Chuyên đề ôn ngữ pháp vào 10 - Chuyên đề 29: Câu đồng nghĩa

 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 12: "Good luck in your new job. It will work out well for you," said his mother. 
 A. His mother wished him good luck and said his new job would work out well for him. 
 B. His mother wanted him to get good luck in his new job as it would work out well for 
 him. 
 C. His mother wondered whether he got luck in his job or it would work out well for 
 him. 
 D. His mother ascertained that his new job would work out well for him and bring him 
 luck. 
Question 13: People cannot have computers solve problems in which the rules do not 
currently exist. 
 A. Problems in which rules do not currently exist cannot be solved by computers. 
 B. People cannot solve computers problems in which rules do not currently exist. 
 C. Problems in which rules do not currently exist have to be solved by computers. 
 D. People have to solve problems in which rules do not currently exist by computers. 
Question 14: The diagram shows it is hotter in summer than in winter in the northern 
hemisphere. 
 A. As can be seen from the diagram, the weather of the northern hemisphere is hotter in 
 summer than that in winter. 
 B. According to the diagram, in the northern hemisphere is colder in winter than in 
 summer. 
 C. The diagram illustrates the trend of the climate in the northern hemisphere is that 
 summer is cooler than winter. 
 D. As we can see from the diagram, the climate of the northern hemisphere is hotter in 
 summer more than in winter. 
Question 15: "I'm sorry I forgot your birthday," he told me. 
 A. He complained that I forgot his birthday. 
 B. He refused to go to my birthday party. 
 C. He begged me to forget my birthday. 
 D. He apologized for forgetting my birthday. 
Question 16: I really believe my letter came as a great surprise to John. 
 A. John may be very surprised to receive my letter. 
 B. John might have been very surprised to receive my letter. 
 C. John must be very surprised to receive my letter. 
 D. John must have been very surprised to receive my letter. D. The success of the business will be obviously depend upon the amount of hard work 
 he puts into it. 
Question 22: It wasn’t necessary for you to go to the doctor to have a check-up because you 
just had your check-up last week. 
 A. You couldn’t have gone to the doctor to have a check-up because you just had your 
 check- up last week. 
 B. You can’t have gone to the doctor to have a check-up because you just had your 
 check-up last week. 
 C. You needn’t have gone to the doctor to have a check-up because you just had your 
 check- up last week. 
 D. You shouldn’t have gone to the doctor to have a check-up because you just had your 
 check- up last week. 
Question 23: Tome denied breaking the teacher's laptop. 
 A. "No, I refuse to break the teacher's laptop." 
 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. Question 33: “ Why didn’t you attend the meeting, Mary?” Tom asked. 
 A. Tom asked Mary why didn’t she attend the meeting. 
 B. Tom asked Mary why she hadn’t attended the meeting. 
 C. Tom asked Mary why hadn’t she attended the meeting. 
 D. Tom asked Mary why she wasn’t attending the meeting. 
Question 34: “How long have you lived here, Lucy?” asked Jack. 
 A. Jack asked Lucy how long did she live here. 
 B. Jack asked Lucy how long had she lived there. 
 C. Jack asked Lucy how long she lived here. 
 D. Jack asked Lucy how long she had lived there. 
Question 35: It was wrong of you to criticise your son in front of his friends. 
 A. You could have criticised your son in front of his friends. 
 B. You must have criticised your son in front of his friends. 
 C. You mightn’t have criticised your son in front of his friends. 
 D. You shouldn’t have criticised your son in front of his friends. 
Question 36: My father likes reading newspapers more than watching TV. 
 A. My father doesn’t like reading newspapers as much as watching TV. 
 B. My father likes wtaching TV as much as reading newspapers. 
 C. My father doesn’t like watching TV as much as reading newspapers. 
 D. My father likes watching TV more than reading newspapers. 
Question 37: “What have you done to my laptop, Jane?” asked Tom. 
 A. Tom asked Jane what had she done to his laptop. 
 B. Tom asked Jane what has she done to his laptop. 
 C. Tom asked Jane what she had done to his laptop. 
 D. Tom asked Jane what she has done to his laptop. 
Question 38: Many teenagers like Facebooking more than doing sport. 
 A. Many teenagers like doing sport as much as Facebooking. 
 B. Many teenagers don’t like Facebooking as much as doing sport. 
 C. Many teenagers like doing sport more than Facebooking. 
 D. Many teenagers don’t like doing sport as much as Facebooking. 
Question 39: I’m certain that Joe attended the ceremony as he can vividly recount the 
event. 
 A. Joe could have attended the ceremony as he can vividly recount the event. 
 B. Joe must have attended the ceremony as he can vividly recount the event. A. Tony advised himself not to have thought of that before. 
 B. Tony suggested himself not thinking of that before. 
 C. Tony said that why he hasn’t thought of that before. 
 D. Tony wondered why he hadn’t thought of that before. 
Question 47: She is the most intelligent woman I have ever met. 
 A. I have never met a more intelligent woman than her. 
 B. She is not as intelligent as the women I have ever met. 
 C. I have ever met such an intelligent woman. 
 D. She is more intelligent than I am. 
Question 48: She broke down the moment she heard the news. 
 A. She was broken for a moment when she heard the news. 
 B. She broke her leg when hearing the news. 
 C. On hearing the news, she broke down. 
 D. When she heard the news, she was sick. 
Question 49: He last visited London three years ago. 
 A. He has been in London for three years. 
 B. He hasn't visited London for three years. 
 C. He didn't visit London three years ago.
 D. He was in London for three years. 
Question 50: They were late for the meeting because of the heavy snow. 
 A. If it snowed heavily, they would be late for the meeting. 
 B. Had it not snowed heavily, they would have been late for the meeting. 
 C. But for the heavy snow, they wouldn't have been late for the meeting. 
 D. If it didn't snow heavily, they wouldn't be late for the meeting. 
Exercise 1.2: 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: "We will not leave until we see the manager," said the customers. 
 A. The customers promised to leave before they saw the manager. 
 B. The customers refused to leave until they saw the manager. 
 C. The customers agreed to leave before they saw the manager. 
 D. The customers decided to leave because they did not see the manager. 
Question 2: "Why don't we go camping at the weekend?" he said. 
 A. He denied going camping at the weekend.