Câu hỏi: They arrived late, so they didn’t have good seats.

A. However late they arrived, they had very good seats.

B. The late arrivers still had good seats.

C. Had they arrived earlier, they might have got good seats.

D. Unless they arrived earlier, they wouldn’t have good seats.

Câu 1: The coffee was not strong. It didn’t keep us awake.

A. The coffee was very strong, but it couldn’t keep us awake.

B. The coffee was not strong enough to keep us awake.

C. The coffee was not good enough for us to keep awake.

D. We were kept awake although the coffee was not strong.

Câu 2: Donald could not help weeping when he heard the bad news.

A. Donald could not stop himself from weeping at the bad news.

B. Donald could not allow himself to sweep at the bad news.

C. Donald could not help himself and so he wept.

D. Donald could not help himself because he was weeping.

Câu 3: 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 4: The referee brought the football game to a halt. He blew his whistle.

A. The referee stopped playing football and blowing his whistle.

B. The referee stopped the football game before he blew his whistle.

C. Having stopped the football match, the referee blew his whistle.

D. The referee brought the football game to a halt by blowing his whistle.

Câu 5: “Why don’t you choose German as your optional subject?” said Jane.

A. Jane admitted that I chose German as my optional subject.

B. Jane suggested that I choose German as my optional subject.

C. Jane reminded me of choosing German as my optional subject.

D. Jane suggested choosing German as my optional subject.

Câu 6: He got over his illness in three months.

A. It took to get over his illness in three months.

B. It took three months for him to get over his illness.

C. It took him three months to get over his illness.

D. It took three months for his illness to get over.