Câu hỏi: The fire-fighters made every effort to put off the flames. The building burned down completely.

A. The building burned down completely though the fire-fighters made every effort to put off the flames.

B. Had it not been for the fire-fighters’ every effort, the building would have burned down completely.

C. Making every effort to put off the flames, the fire-fighters completely burned down the building.

D. Since the fire-fighters made every effort to put off the flames, the building burned down completely.

Câu 1: People believe that neither side wanted war.

A. Neither side is believed to have wanted war.

B. Neither side is responsible for the outbreak of war.

C. War is believed to be wanted by either side.

D. It is believed that war broke out from both sides.

Câu 2: Peter told us about his leaving the school. He did it on his arrival at the meeting.

A. Only after his leaving the school did Peter inform us of his arrival at the meeting.

B. Not until Peter told us that he would leave the school did he arrive at the meeting.

C. Hardly had Peter informed us about his leaving the school when he arrived at the meeting.

D. No sooner had Peter arrived at the meeting than he told us about his leaving the school.

Câu 3: My mother is very busy at work but she takes good care of her children.

A. In spite of being busy at work, my mother takes good care of her children.

B. My mother takes good care of her children but she is very busy at work.

C. Though my mother was very busy at work my mother took good care of her children.

D. Although my mother was very busy at work she did not take good care of her children.

Câu 4: The buses began to pull out. Most of them were full passengers.

A. The passengers, most of them were full of, began to pull out the buses.

B. The passengers, most of whom were full of the buses, began to pull out.

C. The buses, most of them were full of passengers, began to pull out.

D. The buses, most of which were full of passengers, began to pull out.

Câu 5: I write to my friends overseas regularly. I don’t want to lose touch with them.

A. It is important for me to send letters to my friends abroad to keep them up to date on events in my life.

B. I keep in touch with my friends in foreign countries by writing to them from time to time.

C. My friends try not to lose contact with me by writing very often.

D. In order to not lose touch with my friends abroad, I write to them on a regular basis.

Câu 6: The car was very expensive and he couldn’t afford it.

A. The car was very expensive so that he couldn’t buy it.

B. The car was too expensive for him to buy.

C. He was rich enough to buy the car.

D. He was so poor but he bought the car.