V:Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the sentence which is closest in meaning to the original one
Câu 1: Smith’s career as a television presenter began five years ago.
A. Smith has been a television presenter five years ago.
B. Smith used to be a television presenter five years ago.
C. Smith had been a television presenter for five years.
D. Smith has been a television presenter for five years.
Câu 2: “That’s a lovely new dress, Jean,” said her mother.
A. Jean’s mother said she like her dress.
B. Jean’s mother wanted to buy a lovely new dress.
C. Jean’s mother complimented her on the lovely new dress.
D. Jean’s mother told her to buy that lovely new dress.
Câu 3: “You should have finished the report by now”, John told his secretary.
A. John scolded his secretary for not having finished the report
B. John said that his secretary had not finished the report on time.
C. John reproached his secretary for not having finished the report.
D. John reminded his secretary of finishing the report on time.
Câu 4: Much to my astonishment, I found his lecture on wildlife conservation extremely interesting.
A. Contrary to expectations, his lecture on wildlife conservation was the most fascinating of all.
B. I was fascinated by what he said in his lecture on wildlife conservation though I hadn’t expected to be.
C. It was at his lecture on wildlife conservation that I realized I needed to study it.
D. I hadn’t expected him to lecture on wild life conservation, but he spoke well.
Câu 5: We stayed in that hotel despite the noise.
A. No matter how noisy the hotel was, we stayed there.
B. Because of the noise, we stayed in the hotel.
C. Despite the hotel was noisy, we stayed there.
D. We stayed in the noisy hotel and we liked it.
A.
B.
C.
D.