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: I didn’t arrive in time. I was not able to see her off.

A. I arrived very late to say goodbye to her.

B. She had left because I was not on time.

C. I was not early enough to see her off.

D. I didn’t go there , so I could not see her off.

Câu 2: 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 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: The new restaurant looks good. However, it seems to have few customers.

A. In order to get more business, the new restaurant should improve its appearance.

B. If it had a few more customers, the new restaurant would look better.

C. The new restaurant would have more customers if it looked better.

D. In spite of its appearance, the new restaurant does not appear to attract much business.

Câu 5: The young girl has great experience of nursing. She has worked as a hospital volunteer for years.

A. Before she worked as a hospital volunteer for years, the young girl has great experience of nursing.

B. Much as she has worked as a hospital volunteer for years, the young girl has great experience of nursing.

C. Having worked as a hospital volunteer for years, the young girl has great experience of nursing.

D. With great experience of nursing, the young girl has worked as a hospital volunteer for years.

Câu 6: 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.