Câu hỏi: The boss was annoyed that his secretary came to work late.

A. The secretary came to work late, which annoyed the boss.

B. The secretary came to work late causing annoyed.

C. That the secretary came to work late annoys the boss.

D. The boss disapproved of his secretary’s coming to work late.

Câu 1: What she does in her free time does not concern me.

A. What she does in her free time is none of my business.

B. What she does in her free time is not my concern.

C. I don’t know what she does in her free time.

D. What she does in her free time is not concerned by me.

Câu 2: It would have been a perfect paper except for some mistakes.

A. It was a perfect paper

B. The word was spelt perfectly

C. The paper had some mistakes

D. The teacher did not accept the paper

Câu 3: Although he was able to do the job, he wasn’t given the position.

A. The position wasn’t given to him in spite of his ability to do the job.

B. He was given neither the job nor the position.

C. Because he couldn’t do the job, he wasn’t given the position.

D. He got the position despite being unable to do the job.

Câu 4: Much to my astonishment, I found his lecture on wildlife conservation extremely interesting.

A. Contrary to my expectations, his lecture on wildlife conservation was the most fascinating of all.

B. I was fascinated by what he said in his lecture on wildlife conservation though I hadn’t expected to be.

C. I hadn’t expected him to lecture on wildlife conservation, but he spoke well.

D. It was at his lecture on wildlife conservation that I realized I needed to study it.

Câu 5: “Why don’t we go out for drinks?”, said Jenny.

A. Jenny recommended why we went out for drinks.

B. Jenny said why they didn’t go out for drinks.

C. Jenny suggested going out for drinks.

D. Jenny asked why they didn’t go out for drinks

Câu 6: It’s waste of time to try to explain anything to Tony.

A. Tony should be given explanation

B. It’s not worthy trying to explain anything to Tony

C. To save time, explain it to Tony

D. It’s well worth trying to explain things to Tony