Câu hỏi: They report that over 200,000 people were killed in the tsunami.

A. Over 200,000 people are reported to have been killed in the tsunami.

B. Over 200,000 people are reported to be killed in the tsunami.

C. Over 200,000 people are reported to have killed in the tsunami.

D. Over 200,000 people are reported to kill in the tsunami.

Câu 1: He didn’t take his father’s advice. That’s why he is out of work.

A. If he had taken his father’s advice, he would not have been out of work.

B. If he took his father’s advice, he would not be out of work.

C. If he had taken his father’s advice, he would not be out of work.

D. If he takes his father’s advice, he will not be out of work.

Câu 2: “How brave you are!” he said to the firemen.

A. He asked how brave the firemen were.

B. He blamed the firemen for their discouragement.

C. He criticized the firemen for their discouragement.

D. He praised the firemen for their courage.

Câu 3: We spend about one-third of our lives sleeping. We know relatively little about our sleep.

A. We shall know more about our sleep if we spend more than one-third of our lives sleeping.

B. We know relatively little about our sleep; as a result, we spend about one-third of our lives sleeping.

C. Despite spending about one-third of our lives sleeping, we know relatively little about our sleep.

D. We spend about one-third of our lives sleeping so that we know relatively little about our sleep.

Câu 4: Peter’s main subjects at university is electronics.

A. The university lets Peter major in electronics.

B. Peter thinks electronics is a special subject.

C. Peter majors in electronics at university.

D. Electronics is among the subjects that Peter likes.

Câu 5: The coffee was not strong. It didn’t keep us awake.

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

B. We were kept awake because the coffee was strong.

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

D. The coffee was so hot that it didn’t keep us awake.

Câu 6: Right after the police had arrived at the scene, the situation was settled.

A. The police did not arrive at the scene until the situation had been settled.

B. If the police had arrived at the scene, the situation would have been settled.

C. The police had no sooner arrived at the scene than the situation was settled.

D. The situation had been settled just before the police arrived at the scene.