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We spend about one-third of our lives sleeping. We know...

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.
We spend about one-third of our lives sleeping. We know relatively little about sleep.
A. We know relatively little about sleep; as a result, we spend about one-third of our lives sleeping.
B. We shall know more about sleep if we spend more than one-third of our lives sleeping.
C. Despite spending about one-third of our lives sleeping, we know relatively little about sleep.
D. We spend about one-third of our lives sleeping so that we know relatively little about sleep.
Giải thích: We spend about one-third of our lives sleeping. We know relatively little about sleep. (Chúng ta dành khoảng một phần ba cuộc đời để ngủ. Chúng ta biết tương đối ít về giấc ngủ.)
Hai câu đã cho có mối quan hệ tương phản nên ta có thể nối hai câu này bằng liên từ despite (mặc dù). Dịch nghĩa: Mặc dù dành khoảng một phần ba cuộc đời để ngủ, chúng ta biết tương đối ít về giấc ngủ.
Đáp án C.
 

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