Câu hỏi: 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 1: 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 2: Much as I admire her achievements.

A. I don't really like her even though I admire her achievements.

B. I don't really like her because I don't admire her achievements.

C. Whatever her achievements, I don't really like her.

D. I like her achievements, so I admire her.

Câu 3: Jane refused to attend his birthday party, which made him feel sad.

A. Jane's refusal to attend his birthday party made him feel sad.

B. He felt sad not to be able to attend her birthday party.

C. Jane made him sad despite her refusal to attend his birthday party.

D. Jane refused to attend his birthday party because it made her sad.

Câu 4: He has been giving most of his money to charity. He hopes to ease the pain and suffering of the disadvantaged.

A. Giving most of his money to charity, he hopes to ease the pain and suffering of the disadvantaged.

B. Easing the pain and suffering of the disadvantaged made him give most of his money to charity.

C. He has been giving most of his money to the disadvantaged to ease their pain and suffering.

D. Hoping to ease the pain and suffering of the disadvantaged, he has given them most of his money.

Câu 5: Workers are not allowed to use the office phone for personal calls.

A. They don't let workers use the office phone.

B. Workers are not permitted to use the office phone for personal purpose.

C. The office phone is supposed to be used by workers only.

D. They don't allow workers to make phone calls.

Câu 6: 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.