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Câu hỏi: Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the sentence that best combines each pair of sentences in the following questions.
Lan had just graduated from upper secondary school. She received a scholarship to study at a prestigious university.
A. But for a scholarship to study at a prestigious university, Lan wouldn't have graduated from upper secondary school.
B. Hardly had Lan graduated from upper secondary school when she received a scholarship to study at a prestigious university.
C. Only after Lan had received a scholarship to study at a prestigious university did she graduate from upper secondary school.
D. Not until Lan had received a scholarship to study at a prestigious university did she graduate from upper secondary school.
Lan had just graduated from upper secondary school. She received a scholarship to study at a prestigious university.
A. But for a scholarship to study at a prestigious university, Lan wouldn't have graduated from upper secondary school.
B. Hardly had Lan graduated from upper secondary school when she received a scholarship to study at a prestigious university.
C. Only after Lan had received a scholarship to study at a prestigious university did she graduate from upper secondary school.
D. Not until Lan had received a scholarship to study at a prestigious university did she graduate from upper secondary school.
Lan had just graduated from upper secondary school. She received a scholarship to study at a prestigious university.
B. Hardly had Lan graduated from upper secondary school when she received a scholarship to study at a prestigious university. (Câu B sử dụng cấu trúc "hardly...when" để diễn tả hai sự kiện xảy ra liên tiếp và gần như đồng thời. "Hardly had Lan graduated from upper secondary school" là mệnh đề nhấn mạnh thời gian, "when she received a scholarship to study at a prestigious university" là mệnh đề kết quả.)
B. Hardly had Lan graduated from upper secondary school when she received a scholarship to study at a prestigious university. (Câu B sử dụng cấu trúc "hardly...when" để diễn tả hai sự kiện xảy ra liên tiếp và gần như đồng thời. "Hardly had Lan graduated from upper secondary school" là mệnh đề nhấn mạnh thời gian, "when she received a scholarship to study at a prestigious university" là mệnh đề kết quả.)
Đáp án B.