1. When did you last ride a bike?

      a. How often did you ride a bike?                                       b. How long is it since you rode a bike?

      c. What time is it since you ride a bike?                             d. How much time did you ride a bike?

2. The train was due to leave five minutes ago.

      a. The train was supposed to leave five minutes ago.         b. The train is five minutes late in leaving.

      c. The train left five minutes ago.                                        d. a and b are correct

3. I didn't use to like football.

      a. I don't like football.                                             b. When I was young I liked football, but now I don't.

      c. Once I didn't like football, but now I do.            d. I wasn't accustomed to football.

4. The police blocked off the road, which caused a traffic jam.

      a. The road that caused a traffic jam was blocked off by the police.

      b. The police blocked off a traffic jam on the road.

      c. The police blocked off the road because it caused a traffic jam.

      d. The fact that the police blocked off the road caused a traffic jam.

5. Henry should have done his homework last night. but he watched TV instead.

      a. Henry didn't watch TV last night because he had to do his homework.

      b. Henry watched TV last night instead of doing his homework.

      c. Henry did his homework while watching TV.

      d. Henry had already done his homework before he watched TV.

Choose the sentence (a, b, c, or d) which is closest in meaning to the sentence printed before.

1. When did you last ride a bike?

      a. How often did you ride a bike?                                       b. How long is it since you rode a bike?

      c. What time is it since you ride a bike?                             d. How much time did you ride a bike?

2. The train was due to leave five minutes ago.

      a. The train was supposed to leave five minutes ago.         b. The train is five minutes late in leaving.

      c. The train left five minutes ago.                                        d. a and b are correct

3. I didn't use to like football.

      a. I don't like football.                                             b. When I was young I liked football, but now I don't.

      c. Once I didn't like football, but now I do.            d. I wasn't accustomed to football.

4. The police blocked off the road, which caused a traffic jam.

      a. The road that caused a traffic jam was blocked off by the police.

      b. The police blocked off a traffic jam on the road.

      c. The police blocked off the road because it caused a traffic jam.

      d. The fact that the police blocked off the road caused a traffic jam.

5. Henry should have done his homework last night. but he watched TV instead.

      a. Henry didn't watch TV last night because he had to do his homework.

      b. Henry watched TV last night instead of doing his homework.

      c. Henry did his homework while watching TV.

      d. Henry had already done his homework before he watched TV.

Choose the sentence (a, b, c or d) which is  closest in meaning to the sentence printed before.

 1. Seeing that he was so angry, she left the office.

a. She didn’t want to make him angry, so she left.

b. She left the office when she saw how angry he was

c. He grew very angry when he saw her leaving the office.

d. He wouldn’t have been so angry if she hadn’t left.

2. They arrived too late to get good seats.

a. Although they were late, they found some good seats.

b. They got good seats some time after they arrived.

c. When they arrived, the good seats were already taken.

d. They had to stand for the whole show.

3. The meeting was put off because of pressure of time.

a. The meeting lasted much longer than usual.

b. The meeting is planned to start in a short time.

c. The meeting began early because all the people had come.

d. There was not enough time to hold the meeting.

4. I would rather read books than  play video games.

a. I  prefer reading books to playing video games.

b. I like playing game better than reading books.

c. I’ll read books if there’s no interesting games to play.

d. I’d like  to play video games and read books.

5. She feels bad when she stays up late.

a. Staying up late is her bad habit.                                     b. She is bad to stay up too late.

c. She is not used to staying up late.                                 d. Feeling bad, she stays up late.

Đáp án C

Hoàn cảnh của cô ấy rất khó khăn. Mặc dù vậy, cô ấy học rất tốt.

= Cô ấy học rất tốt mặc dù có hoàn cảnh khó khăn.

Cấu trúc tương phản: In spite of N/V-ing, S V O (Mặc dù…, nhưng…).

Đáp án A sai cấu trúc do thiếu ‘tobe’.

Cấu trúc câu tương phản: Adj as S tobe, S V O (Mặc dù…, nhưng…).

Đáp án B sai nghĩa: Cô ấy học rất tốt nhờ vào cô ấy sống trong hoàn cảnh khó khăn.

Đáp án D thừa “but”, đã có “Although” thì không có “but” và ngược lại.

Đáp án C

Đáp án C

Hoàn cảnh của cô ấy rất khó khăn. Mặc dù vậy, cô ấy học rất tốt.

= Cô ấy học rất tốt mặc dù có hoàn cảnh khó khăn.

Cấu trúc tương phản: In spite of N/V-ing, S V O (Mặc dù…, nhưng…).

Đáp án A sai cấu trúc do thiếu ‘tobe’.

Cấu trúc câu tương phản: Adj as S tobe, S V O (Mặc dù…, nhưng…).

Đáp án B sai nghĩa: Cô ấy học rất tốt nhờ vào cô ấy sống trong hoàn cảnh khó khăn.

Đáp án D thừa “but”, đã có “Although” thì không có “but” và ngược lại.

Chọn A

Đáp án A

Giải thích:

A. Khó khăn như là sống của cô ấy điều kiện, cô ấy học rất giỏi.

B. Cô ấy học rất giỏi nhờ thực tế rằng cô ấy sống ở điều kiện khó khăn.

C. Cô ấy học rất giỏi mặc dù điều kiện sống khó khăn của cô ấy.

D. Mặc dù cô ấy sống ở điều kiện khó khăn, nhưng cô ấy học rất giỏi.

Dịch nghĩa: Điều kiện sống của cô ấy đang khó khăn. Tuy nhiên, cô ấy học rất giỏi.

Đáp án A

Điều kiện sống của cô ấy rất khó khăn. Tuy nhiên, cô ấy học rất tốt.

= Điều kiện sống khó khăn đến thế, cô ấy vẫn học rất tốt.

Cấu trúc chỉ sự tương phản: Adj/Adv + as…, S + V (mặc dù… nhưng)

Dùng cấu trúc này nhằm làm nổi bật tính chất, mang nghĩa nhấn mạnh.

Các đáp án còn lại:

B. Cô ấy học rất tốt nhờ vào việc sống trong điều kiện khó khăn.

C. Cô ấy học rất tốt mặc dù điều kiện sống khó khăn.

D. Tuy cô ấy sống trong điều kiện khó khăn, nhưng cô ấy học rất tốt.

(Although và but không dùng trong cùng một câu)

Đáp án D

Her living conditions were difficult. However, she studied very well.

Hoàn cảnh sống của cô ấy rất khó khăn. Tuy nhiên, cô ấy học rất giỏi

= Difficult as her living conditions, she studied very well.

Hoàn cảnh khó khăn như vậy, nhưng cô ấy vẫn học giỏi

(đảo tính từ lên trước nhằm nhấn mạnh tính chất, đặc điểm của danh từ)