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: "No, I won't go to work at the weekend," said Sally.

A. Sally apologized for not going to work at the weekend.

B. Sally regretted not going to work at the weekend.

C. Sally promised to go to work at the weekend.

D. Sally refused to go to work at the weekend.

Câu 2: I whispered as I didn't want anybody to hear our conversation.

A. Since nobody wanted to hear our conversation, I whispered.

B. So as not to hear our conversation, I whispered.

C. Because I whispered, anybody heard our conversation.

D. I lowered my voice in order that our conversation couldn't be heard.

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: I hardly know the truth about Jean’s success in the institute.

A. I do not know much about Jean’s success in the institute.

B. It is difficult for Jean to be successful in the institute.

C. Jean’s success in the institute was not to be known.

D. Jean hardly become known and successful in the institute.

Câu 5: No one but the experts was able to realize that the painting was an 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 for the experts.

B. It was almost impossible for amateurs to realize that the painting was not authentic, though the experts could judge it quite easily.

C. The painting looked so much like the authentic one that only the experts could tell it wan’t genuine.

D. It was obvious that only a person with great talent could fake a painting so successfully.

Câu 6: Peter told us about his leaving the school. He did it on his arrival at the meeting.

A. Only after his leaving the school did Peter inform us of his arrival at the meeting.

B. Not until Peter told us that he would leave the school did he arrive at the meeting.

C. Hardly had Peter informed us about his leaving the school when he arrived at the meeting.

D. No sooner had Peter arrived at the meeting than he told us about his leaving the school.