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Câu hỏi: Read the following passage and mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the correct word or phrase that best fits each of the numbered blanks from 34 to 38.
Amy Tan was born on February 19, 1952 in Oakland, California. Tan (34) _______ up in Northern California, (35) _______ 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 (36) _______ the early foundation for her first novel The Joy Luck Club. Published in 1989, the book explored the relationship 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 (37) _______ Tan co-wrote the screenplay. Tan's (38) ____ works have also been adapted into several different forms of media.
The word or phrase which best fits the gap (35) is...
A. moreover
B. so
C. but
D. however
Amy Tan was born on February 19, 1952 in Oakland, California. Tan (34) _______ up in Northern California, (35) _______ 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 (36) _______ the early foundation for her first novel The Joy Luck Club. Published in 1989, the book explored the relationship 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 (37) _______ Tan co-wrote the screenplay. Tan's (38) ____ works have also been adapted into several different forms of media.
The word or phrase which best fits the gap (35) is...
A. moreover
B. so
C. but
D. however
Giải thích:
A. moreover: hơn nữa (phía sau phải có dấu phẩy)
B. so: vì vậy
C. but: nhưng
D. however: tuy nhiên (phía sau phải có dấu phẩy)
Tạm dịch: Tan grew up in Northern California, but 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.
(Tan lớn lên ở Bắc California, nhưng khi cha và anh trai của cô đều qua đời vì u não vào năm 1966, cô đã cùng mẹ và em trai chuyển đến châu Âu, nơi cô theo học trung học ở Montreux, Thụy Sĩ.)
A. moreover: hơn nữa (phía sau phải có dấu phẩy)
B. so: vì vậy
C. but: nhưng
D. however: tuy nhiên (phía sau phải có dấu phẩy)
Tạm dịch: Tan grew up in Northern California, but 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.
(Tan lớn lên ở Bắc California, nhưng khi cha và anh trai của cô đều qua đời vì u não vào năm 1966, cô đã cùng mẹ và em trai chuyển đến châu Âu, nơi cô theo học trung học ở Montreux, Thụy Sĩ.)
Đáp án C.