Câu hỏi: She ate nothing but small pieces of bread and butter.

A. She ate only some small pieces of bread and butter. 

B. She only ate small pieces of bread and butter because she didn't like them.

C. She didn't eat anything, not even the bread and butter.

D. She wouldn't touch the bread and butter, but she ate other things.

Câu 1: "Stop smoking or you'll be ill," the doctor told me. 

A. I was ordered not to smoke to recover from illness

B. I was warned against smoking a lot of cigarettes

C. The doctor advised me to give up smoking to avoid illness

D. The doctor suggested smoking to treat illness

Câu 2: He talked about nothing except the weather

A. He had nothing to say about the weather. 

B. He talked about everything including the weather. 

C. His sole topic of conversation was the weather. 

D. He said that he had no interest in the weather. 

Câu 3: The woman was too weak to lift the suitcase. 

A. The woman shouldn't have lifted the suitcase as she was weak. 

B. The woman, though weak, could lift the suitcase.

C. The woman was so weak that she couldn't lift the suitcase. 

D. The woman wasn't able to lift the suitcase, so she was very weak.

Câu 4: My boss works better when he's pressed for time.

A. The less time my boss has, the better he works. 

B. The more time my boss has, the better he works.

C. My boss works better when he has a lot of time. 

D. My boss likes doing things when he has a lot of time.

Câu 5: The way to get the best out of me is to make me work very hard. 

A. My work is under consideration, so I do my best.

B. Don't make me work hard or I can't make the best out of me.

C. I work best when I am under pressure. 

D. If you make me work hard, I can't get the best.

Câu 6: Wealthy as they were, they were far from happy. 

A. They were as wealthy as they were happy.

B. Although they were wealthy, they were not happy. 

C. They were not happy as they were wealthy.

D. Even if they were wealthy, they were not unhappy