Câu hỏi: You could not have made a very good impression on them.

A. You seem to have impressed them very unfavourably.

B. It’s impossible that the effect you made on them was particularly positive.

C. Something appears to have made them think you are unsuitable.

D. You should have tried harder to make them think well of you.

Câu 1: His friends supported and encouraged him. He did really well in the competition.

A. If his friends had given him support and encouragement, he could have done really well in the competition.

B. No matter how much his friends supported and encouraged him, he couldn’t do well in the competition.

C. Such were his friends’ support and encouragement that he couldn’t do really well in the competition.

D. Had it not been for his friends’ support and encouragement, he couldn’t have done so well in the competition.

Câu 2: Nam defeated the former champion in three sets. He finally won the inter-school table tennis championship.

A. Having defeated the former champion in the inter-school table tennis, Nam did not hold the title of champion.

B. Although Nam defeated the former champion in three sets, he did not win the title of inter-school table tennis champion.

C. Having defeated the former champion in three sets, Nam won the inter-school table tennis championship.

D. Being defeated by the former champion, Nam lost the chance to play the final game of inter-school table tennis champion.

Câu 3: The girl is talking to a man with a ponytail. She is my friend.

A. The girl who is talking to a man with a ponytail is my friend.

B. The girl, whom a man with a ponytail is talking to, is my friend.

C. My friend is the girl, who is talking to a man with a ponytail.

D. The girl, who is talking to a man with a ponytail, is my friend.

Câu 4: They expect that recent changes will bring about an overall improvement in the quality of the country’s education.

A. Recent changes are expected to lead to an overall improvement in the quality of the country’s education.

B. The quality of the country’s education is expected to be the consequence of recent changes.

C. It is expected that recent changes are caused by an overall improvement in the country’s education.

D. It was expected that recent changes would result in an overall improvement in the quality of the country’s education.

Câu 5: You cannot completely avoid stress in your life. You need to find ways to cope with it.

A. After you can completely avoid stress in your life, you need to find ways to cope with it.

B. As long as you can completely avoid stress in your lives, you need to find ways to cope with it.

C. As you cannot completely avoid stress in your life, you need to find ways to cope with it.

D. Because stress can completely be avoided in your life, you need to find ways to cope with it.

Câu 6: He has retired. He watches football every afternoon on cable TV.

A. Although he’s retired, he watches football every afternoon on cable TV.

B. Now that he’s retired, he watches football every afternoon on cable TV.

C. When he’s retired, he watches football every afternoon on cable TV.

D. He’s retired, so that he watches football every afternoon on cable TV.