No matter how hard he tried, he couldn’t understand the problem.

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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.

Try as he might, he couldn’t understand the problem.

Although he had tried, he couldn’t understand the problem.

In spite of his try-out, he couldn’t understand the problem.

He couldn’t understand the problem but he didn’t try.

Giải thích

Đáp án đúng: A

No matter how + adv/adj + S + V, clause: cho dù…như thế nào đi nữa thì…

= Try as (hard as) S + may/ might, S + V + O: cố gắng hết sức có thể nhưng…

Dịch: Dù có cố gắng đến đâu, anh cũng không thể hiểu được vấn đề. = Cố gắng hết sức nhưng anh ấy vẫn không thể hiểu được vấn đề.