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: Much as I admire her achievements.

A. I don't really like her even though I admire her achievements.

B. I don't really like her because I don't admire her achievements.

C. Whatever her achievements, I don't really like her.

D. I like her achievements, so I admire her.

Câu 2: 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 3: 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.

Câu 4: 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 5: No one but the experts was able to realize that the painting was in imitation. It greatly resembled the original.

A. It was hard for ordinary people to judge between the fake painting and the real one, but not the experts.

B. It was obvious that only a person with a great talent could fake a painting so successfully.

C. It was almost impossible for amateurs to realize that the painting was not authentic, though the experts could judge it quite easily.

D. The painting looked so much like the authentic one that only the experts could tell it wasn’t genuine.

Câu 6: If it hadn’t been for his carelessness, we would have finished the work.

A. He was careless because he hadn't finished the work.

B. If her were careful, we would finish the work.

C. If he had been more careful, we would have completed the work.

D. Because he wasn't careless, we didn’t finish the work.