Câu hỏi: Everyone was watching the little dog. They were greatly amused at it.

A. Everyone felt great and amused when the little dog was watching them.

B. The little dog was watching everyone with great amusement.

C. The little dog was greatly amused by the way everyone was watching it.

D. Everyone was greatly amused at the little dog they were watching.

Câu 1: Were it not for the money, this job wouldn’t be worthwhile.

A. This job offers a poor salary.

B. This job is rewarding at all.

C. The only thing that makes this job worthwhile is the money.

D. Although the salary is poor, the job is worthwhile.

Câu 2: We were late for the show by the time we had found a taxi.

A. The taxi was late, so we missed the start of the show.

B. We found a taxi in order not to be late for the show.

C. We eventually found a taxi to go to the show, which had already begun.

D. It took a long time to find a taxi but the show began later then expected.

Câu 3: He can hardly understand this matter because he is too young.

A. This matter is too hard to understand.

B. Hardly can he understand this matter because he is too young.

C. The matter is difficult but he can understand it.

D. He is young but he can understand this matter.

Câu 4: Now people believe that lifelong learning is the key to success. Today’s labour market is competitive and demanding.

A. Competitive and demanding people believe that lifelong learning is the key to success in today’s labour market.

B. Lifelong learning is believed to be the key to success in today’s competitive and demanding labour market.

C. Today’s labour market is competitive and demanding because people believe that lifelong learning is the key to success.

D. Believing that lifelong learning is the key to success, people now live in a competitive and demanding labour market.

Câu 5: The purpose of any invention is to make our lives better, so good or bad; it depends on the way by which we use these inventions.

A. Whether an invention is good or bad depends on the way by which we use it because the purpose of any invention is to make our lives better.

B. We can use either good or bad inventions to make our lives better.

C. The purpose of any invention, whether good or bad, is to make our lives better. This depends on the way by which we use these inventions

D. Good or bad as they are, all inventions have the same purpose to make our lives better.

Câu 6: No matter how hard Fred tried to lose weight, he did not succeed.

A. However hard Fred tried, he could not lose weight.

B. Fred tried very hard to lose weight and succeeded.

C. It was hard for Fred to lose weight because he never succeeded.

D. It did not matter whether Fred could lose weight.