Câu hỏi: He was annoyed because his secretary came late to work.

A. His secretary came late to work made him annoyed.

B. His secretary‘s coming late to work made him annoying.

C. He objected to his secretary’s coming late to work.

D. He objected to that his secretary came to work late.

Câu 1: The students complained that the teacher was inexperienced.

A. The students praised the teacher for his experience.

B. The teacher was favored because of his inexperience.

C. The teacher was not supported for his inexperience.

D. The teacher was popular despite his inexperience.

Câu 2: 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 3: The woman wanted to have more time for her new-born grand-daughter. She left her job as an accountant.

A. The woman wanted to have more time for her new-born grand-daughter because she left her job as an accountant.

B. The woman left her job as an accountant in order to have more time for her new-born grand- daughter.

C. The woman had more time for her new-born grand-daughter, even though she left her job as an accountant.

D. Having left her job as an accountant, her new-born grand-daughter could have more time.

Câu 4: Soil erosion is a result of forests being cut down carelessly.

A. That forests are being cut down carelessly results from soil erosion.

B. Soil erosion contributes to forests being cut down carelessly.

C. Soil erosion results in forests being cut down carelessly.

D. That forests are being cut down carelessly leads to soil erosion.

Câu 5: “How brave you are!” he said to the firemen.

A. He asked how brave the firemen were.

B. He blamed the firemen for their discouragement.

C. He criticized the firemen for their discouragement.

D. He praised the firemen for their courage.

Câu 6: 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.