5. She passed her test even though she made a lot of mistakes.
→ She passed her test in spite of  of mistakes.

6. Despite the fact that I didn’t have a bachelor degree, I was given the job.
→ In spite of  a bachelor degree, I was given the job.

Choose the letter A, B, C or D to indicate the sentence that is closest in meaning to the sentence given in each of the following questions

The secretary said she was sorry she was late for the meeting.

A. The secretary apologized for (her) being late for the meeting

B. The secretary congratulation her being late for the meeting

C. The secretary consist of being late for the meeting

D. The secretary refused her being late for the meeting

2. Read the text. Who replied to Zoe's message? When did they reply, and from where?

(Đọc bài khóa. Ai đã phản hồi tin nhắn của Zoe’s? Họ đã phản hồi khi nào, và ở đâu?)

Message in a bottle

In 1990, Zoe Lemon was on a ferry, sailing from Hull in England to Germany. She was going on holiday with her family. The journey was long and tiring and ten-year-old Zoe soon got bored. To pass the time, she decided to write a message in a bottle and drop it into the sea. 'It will be interesting if someone finds it,' she thought. Then she forgot about the bottle completely.

Twenty-three years later, she was amazed to get a reply from someone in the Netherlands. A man was walking on the beach and was surprised to find Zoe's bottle in the sand. He wrote to the address on the message, where Zoe's parents still live. Zoe was delighted, but it was also very moving for her to see her message again after twenty·three years, and she cried when she read it. 'It's astonishing that the bottle didn't break,' said Zoe. Her five-year-old son thinks it is all very exciting and wants to put a message in a bottle himself!

Mark the letter A, B, C, or D to indicate the sentence that is closest in meaning to each of the following questions.

I'm sure Luisa was very disappointed when she failed the exam.

A. Luisa must be very disappointed when she failed the exam. 

B. Luisa must have been very disappointed when she failed the exam. 

C. Luisa may be very disappointed when she failed the exam. 

D. Luisa could have been very disappointed when she failed the exam.

Choose the sentences that are closest in meaning to the given sentence(s).I had not ridden a horse for a long time and I found it very difficult to keep in the saddle.

A. Not riding a horse for a long time, I find it very difficult to keep in the saddle.

B. Not riding a horse for a long time, I found it very difficult to keep in the saddle.

C. Not having ridden a horse for a long time, I found it very difficult to keep in the saddle.

D. Not to have ridden a horse for a long time, I had found it very difficult to keep in the saddle.

* Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the word(s) CLOSEST in meaning to the underlined word(s) in each of the following question.

When I last spoke to her yesterday she was full of beans, very cheerful and chirpy, so I deduce from that that all was going well.

A. eating a lot

B. hyperactive 

C. melancholy

D. lively and in high spirits