Câu hỏi: I write to my friends overseas regularly. I don’t want to lose touch with them.

A. It is important for me to send letters to my friends abroad to keep them up to date on events in my life.

B. I keep in touch with my friends in foreign countries by writing to them from time to time.

C. My friends try not to lose contact with me by writing very often.

D. In order to not lose touch with my friends abroad, I write to them on a regular basis.

Câu 1: The fire-fighters made every effort to put off the flames. The building burned down completely.

A. The building burned down completely though the fire-fighters made every effort to put off the flames.

B. Had it not been for the fire-fighters’ every effort, the building would have burned down completely.

C. Making every effort to put off the flames, the fire-fighters completely burned down the building.

D. Since the fire-fighters made every effort to put off the flames, the building burned down completely.

Câu 2: The plan may be ingenious. It will never work in practice.

A. Ingenious as it may be, the plan will never work in practice.

B. Ingenious as may the plan, it will never work in practice.

C. The plan may be too ingenious to work in practice.

D. The plan is as impractical as it is genius.

Câu 3: Although she is intelligent, she doesn’t do well at school.

A. In spite of intelligent, she doesn’t do well at school.

B. Despite being intelligent, she doesn’t do well at school.

C. Even though her intelligence, she doesn’t do well at school.

D. In spite the fact that she is intelligent, she doesn’t do well at school.

Câu 4: “I’ll call you as soon as I arrive at the airport,” he said to me.

A. He objected to calling me as soon as he arrived at the airport.

B. He promised to call me as soon as he arrived at the airport.

C. He denied calling me as soon as he arrived at the airport.

D. He reminded me to call him as soon as he arrived at the airport.

Câu 5: The student works part-time at a bid restaurant. He also paints pictures to earn for living.

A. Apart from works part-time at a bid restaurant, the student also paints pictures to earn for living.

B. In addition working part-time at a big restaurant, the student also paints pictures to earn for living.

C. Besides working part-time at a big restaurant, the student also paints pictures to earn for living.

D. The student works part-time at a big restaurant as well as he paints pictures to earn for living.

Câu 6: Marry loved her stuffed animal when she was young. She couldn’t sleep without it.

A. When Marry was young, she loved her stuffed animal so as not to sleep with it.

B. As Marry couldn’t sleep without her stuffed animal when she was young, she loved it.

C. When Marry was young, she loved her stuffed animal though she couldn’t sleep without it.

D. When Marry was young, she loved her stuffed animal so much that she couldn’t sleep without it.