Câu hỏi: “Please send me to a warm climate” Tom said.

A. Tom pleaded with the boss to send him to a warm climate.

B. Tom begged the boss to send him to a warm climate.

C. Tom would rather went to a warm climate.

D. Tom asked his boss to go to a warm climate.

Câu 1: Although she is intelligent, she doesn’t do well at school.

A. In spite of intelligent, she doesn’t do well at school.

B. Despite being intelligent, she doesn’t do well at school.

C. Even though her intelligence, she doesn’t do well at school.

D. In spite the fact that she is intelligent, she doesn’t do well at school.

Câu 2: 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 genius.

Câu 3: My mother is very busy at work but she takes good care of her children.

A. In spite of being busy at work, my mother takes good care of her children.

B. My mother takes good care of her children but she is very busy at work.

C. Though my mother was very busy at work my mother took good care of her children.

D. Although my mother was very busy at work she did not take good care of her children.

Câu 4: The fire-fighters made every effort to put off the flames. The building burned down completely.

A. The building burned down completely though the fire-fighters made every effort to put off the flames.

B. Had it not been for the fire-fighters’ every effort, the building would have burned down completely.

C. Making every effort to put off the flames, the fire-fighters completely burned down the building.

D. Since the fire-fighters made every effort to put off the flames, the building burned down completely.

Câu 5: Harry no longer smokes a lot.

A. Harry now smokes a lot.

B. Harry used to smoke a lot.

C. Harry didn’t use to smoke a lot.

D. Harry rarely smoked a lot.

Câu 6: I write to my friends overseas regularly. I don’t want to lose touch with them.

A. It is important for me to send letters to my friends abroad to keep them up to date on events in my life.

B. I keep in touch with my friends in foreign countries by writing to them from time to time.

C. My friends try not to lose contact with me by writing very often.

D. In order to not lose touch with my friends abroad, I write to them on a regular basis.