Câu hỏi: 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 1: The president offered his congratulations to the players when they won the cup.

A. The president congratulated the players on their winning the match.

B. When they won the cup, the players had been offered some congratulations from the president.

C. The president would offered the players congratulations if they won the match.

D. The president congratulated that the players had won the cup.

Câu 2: We have run out of the items you want.

A. We have to run out to buy the items you want.

B. The items you want are off our shop.

C. For the items you want, we must run out.

D. The items you want have been out of stock.

Câu 3: “I’ll call you as soon as I arrive at the airport,” he said to me.

A. He objected to calling me as soon as he arrived at the airport.

B. He promised to call me as soon as he arrived at the airport.

C. He denied calling me as soon as he arrived at the airport.

D. He reminded me to call him as soon as he arrived at the airport.

Câu 4: 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 5: 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 6: I didn’t know you were coming, so I didn’t wait for you.

A. If I had known you were coming, I wouldn’t have waited for you.

B. I would have waited for you if I knew you were coming.

C. If I had know you were coming, I would wait for you.

D. Had I known you were coming, I would have waited for you.