A. Grammar vocabulary and language functions:
1. B. does she ''hardly - hiếm khi - mang nghĩa phủ định;;
2. B. claimed : tuyên bố
3. B. used to take
used to + V; thói quen gì trong quá khứ
4. D. the exam would be taken
S + asked (sb) + S + V lùi thì
5. B. were
6. B. were
7. B. Therefore : vì vậy
8. A. area
9. C. which : cái mà
10. B. as clever as
11. A. Two hours : 2 h
12. B. I prefer to stay at home
13. A. I work in a bank : tôi làm việc ở ngân hàng
14. A. sorry. I don't know
15. B. There's no doubt about it : không có gì để chối cãi