Question 4: Housewives do not have to spend a lot of time doing housework any more. A. Housework will never be done by housewives any more. B. Housewives have to spend more and more time to do housework. C. Never have housewives spent as much time doing housework as they do now. D. No longer do housewives have to spend a lot of time doing housework. Question 5: Jupiter is bigger than all the other planets in the solar system. A. No other planets in the solar system is as big as Jupiter. B. Jupiter is the biggest planet in the solar system. C. All other planets in the solar system are not so big that Jupiter. D. Among the planets in the solar system, Jupiter is the biggest of all. Question 6: "I don't trust you anymore," said Eric to his friend. A. Eric's friend told him not to trust her anymore. B. Eric advised his friend to trust her from then on. C. Eric's friend told him that she didn't trust him anymore. D. Eric told his friend that he didn't trust her anymore. Question 7: I don’t think Max broke your vase because he wasn’t here then. A. Max wouldn’t have broken your vase because he wasn’t here then. B. Max was likely to break your vase because he wasn’t here then. C. Max can’t have broken your vase because he wasn’t here then. D. Max wasn’t able to break your vase because he wasn’t here then. Question 8: Warm-blooded animals have metabolic rates about five to ten times higher than those of similarly sized cold-blooded ones. A. Cold-blooded animals have lower metabolic rates than warm-blooded ones which have similar size. B. Cold-blooded animals are about five to ten times as small as warm-blooded ones. C. Cold-blooded animals’ metabolic rates are about five to ten times as low as those of warm- blooded ones. D. With the similarly sized animals, the metabolic rates of cold-blooded animals are about five to ten times lower than those of warm-blooded ones. Question 9: He said: “I haven’t met her since she left school.” A. He said that he hadn’t met her since he had left school.


B. "No, I didn't intend to break the teacher's laptop." C. "It is not I who broke the teacher's laptop." D. "The teacher's laptop was not what I wanted to break." Question 24: No other student in his class is as successful as Pat. A. Pat succeeded in beating all other students in his class. B. Pat is the most successful student in his class. C. His class is less successful than Pat is. D. The more successful his class is, the more success Pat gets. Question 25: To let Harold join our new project was silly as he knows little about our company. A. Harold couldn’t have joined our new project with such poor knowledge about our company. B. Harold must have known so little about our company that he wasn’t let to join our new project. C. We shouldn’t have allowed Harold to join our new project as he doesn’t know much about our company. D. We would have joined the new project with Harold provided that he knew much about our company. Question 26: "You mustn't forget to put a stamp on," said the clerk. A. The clerk told me that I mustn't put a stamp on. B. The clerk reminded me to put a stamp on. C. I told the clerk that I mustn't put a stamp on. D. I told the clerk not to forget to put a stamp on. Question 27: I have never been as relaxed as my sister when talking to our father. A. My sister has always been more relaxed than me when she talks to our father. B. I have never tried to be relaxed when talking to our father but my sister has. C. My sister has always been less relaxed than me when talking to our father. D. Both my sister and I are equally relaxed when we talk to our father. Question 28: I guess Mary was very disappointed when she failed to get the scholarship. A. Mary should have been very disappointed when she failed to get the scholarship. B. Mary may have been very disappointed when she failed to get the scholarship. C. Mary must have been very disappointed when she failed to get the scholarship. D. Mary could have been disappointed when she failed to get the scholarship. Question 29: Meaningful silence is always better than meaningless words. A. Meaningless words are not so good as meaningful silence. B. Meaningful silence is the best among meaningful words. C. Silence is always less meaningful than words are. D. Words are always meaningless, and so is silence. Question 30: "It's the funniest show I've ever seen," Susan said. A. Susan said that it was the funniest show she had ever seen. B. Susan said that she's never seen such a funny show before. C. Susan said no other shows in the world were as funny as this one. D. Susan said that this was one of the funniest shows of all time. Question 31: I’m sure it wasn’t Ms. Katie you saw because she is in Norway. A. It couldn’t be Ms. Katie you saw because she is in Norway. B. It can’t have been Ms. Katie you saw because she is in Norway. C. It mustn’t have been Ms. Katie you saw because she is in Norway. D. It mightn’t be Ms. Katie you saw because she is in Norway. Question 32: I’m sure that they had practiced hard for the games as they won a lot of medals