Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the sentence that best combines each pair of sentences in the following questions.
Câu 1: My personal opinion doesn’t really matter. You need to decide for the good of everyone.
A. Though my personal opinion really matters, we need to decide for the good for everyone.
B. Deciding for the good of everyone makes our personal opinion not really matter at all.
C. We need to decide for the good for everyone, so my personal opinion doesn’t really matter.
D. If my personal opinion doesn’t really matter, we need to decide for the good of everyone.
Câu 2: Greenpeace has realized the seriousness of environmental pollution. It urges the government worldwide to take action soon.
A. Having realized the seriousness of environmental pollution, Greenpeace urges the government worldwide to take action soon.
B. Greenpeace has realized the seriousness of environmental pollution so that it urges the government worldwide to take action soon.
C. Greenpeace has realized the seriousness of environmental pollution whereas it urges the government worldwide to take action soon.
D. Realized the seriousness of environmental pollution, or else Greenpeace urges the government worldwide to take action soon.
Câu 3: Not many students get high scores today. The tests are too hard.
A. If the tests today were easy, more students would get high scores.
B. Not all students would get high scores with such easy tests.
C. Unless the tests were easy, no students could get high scores.
D. The tests are difficult, but all students will get high scores.
Câu 4: They encouraged him a lot in the competition. He didn’t give up because of that.
A. Having encouraged considerably during the competition, he didn’t stop trying.
B. But for their great encouragement in the competition, he would have given up.
C. Their great encouragement made it impossible for him to be in great despair.
D. Provided that they have encouraged him, he couldn’t have thought of giving up.
Câu 5: His wife gave birth to their first child. He understood what true responsibility meant.
A. Never has he understood true responsibility before he became a parent himself.
B. Were his first child not to be born, he wouldn’t understand true responsibility.
C. Hardly had he understood true responsibility when their first child was born.
D. Not until he became a parent did he understand what true responsibility meant.
Câu 6: Marry loved her stuffed animal when she was young. She couldn’t sleep without it.
A. When Mary was young, she loved her stuffed animal so as not to sleep without it.
B. As Marry couldn’t sleep without her stuffed animal when she was young, she loved it.
C. When Marry was young, she loved her stuffed animal so much that she couldn’t sleep without it.
D. When Marry was young, she loved her stuffed animal though she couldn’t sleep without it.
Câu 7: Jenifer rejected the job offer. She now regrets it.
A. Jenifer regrets not having rejected the job offer.
B. If only Jenifer didn’t reject the job offer.
C. Jenifer wishes she hadn’t rejected the job offer.
D. Jenifer regrets to reject the job offer.
Câu 8: Mike became a father. He felt a strong sense of responsibility towards his parents.
A. Were Mike to become a father himself, he would feel a strong sense of responsibility towards his parents.
B. Only after Mike had become a father himself did he feel a strong sense of responsibility towards his parents.
C. Had Mike become a father himself, he would have felt a strong sense of responsibility towards his parents.
D. Not until he felt a strong sense of responsibility towards his parents did Mike become a father himself.
Câu 9: He had just entered the house. The police arrested him at once.
A. Hardly he had entered the house when the police arrested him.
B. Immediately had he entered the house when the police arrested him.
C. The police immediately arrested him as soon as he’s entered the house.
D. No sooner had he entered the house than the police arrested him.
Câu 10: Jack was suspected to have stolen credit cards. The police have investigated him for days.
A. Suspected to have stolen credit cards, Jack has been investigated for days.
B. Suspected to have stolen credit cards, Jack has investigated for days.
C. Having suspected to have stolen credit cards, Jack has been investigated for days.
D. Jack has investigated for days, suspected to have stolen credit cards.
Câu 11: My new neighbour is a famous author. My new neighbour is also an influential political commentator.
A. My new neighbour is a famous author, and she is an influential political commentator.
B. My new neighbour likes writing famous books and commenting on politics.
C. My new neighbour is not only a famous author but also an influential political commentator.
D. My new neighbour writes famous books, but she does not know much about politics.
Câu 12: I am tired of staying up late last night studying. I am also worried about today’s test.
A. I am not only tired of staying up late last night studying but also worried about today’s test.
B. Tired from staying up late last night studying, today’s test also makes us worried.
C. Not only am I tired of staying up late last night studying, but I am also worried about today’s test.
D. Because I am worried about today’s test, I stayed up late last night studying.
Câu 13: They are my two sisters. They aren’t teachers like me.
A. They are my two sisters both of whose are teachers like me.
B. They are my two sisters, neither of whom are teachers like me.
C. Like me, neither of my two sisters aren’t teachers.
D. They are my two sisters who neither are teachers like me.
Câu 14: Why did Danny decide to enter the marathon? Danny’s totally unfit.
A. Why did Danny, whose total unfit, decide to enter the marathon?
B. Why did Danny decide to enter the marathon, who’s totally unfit?
C. Why did Danny, who’s totally unfit, decide to enter the marathon?
D. Why did Danny decide to enter the marathon who’s totally unfit?
Câu 15: They finished one project. They started working on the next.
A. Not until did they start working on the next project then they finished one.
B. Hardly had they finished one project when they started working on the next
C. Only if they had finished one project did they start working on the next.
D. Had they finished one project, they would have started working on the next.
Câu 16: Quang won a scholarship. We are excited about that fact.
A. The fact being excited us had won Quang a scholarship.
B. Quang’s excited about a scholarship’s having won us.
C. We’re excited about Quang’s having won a scholarship.
D. We won Quang’s excitement about the fact of a scholarship.
Câu 17: Just after the play started there was a power failure.
A. No earlier had the play started than there was a power failure.
B. Hardly did the play start then there was a power failure.
C. No sooner did the play start before there was a power failure.
D. Hardly had the play started when there was a power failure.
Câu 18: You may be very intelligent. You should be careful about what you are going to do.
A. No matter why intelligent you may be, you should be careful about what you are going to do.
B. No matter what intelligent you may be, you should be careful about what you are going to do.
C. No matter how intelligent you may be, you should be careful about what you are going to do.
D. No matter whatever intelligent you may be, you should be careful about what you are going to do.
Câu 19: My sister didn’t leave the house key. As a result, I can’t be cooking lunch now.
A. If my sister have left the house key, I could have been cooking lunch now.
B. If my sister had left the house key, I could have been cooking lunch now.
C. If my sister had left the house key, I could be cooking lunch now.
D. If my sister left the house key, I could be cooking lunch now.
Câu 20: They have lived near a chemical plant for many years. Some villagers have now developed cancer.
A. Because of the fact having lived near a chemical plant for, some villagers have now developed cancer.
B. Because they have lived near a chemical plant for many years so some villagers have now developed cancer.
C. Living near a chemical plant for many years, some villagers have now developed cancer.
D. Having lived near a chemical plant for many years, some villagers have now developed cancer.
Câu 21: Visitors come to the museum to admire the relics. They were excavated from the ancient tombs.
A. Visitors come to the museum to be admired with the relics that were excavated from the ancient tombs.
B. Having been excavated from the ancient tombs, the relics attract attention from the public a lot.
C. Visitors come to the museum to admire the relics excavated from the ancient tombs.
D. Excavated from the ancient tombs, visitors come to the museum to admire the relics.
Câu 22: It’s almost nine months since I stopped subscribing to that magazine.
A. I have subscribed to that magazine for almost nine months.
B. I have subscribed to that magazine almost nine months ago.
C. I cancelled my subscription to that magazine almost nine months ago.
D. I have subscribed to that magazine for almost nine months, but now I stopped.
Câu 23: There is an important difference between chimpanzees and humans. Humans walk on two legs.
A. There is an important difference between chimpanzees and humans that walk on two legs.
B. There are important differences between chimpanzees and humans that walk on two legs.
C. Humans walk on two legs, so they are importantly different from chimpanzees.
D. An important difference between chimpanzees and humans is that humans walk on two legs.
Câu 24: He is very intelligent. He can solve all the problems in no time.
A. So intelligent is he that he can solve all the problems in no time.
B. An intelligent student is he that he can solve all the problems in no time.
C. He is very intelligent that he can solve all the problems in no time.
D. Such intelligent a student is he that he can solve all the problems in no time.
Câu 25: We didn't want to spend a lot of money. We stayed in a cheap hotel.
A. Rather than spending a lot of money, we stayed in a cheap hotel.
B. In spite of spending a lot of money, we stayed in a cheap hotel.
C. We didn't stay in a cheap hotel as we had a lot of money to spend.
D. We stayed in a cheap hotel, but we had to spend a lot of money.
Câu 26: I left the office. There was a power cut just then.
A. I left the office after there was a power cut.
B. Hardly I had left the office when there was a power cut.
C. No sooner had I left the office than there was a power cut.
D. I left the office long before there was a power cut.
Câu 27: Julian dropped out of college after his first year. Now he regrets it.
A. Julian regrets not having dropped out of college after his first year.
B. Julian wishes he didn’t drop out of college after his first year.
