Câu hỏi: 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 1: You needn’t have washed the sheets. The hotel staff does the cleaning.

A. It is good that you washed the sheets.

B. It was not necessary to wash the sheets, even though you did.

C. It was necessary to wash the sheets. but you did not do it.

D. It was necessary to wash the sheets. and you did not do it.

Câu 2: 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 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 ingenious.

Câu 4: “You didn’t lock the door this morning as I found the Đáp án: s on the table when I got home!” the woman told her son.

A. The woman scolded her son with unlocking the door that morning as she found the Đáp án: on the table.

B. The woman criticized her son for not locking the door that morning, adding that she saw the Đáp án: s on the table.

C. The woman blamed her son for not unlocking the door that morning as she found the Đáp án: on the table.

D. The woman reproached her son of not locking the door that morning, emphasizing that she saw the Đáp án: s on the table.

Câu 5: “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 6: He was successful because he was determined to pursue personal goals. He was not talented.

A. His success lay in his natural ability, not in his determination to pursue personal goals.

B. In addition to his determination, his talent ensured his success in pursuing his goals.

C. It was his determination to pursue personal goals, not talent, that contributed to his success.

D. His determination to pursue personal goals made him successful and talented.