Câu hỏi: Their parents gave them permission to get married.

A. “You must get married”, their parents told them.

B. “You ought to get married”, their parents told them.

C. “I give you permission to get married”, their parents told them.

D. “You may get married”, their parents told them.

Câu 1: Had I known how crowded it’s be, I’d have never moved to Madrid.

A. I moved to Madrid only because I was unaware of how many people were there.

B. Since it was so crowded in Madrid, I decided that I would never move there.

C. In the end, Madrid turned out to be far more crowded than I’d thought before moving there.

D. I would have had a better time living in Madrid if only there hadn’t been so many people.

Câu 2: I had to do my homework. I could not help my mother with the washing-up.

A. Because I was busy doing my homework, I could not help my mother with the washing-up.

B. I could not help my mother with the washing-up until I finished my homework.

C. It was impossible for me to do my homework although my mother helped me with the washing-up.

D. I could not do my homework because I had to help my mother with the washing-up.

Câu 3: After the operation, she recovered far quicker than any of us had expected her to.

A. She recovered from the operation just as quickly as anybody could have hoped.

B. Once the operation was over, her recovery was as fast as it could be expected.

C. To our great surprise, she was back to normal again as soon as the operation was over

D. We were all surprised at how fast her health returned after the operation

Câu 4: I’d suggest that we avoid telling any scary story stories with Janet around. She’ a bit unstable and could get hysterical.

A. It is no fun to tell frightening stories to Janet, who is not very stable mentally, because she only laughs instead of getting scared.

B. Janet has trouble keeping her emotions under control, especially when she is told frightening stories.

C. Since Janet is somewhat unbalanced, the only way to make her laugh is by telling stories, but we should avoid scary ones as they might cause her to panic.

D. Janet is somewhat mentally unbalanced and might easily become uncontrollably emotional, so let’s not tell frightening stories in her presence.

Câu 5: No one but the experts was able to realize that the painting was an imitation. It greatly resembled the original.

A. It was hard for the ordinary people to judge between the fake painting and the real one, but not for the experts.

B. It in obvious that only a person with great talent could fake a painting so successfully.

C. It was almost impossible for amateurs to realize that the painting was not authentic, though the experts could judge it quite easily.

D. The painting looked so much like the authentic to one that only the experts could tell it wasn’t genuine.

Câu 6: People say that Mr. Goldman gave nearly a million pounds to charity last year.

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

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

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

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