Câu hỏi: The basketball team knew they lost the match. They soon started to blame each other.

A. Hardly had the basketball team known they lost the match when they started to blame each other.

B. No sooner had the basketball team started to blame each other than they knew they lost the match.

C. As soon as they blamed each other, the basketball team knew they lost the match.

D. Not only did the basketball team lose the match but they blamed each other as well.

Câu 1: Without your help, I couldn’t have succeeded.

A. You didn’t help me and I didn’t succeed

B. I succeeded even you didn’t help me

C. In spite of your help, I wasn’t successful.

D. I was successful due to your help.

Câu 2: The coffee was not strong. It didn’t keep us awake.

A. The coffee was not very strong, but it couldn’t keep us awake

B. We were kept awake because the coffee was strong.

C. The coffee was not strong enough to keep us awake

D. The coffee was so hot that it didn’t keep us awake.

Câu 3: People say that Mr. Goldman gave nearly a million pounds to charity last year.

A. Mr. Goldman is said to have given nearly a million pounds to charity last year.

B. Mr. Goldman was said to have given nearly a million pounds to charity last year.

C. Nearly a million pounds was said to have been given to charity by Mr. Goldman last year.

D. Nearly a million pounds is said to be given to charity by Mr. Goldman last year.

Câu 4: The train should be here any minute now.

A. We know that the train is always here on time.

B. The train has not arrived here yet.

C. The train is known to be here in a minute.

D. We are expecting the train to arrive soon.

Câu 5: We spend 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. Despite spending about one-third of our lives sleeping, we know relatively little about sleep.

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

Câu 6:  "Why don't we wear sunglasses?" our grandpa would say when we went out on bright sunny days.

A. Our grandpa used to suggest wearing sunglasses when we went out on bright sunny days.

B. Our grandpa would warn us against wearing sunglasses on bright sunny days.

C. Our grandpa asked us why we did not wear sunglasses when going out on bright sunny days.

D. Our grandpa reminded us of going out with sunglasses on bright sunny days.