Question

[Lê Quỳnh Anh]

Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the sentence that is closest in meaning to each of the following questions.

Israel, India and Pakistan are generally believed to have nuclear weapons that use only nuclear fission.

A. There’s a general belief that that Israel, India and Pakistan should have nuclear weapons that use only nuclear fission

B. It is generally believed that Israel, India and Pakistan have nuclear weapons that use only nuclear fission

C. The general belief is that Israel, India and Pakistan should have nuclear weapons that use only nuclear fission

D. It generally believes that Israel, India and Pakistan have nuclear weapons that use only nuclear fission

Answer 1

[Dương Hoàn Anh]

Đáp án B.

Tạm dịch: Israel, Ấn Độ và Pakistan thường được cho là có sở hữu vũ khí hạt nhân, loại vũ khí chỉ sử dụng sự phân hạch nguyên tử.

Cấu trúc bị động đặc biệt:

People/ they + say/ think/ believe … + (that) + S + V + O.

Cách 1: It + to be (chia cùng thì với say/ think/ believe) + said/ thought/ believed … + that + S + V.

Ex: People said that he was nice to his friends.

→ It was said that he was nice to his friends.

Cách 2: S + to be (chia cùng thì với say/ think/ believe) + said/ thought/ believed … + to V + O.

Ex: People said that he was nice to his friends.

→ He was said to be nice to his friends.

Nếu động từ ở mệnh đề sau “that” xảy ra trước động từ ở mệnh đề trước “that” thì chuyển về dạng to have PP.

Ex: People said that he had been nice to his friends.

→ He was said to have been nice to his friends.

Xét câu đề bài: (… are generally believed to have…) ta thấy động từ phía sau ở dạng “to V” nên khi chuyển sang dạng bị động bắt đầu với “It” thì động từ sau “that” phải cùng thì HTĐ như động từ trước “that”.

Vậy ta chọn đáp án B.