Câu hỏi: Right after the police had arrived at the scene, the situation was settled.

A. The police did not arrive at the scene until the situation had been settled.

B. If the police had arrived at the scene, the situation would have been settled.

C. The police had no sooner arrived at the scene than the situation was settled.

D. The situation had been settled just before the police arrived at the scene.

Câu 1: The woman wanted to have more time for her new-born grand-daughter. She left her job as an accountant.

A. The woman wanted to have more time for her new-born grand-daughter because she left her job as an accountant.

B. The woman left her job as an accountant in order to have more time for her new-born grand- daughter.

C. The woman had more time for her new-born grand-daughter, even though she left her job as an accountant.

D. Having left her job as an accountant, her new-born grand-daughter could have more time.

Câu 2: We spend about one-third of our lives sleeping. We know relatively little about our sleep.

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

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

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

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

Câu 3: The students complained that the teacher was inexperienced.

A. The students praised the teacher for his experience.

B. The teacher was favored because of his inexperience.

C. The teacher was not supported for his inexperience.

D. The teacher was popular despite his inexperience.

Câu 4: Soil erosion is a result of forests being cut down carelessly.

A. That forests are being cut down carelessly results from soil erosion.

B. Soil erosion contributes to forests being cut down carelessly.

C. Soil erosion results in forests being cut down carelessly.

D. That forests are being cut down carelessly leads to soil erosion.

Câu 5: The plan may be ingenious. It will never work in practice.

A. Ingenious as it may be, the plan will never work in practice.

B. Ingenious as may the plan, it will never work in practice.

C. The plan may be too ingenious to work in practice.

D. The plan is as impractical as it is ingenious.

Câu 6: Lucy always reminds me of my youngest sister.

A. When ever I see Lucy, I think of my youngest sister.

B. I always thinks of Lucty, my youngest sister.

C. It is Lucy who is my youngest sister.

D. My youngest sister’s name is Lucy.