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Câu hỏi: Read the following passage and mark the letter A, B, C, or D to choose the word or phrase that best fits each of the numbered blanks from 25 to 29
Amy Tan was born on February 19, 1952 in Oakland, California. Tan grew up in Northern California, (25) ___________ when her father and older brother both died from brain tumors in 1966, she moved with her mother and younger brother to Europe, where she attended high school in Montreux, Switzerland. She returned to the United States for college. After college, Tan worked as a language development consultant and as a corporate freelance writer. In 1985, she wrote the story "Rules of the Game" for a writing workshop, which laid the early (26) ___________ for her first novel The Joy Luck Club. Published in 1989, the book explored the (27) ___________ between Chinese women and their Chinese-American daughters, and became the longest-running New York Times bestseller for that year. The Joy Luck Club received numerous awards, including the Los Angeles Times Book Award. It has been translated into 25 languages, including Chinese, and was made into a major motion picture for (28) ___________ Tan co-wrote the screenplay. Tan's other works have also been (29) ___________ into several different forms of media.
The word or phrase which best fits the gap (25) is...
A. however
B. moreover
C. so
D. but
Amy Tan was born on February 19, 1952 in Oakland, California. Tan grew up in Northern California, (25) ___________ when her father and older brother both died from brain tumors in 1966, she moved with her mother and younger brother to Europe, where she attended high school in Montreux, Switzerland. She returned to the United States for college. After college, Tan worked as a language development consultant and as a corporate freelance writer. In 1985, she wrote the story "Rules of the Game" for a writing workshop, which laid the early (26) ___________ for her first novel The Joy Luck Club. Published in 1989, the book explored the (27) ___________ between Chinese women and their Chinese-American daughters, and became the longest-running New York Times bestseller for that year. The Joy Luck Club received numerous awards, including the Los Angeles Times Book Award. It has been translated into 25 languages, including Chinese, and was made into a major motion picture for (28) ___________ Tan co-wrote the screenplay. Tan's other works have also been (29) ___________ into several different forms of media.
The word or phrase which best fits the gap (25) is...
A. however
B. moreover
C. so
D. but
Kỹ năng: Đọc
Giải thích: dùng liên từ but để nói hai vế của câu giải thích vì sao Tan lớn lên ở California nhưng sau đó lại học ở Switzerland. Nếu dùng however thì phải có dấu "," sau however. Moreover và so không phù hợp về nghĩa ở đây
Giải thích: dùng liên từ but để nói hai vế của câu giải thích vì sao Tan lớn lên ở California nhưng sau đó lại học ở Switzerland. Nếu dùng however thì phải có dấu "," sau however. Moreover và so không phù hợp về nghĩa ở đây
Đáp án D.