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

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

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

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

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

Câu 1: He failed his driving test the first time. As a result, he took it again.

A. He failed his driving test the first time and so he therefore took it again.

B. He failed his driving test the first time and he therefore took it again.

C. He failed his driving test the first time which he took it again.

D. Failing his driving test the first time and he therefore took it again.

Câu 2: We cut down many forests. The Earth becomes hot.

A. The more forests we cut down, the hotter the Earth becomes.

B. The more we cut down forests, the hotter the Earth becomes.

C. The more forests we cut down, the Earth becomes hotter.

D. The more we cut down forests, the Earth becomes hotter.

Câu 3: The train drivers' strike made it hard for us to get to work.

A. We found it difficult to get to work because of the train drivers' strike.

B. When the train drivers were having a strike, we could get to work.

C. We were unable to get to work when the train drivers' strike happened.

D. The train drivers' strike made it impossible for us to get to work.

Câu 4: They couldn’t think of anything better to do. They decided to baby-sit for the family.

A. As long as they couldn’t think of anything better to do, they decided to baby-sit for the family.

B. They couldn’t think of anything better to do, yet they decided to baby-sit for the family.

C. Since they couldn’t think of anything better to do, they decided to baby-sit for the family.

D. As soon as they couldn’t think of anything better to do, they decided to baby-sit for the family.

Câu 5: The train should be here any minute now.

A. We know that the train is always here on time.

B. The train has not arrived here yet.

C. The train is known to be here in a minute.

D. We are expecting the train to arrive soon.

Câu 6: He couldn’t retake the exam because he missed too many lessons.

A. He would retake the exam if he didn’t miss too many lessons.

B. He could have retaken the exam if he hadn’t missed too many lessons.

C. If he missed too many lessons, he wouldn’t retake the exam.

D. If he had missed too many lessons, he wouldn’t have retaken the exam.