Amy Tan was born on February 19, 1952 in Oakland, California. Tan grew up in Northern California, (26) when her

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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.

Amy Tan was born on February 19, 1952 in Oakland, California. Tan grew up in Northern California, (26) _______ 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 laid the early (27) _______ for her first novel The Joy Luck Club. Published in 1989, the book explored the (28) _______ 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 (29) _______ Tan co–wrote the screenplay. Tan's other works have also been (30) ______ into several different forms of media.

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Giải thích

Kiến thức: Liên từ

Giải thích:

A. however: tuy nhiên B. moreover: hơn nữa

C. so: vậy nên D. but: nhưng

Tan grew up in Northern California, (25) 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.

Tạm dịch: Tan lớn lên ở Bắc California, nhưng khi cha và anh trai cô đều chết vì khối u não vào năm 1966, cô cùng mẹ và em trai đến châu Âu, nơi cô học trung học ở Montreux, Thụy Sĩ.

Chọn D