Câu hỏi: My mother hasn’t returned to her hometown since 1999.

A. It’s 17 years since my mother last returned to her hometown.

B. My mother last returned to her hometown in 1999.

C. The last time my mother returned to her hometown was in 1999.

D. All are correct.

Câu 1: Even though the team played well, they lost.

A. The team lost because they played well.

B. The team played well, so they lost.

C. Despite the fact that the team played well, they lost.

D. In spite of playing well, the team won.

Câu 2: She finished her driving lesson. Her father allowed her to use his car.

A. Having finished her driving lesson, her father allowed her to use his car.

B. Having finished her driving lesson, she was allowed to use her father's car.

C. To be allowed to use her father's car, she tried to finish her driving lesson.

D. Being allowed to use her father's car, she tried to finish her driving lesson.

Câu 3: We couldn’t have been to go to the final match without the coach’s flexible strategies.

A. We could have been able to go to the final match with the coach’s flexible strategies.

B. If we could be able to go to the final match, the coach would have flexible strategies.

C. If we couldn’t have been able to go to the final match, we would have had the coach’s flexible strategies.

D. Had it not been for the coach’s flexible strategies, we couldn’t have been able to go to the final match.

Câu 4: She gave in her notice. She planned to start her new job in January.

A. She gave in her notice, plan to start her new job in January.

B. She gave in her notice with a view to starting her new job in January.

C. Her notice was given in with an aim to start her new job in January.

D. Her notice was given in order for her to start her new job in January.

Câu 5: It was an interesting novel. I stayed up all night to finish it.

A. I stayed up all night to finish the novel so it was interesting.

B. Unless it were an interesting novel. I would not stay up all night to finish it.

C. Though it was an interesting novel, I stayed up all night to finish it.

D. So interesting was the novel that I stayed up all night to finish it.

Câu 6: Their holiday plans fell through because there was a shooting at their school on Valentine's Day.

A. They couldn't go on holiday as planned as a result of shooting at their school on Valentine's Day.

B. They failed to go on the holiday like they had planned because a shooting tool place at their school on Valentine's Day.

C. A shooting at their school on Valentine's day almost put a stop to their holiday plans.

D. Disappointingly, a shooting at their school on Valentine's Day forced their holiday plans to nothing.