Câu hỏi: Although he was able to do the job, he wasn’t given the position.

A. The position wasn’t given to him in spite of his ability to do the job.

B. He was given neither the job nor the position.

C. Because he couldn’t do the job, he wasn’t given the position.

D. He got the position despite being unable to do the job.

Câu 1: He got over his illness in three months.

A. It took to get over his illness in three months.

B. It took three months for him to get over his illness.

C. It took him three months to get over his illness.

D. It took three months for his illness to get over.

Câu 2: The doctor said, “You really ought to rest for a few days. Jasmine."

A. The doctor strongly advised Jasmine to take a few days' rest.

B. The doctor suggested that Jasmine should take a short rest.

C. Jasmine's doctor told that she should rest for a few days.

D. It is the doctor's recommendation that Jasmine should take a short rest.

Câu 3: Donald could not help weeping when he heard the bad news.

A. Donald could not stop himself from weeping at the bad news.

B. Donald could not allow himself to sweep at the bad news.

C. Donald could not help himself and so he wept.

D. Donald could not help himself because he was weeping.

Câu 4: It would have been a perfect paper except for some mistakes.

A. It was a perfect paper

B. The word was spelt perfectly

C. The paper had some mistakes

D. The teacher did not accept the paper

Câu 5: Mary lost the ticket. She didn’t go to the concert.

A. If Mary had lost the ticket, she would have gone to the concert.

B. Had Mary not lost the ticket, she would have gone to the concert.

C. Hadn’t Mary lost the ticket, she would have gone to the concert.

D. If Mary hadn’t lost the ticket, she would go to the concert.

Câu 6: We planned to visit Eiffel Tower in the afternoon. We could not afford the fee, however.

A. As planned, we could not afford the visit to Eiffel Tower in the afternoon because of the fee.

B. We visited Eiffel Tower in the afternoon though the fee was too high for us.

C. We were going to visit Eiffel Tower in the afternoon but the fee was too high for us.

D. The fee was, however, high enough for us to plan a visit to Eiffel Tower in the afternoon.