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: Harry no longer smokes a lot.

A. Harry now smokes a lot.

B. Harry used to smoke a lot.

C. Harry didn’t use to smoke a lot.

D. Harry rarely smoked a lot.

Câu 2: She had only just begun to speak when people started interrupting.

A. She hardly had begun to speak when people started interrupting.

B. Hardly she had begun to speak when people started interrupting.

C. Hardly had she begun to speak when people started interrupting.

D. She hadn’t begun to speak when people started interrupting.

Câu 3: 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 4: He held the rope with one hand. He stretched it out.

A. The robe is held with one hand then he stretched it out.

B. Stretching the robe out, he holds it with one hand.

C. Holding the rope with one hand, he stretched it out.

D. He stretched the rope with one hand and held it.

Câu 5: 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 6: 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.