Câu hỏi: 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.

Câu 1: 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 2: 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 3: Nobody has cleaned the room for two months.

A. The room for two months hasn’t been cleaned.

B. The room has been cleaned by nobody for two months.

C. The room hasn’t been cleaned for two months.

D. The room hasn’t been cleaned by somebody for two months.

Câu 4: He behaved in a very strange way. That surprised me a lot.

A. What almost surprised me was the strange way he behaved.

B. He behaved very strangely, which surprised me very much.

C. His behavior was a very strange thing, that surprised me most.

D. I was almost not surprised by his strange behavior.

Câu 5: 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 6: “If I were you, I would rather go by train than by bus.”

A. She said that if she had been me, she would have gone by train than by bus.

B. She advised me to go by train rather than by bus.

C. She meant going by train was more interesting than going by bus.

D. Wherever she went, she always travelled by train.