Question 33. Đáp án: D

Kiến thức: Kết hợp câu – Đảo ngữ

Giải thích:

Câu đề bài:

The prime minister was criticised for his sluggish reaction to a new wave of coronavirus infections. He decided to give up his responsibility then.

(Thủ tướng bị chỉ trích vì phản ứng chậm chạp trước làn sóng nhiễm coronavirus mới. Anh quyết định từ bỏ trách nhiệm của mình sau đó.)

= D. Only after the prime minister was criticised for his sluggish reaction to a new wave of coronavirus infections did he decide to give up his responsibility.

(Chỉ sau khi thủ tướng bị chỉ trích vì phản ứng chậm chạp trước làn sóng lây nhiễm coronavirus mới, ông ấy mới quyết định từ bỏ trách nhiệm của mình.)

Xét các phương án còn lại:

A. Not until the prime minister decided to give up his responsibility was he criticised for his sluggish reaction to a new wave of coronavirus infections. (Sai nghĩa)

B. So much was the prime minister criticised for his sluggish reaction to a new wave of coronavirus infections that he decided not to give up his responsibility then. (Sai nghĩa)

C. No sooner was the prime minister criticised for his sluggish reaction to a new wave of coronavirus infections than he decided to give up his responsibility. (Sai nghĩa)

Vậy đáp án đúng là D