Câu hỏi:  Choose the sentence that is closest in meaning to the sentence given. They arrived too late to get good seats

A. When they arrived, the good seats had already been taken.

B. They had to stand for the whole show

C. Although they were late, they found some good seats.

D. They got good seats some time after they arrived.

Câu 1: Not until I left home did I realize how much my father meant to me. 

A. I realized how much my father meant to me just when I was home.

B. I left home and didn't realize how much my father meant to me.

C. It was only when I left home that I realized how much my father meant to me. 

D. Before I left home, I had realized how much my father meant to me. 

Câu 2: How long is it since they bought the house?. 

A. When will they buy the house? 

B. When did they buy the house?

C. How long was the house built?

D. When can they build the house?

Câu 3: Although Chris was the stronger of the two, his opponent soon overpowered him.

A. Despite his superior strength, Chris was soon overpowered by his opponent.

B. Chis was not as strong as his opponent but he soon overpowered the other

C. Chris lost because he had no power.

D. Because Chris was strong, he soon overpowered his opponent.

Câu 4: He survived the operation thanks to skilful surgery.

A. He survived because he was a skilful surgeon. 

B. Without skilful surgery, he would have died.

C. Because skilful surgery, he survived the operation

D. He died after the operation. 

Câu 5: "That's a lovely new dress, Jean," said her mother.

A. Jean said that was a lovely new dress

B. Jean's mother wishes she had such a dress.

C. Jean's mother complimented her on the lovely new dress.

D. Jean's mother told her to buy that lovely new dress.

Câu 6: She told us to help ourselves to the apples in the basket. 

A. She offered us some apples in return for our help.

B. She wanted us to help her pick the apples from the basket.

C. She let us have as many apples as we wanted. 

D. She wanted us to pick the apples ourselves.