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: The student next to me kept chewing gum. That bothered me a lot.

A. The students next to me kept chewing gum, that bothered me a lot.

B. The students next to me kept chewing gum, which bothered me a lot.

C. The students next to me kept chewing gum, bothering me a lot.

D. The students next to me kept chewing gum bothered me a lot.

Câu 2: The plants may develop differently. The plants live on that island.

A. The plants which live on that island may develop differently.

B. The plants live on that island may develop differently.

C. The plants which lives on that island may develop differently.

D. The plants which live that island may develop differently.

Câu 3: 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 genius.

Câu 4: Although she is intelligent, she doesn’t do well at school.

A. In spite of intelligent, she doesn’t do well at school.

B. Despite being intelligent, she doesn’t do well at school.

C. Even though her intelligence, she doesn’t do well at school.

D. In spite the fact that she is intelligent, she doesn’t do well at school.

Câu 5: They don’t let the workers use the office telephone for personal calls.

A. They don’t allow using the office telephone to call personal secretaries.

B. They don’t allow workers to use the office telephone.

C. The office telephone is used by workers personally.

D. They don’t let the office telephone be used for personal purpose by workers.

Câu 6: He cannot practice scuba diving because he has a weak heart.

A. The fact that he has a weak heart cannot stop him practicing scuba diving.

B. Scuba diving makes him suffer from having a weak heart.

C. The reason why he cannot practice scuba diving is that he has a weak heart.

D. He has a weak heart but he continues to practice scuba diving.