Câu hỏi: My mother is very busy with her work at the office. She still takes good care of us.

A. My mother is so busy with her work at the office that she cannot take good care of us.

B. Because my mother is very busy with her work at the office, she takes good care of us.

C. In spite of being very busy with her work at the office, my mother takes good care of us.

D. My mother is too busy with her work at the office to take good care of us.

Câu 1: My advice is that you get straight to the point in the next report.

A. If I were you, I would go straight to the bush in the next report.

B. If I were you, I would have the next report got started.

C. If I were you, I would not beat around the bush in the next report.

D. If I were you, I would not point out the next report.

Câu 2: Unless we protect the environment, our life will be badly affected.

A. If our life is badly affected, we will protect the environment.

B. If we protect the environment, our life will be badly affected.

C. If we don’t protect the environment, our life won’t be badly affected.

D. If we don’t protect the environment, our life will be badly affected.

Câu 3: We spent about one-third of our lives sleeping. We know relatively little about sleep.

A. We know relatively little about sleep, as a result, we spend about one-third of our lives sleeping.

B. We shall know more about sleep if we spend more than one-third of our lives sleeping.

C. We spend about one-third of our lives sleeping so that we know relatively little about sleep.

D. Despite spending about one-third of our lives sleeping, we know relatively little about sleep.

Câu 4: Harry no longer smokes a lot.

A. Harry now smokes a lot.

B. Harry used to smoke a lot.

C. Harry didn’t use to smoke a lot.

D. Harry rarely smoked a lot.

Câu 5: No sooner had she put the telephone down than her boss rang back.

A. Scarcely had she put the telephone down when her boss rang back.

B. She had hardly put the telephone down without her boss rang back.

C. Hardly she had hung up, she rang her boss immediately.

D. As soon as her boss rang back, she put down the telephone.

Câu 6: Had she read the reference books, she would have been able to finish the test.

A. If she had read the reference books, she could finish the test.

B. Because she read the reference books, she was able to finish the test.

C. Although she didn't read the reference books, she was able to finish the test.

D. Not having read the reference books, she couldn't finish the test.