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: “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 2: 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 3: 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.

Câu 4: 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 5: Without your help, I couldn’t have succeeded.

A. You didn’t help me and I didn’t succeed.

B. I succeeded even you didn’t help me.

C. In spite of your help, I wasn’t successful.

D. I was successful due to your help.

Câu 6: The coffee was not strong. It didn’t keep us awake.

A. The coffee was not very strong, but it couldn’t keep us awake.

B. We were kept awake because the coffee was strong.

C. The coffee was not strong enough to keep us awake

D. The coffee was so hot that it didn’t keep us awake.