Câu hỏi: “I tried to study English well. I wanted to get a good job.” means ________.

A. I tried to study English well so that I can get a good job.

B. I tried to study English well in order that I can get a good job.

C. I tried to study English well to get a good job.

D. I try to study English well in order that I can get a good job.

Câu 1: We had had very salty food. We were all dying of thirst.

A. Having very salty food, we were all dying of thirst.

B. Having had very salty food, we were all dying of thirst.

C. Dying of thirst, we had very salty food.

D. Having died of thirst, we had very salty food.

Câu 2: We spend about one-third of our lives sleeping. We know relatively little about our sleep.

A. We shall know more about our sleep if we spend more than one-third of our lives sleeping.

B. We know relatively little about our sleep; as a result, we spend about one-third of our lives sleeping.

C. Despite spending about one-third of our lives sleeping, we know relatively little about our sleep.

D. We spend about one-third of our lives sleeping so that we know relatively little about our sleep.

Câu 3: Peter’s main subjects at university is electronics.

A. The university lets Peter major in electronics.

B. Peter thinks electronics is a special subject.

C. Peter majors in electronics at university.

D. Electronics is among the subjects that Peter likes.

Câu 4: We stayed in that hotel despite the noise.

A. Despite the hotel is noisy, we stayed there.

B. We stayed in the noisy hotel and we liked it.

C. Although the hotel was noisy, we stayed there.

D. Because of the noise, we stayed in the hotel.

Câu 5: Right after the police had arrived at the scene, the situation was settled.

A. The police did not arrive at the scene until the situation had been settled.

B. If the police had arrived at the scene, the situation would have been settled.

C. The police had no sooner arrived at the scene than the situation was settled.

D. The situation had been settled just before the police arrived at the scene.

Câu 6: The plan may be ingenious. It will never work in practice.

A. Ingenious as it may be, the plan will never work in practice.

B. Ingenious as may the plan, it will never work in practice.

C. The plan may be too ingenious to work in practice.

D. The plan is as impractical as it is ingenious.