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Câu 1: Not until a monkey is several years old _____ to exhibit signs of independence from its mother.

A. it begins

B. does it begin    

C. and begin  

D. is it begin

Câu 2: _____ did Jerome accept the job.

A. Only because it was interesting work

B. Only because it was interested work

C. Because it was an interesting work

D. The work was interesting

Câu 3: _____ great was the destruction that the south took decades to be recovered.

A. Very

B. Too  

C. Such

D. So

Câu 4: _____when the Charges found themselves 7-0.

A. Hardly had the games begun

B. Hardly the games had begun

C. The games has hardly begun

D. Hardly had begun the games

Câu 5: Not until the first land plants developed _____.

A. land animals appeared  

B. did land animals appear

C. would land animals appear  

D. the land animals appeared

Câu 6: Not until it was too late _____ to call Susan.

A. I remembered

B. did I remember

C. did I remembered  

D. I did remember

Câu 7: Never before _____ such a wonderful child.

A. I have seen

B. I had seen   

C. I saw  

D. have I seen

Câu 8: Hardly had we settled down in our seats _____ the lights went out.

A. than

B. when  

C. then  

D. after

Câu 9: Only after checking three times _____certain of the answer.

A. I was

B. was I

C. were I

D. I were

Câu 10: On the floor of the Pacific Ocean _____ more than a mile beneath sea level.

A. hundreds of flat-tipped mountains are

B. are hundreds of flat-tipped mountains

C. hundreds of flat-tipped mountains have

D. is hundreds of flat-tipped mountains

Câu 11: Only when he is here, _____.

A. he speaks English

B. does he speak English

C. he can speak English

D. he does speak English

Câu 12: Never _____ me again.

A. will she love   

B. she loves  

C. she won’t love  

D. she will love

Câu 13: Not only _____ but she is also intelligent.

A. she is beautiful

B. beautiful she is

C. is she beautiful

D. beautiful is she

Câu 14: No sooner _____ out than it rained.

A. did I go

B. I went

C. had I gone  

D. I had gone

Câu 15: Seldom _____ the guitar.

A. he plays

B. does he play

C. he doesn’t play

D. he does play

Câu 16: Hardly _____ a word when her son came back.

A. had she said  

B. she could say

C. she couldn’t say  

D. could she say

Câu 17: Often _____ a meeting.

A. do we have

B. we do have  

C. have we   

D. we have

Câu 18: Many a time _____ he wants to marry me.

A. said he  

B. he said   

C. has he said  

D. he has said

Câu 19: Only at weekend _____ my kids to Water Park.

A. I don’t take

B. do I take  

C. I take   

D. I do take

Câu 20: So old _____ that she couldn’t dance.

A. she wasn’t

B. she was

C. wasn’t she  

D. was she

Câu 21: Olga handed in her exam paper. She then realised that she had missed one question.

A. Having realised that she had missed one question, Olga handed in her exam paper.

B. Not until Olga had handed in her exam paper did she realise that she had missed one question.

C. Had Olga realised that she had missed one question, she wouldn’t hand in her exam paper.

D. Only after Olga realised that she had missed one question did she hand in her exam paper.

Câu 22: He badly suffered cyberbullying himself. He realized the true dangers of social media only then.

A. Not until he had badly suffered cyberbullying himself did he realize the true dangers of social media

B. Such was his suffering of cyberbullying that he didn’t realize the true dangers of social media.

C. Only when he had realized the true dangers of social media did he badly suffer cyberbullying himself.

D. But for his terrible suffering of cyberbullying, he wouldn’t realize the true dangers of social media.

Câu 23: The coach changed his tactics in the second half. His football team won the match.

A. But for the coach’s change of tactics in the second half, his football team could have won the match.

B. Not until his football team had won the match did the coach change his tactics in the second half.

C. Only if the coach had changed the tactics in the second half could his football team have won the match.

D. Had it not been for the coach’s change of tactics in the second half, the football team wouldn’t have won the match.

Câu 24: The green campaign was strongly supported by the local people. The neighborhood looks fresh and clean now.

A. Had the local people not strongly supported the green campaign, the neighborhood wouldn’t look fresh and clean now.

B. Sacredly had the green campaign been strongly supported by the local people when the neighborhood looked fresh and clean.

C. Only if the local people had strongly supported the green campaign would the neighborhood look fresh and clean now.

D. But for the strong support of the local people for the green campaign, the neighborhood would look fresh and clean now.

Câu 25: Smartphones are becoming reasonably priced. New applications make them more appealing.

A. Whatever new applications smartphones have, they are becoming more appealing with reasonable prices.

B. No matter how reasonable the prices of smartphones are, they are not so appealing with new applications.

C. Appealing though smartphones are with new applications, they are becoming less affordably priced.

D. Not only are smartphones becoming more affordable but, with new applications, they are also more appealing.

Câu 26: She tried very hard to pass the driving test. She could hardly pass it.

A. Although she didn’t try hard to pass the driving test, she could pass it.

B. Despite being able to pass the driving test, she didn’t pass it.

C. No matter how hard she tried, she could hardly pass the driving test.

D. She tried very hard, so she passed the driving test satisfactorily.

Câu 27: Mary left home to start an independent life. She realized how much her family meant to her.

A. Only when Mary realized how much her family meant to her did she leave home to start an independent life.

B. To realize how much her family meant to her, Mary decided to leave home to start an independent life.

C. Not until Mary had left home to start an independent life did she realize how much her family meant to her.

D. Mary left home to start an independent life with a view to realizing how much her family meant to her.

Câu 28: Laura practised playing the instrument a lot. She could hardly improve her performance.

A. Hardly had Laura practised playing the instrument a lot when she could improve her performance.

B. Had Laura practised playing the instrument a lot, she could have performed much better.

C. However much Laura practised playing the instrument, she could hardly perform any better.

D. As soon as Laura practised playing the instrument a lot, she could perform much better.

Câu 29: His friends supported and encouraged him. He did really well in the competition.

A. If his friends had given him support and encouragement, he could have done really well in the competition.

B. No matter how much his friends supported and encouraged him, he couldn’t do well in the competition.

C. Such were his friends’ support and encouragement that he couldn’t do really well in the competition.

D. Had it not been for his friends’ support and encouragement, he couldn’t have done so well in the competition.

Câu 30: She gave a great performance at the festival. We now know she has artistic talent.

A. Amazing as her artistic talent is, we don’t know about her great performance at the festival.

B. Hardly had we known about her artistic talent when she gave a great performance at the festival.

C. Although she gave a great performance at the festival, now we still don’t know she has artistic talent.

D. But for her great performance at the festival, we wouldn’t know about her artistic talent now.

Câu 31: Peter told us about his leaving the school. He did it on his arrival at the meeting.

A. Only after his leaving the school did Peter inform us of his arrival at the meeting.

B. Not until Peter told us that he would leave the school did he arrive at the meeting.

C. Hardly had Peter informed us about his leaving the school when he arrived at the meeting.

D. No sooner had Peter arrived at the meeting than he told us about his leaving the school.

Câu 32: 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 33: He had hardly left the office when the phone rang.

A. No sooner had he left the office than the phone rang.

B. No sooner he had left the office than the phone rang.

C. No sooner he had left the office when the phone rang.

D. No sooner he did left the office than the phone rang.

Câu 34: No matter how hard Fred tried to start the car, he didn’t succeed.

A. Fred tried very hard to start the car, and succeeded.

B. However hard Fred tried, he couldn’t start the car.

C. It’s hard for Fred to start the car because he never succeeded.

D. Fred tried hard to start the car, and with success

Câu 35: Although he was very tired, he agreed to help his child with his homework.

A. Despite of his tiredness, he was eager to help his child with his homework.

B. Tired as he was, he agreed to help his child with his homework.

C. Even if feeling very tired, he agreed to help his child with his homework.

D. He would have helped his child with his homework if he hadn’t been tired.

Câu 36: The noise next door did not stop until after midnight.

A. It was not until after midnight that the noise next door stopped.

B. It was midnight that the noise next door stopped.

C. Not until after midnight did the noise next door stopped.

D. The noise next door stopped at midnight.

Câu 37: Exhaustion prevented any of the runners from finishing the race.

A. The runners can’t finish the race as a result of their exhaustion.

B. The runners are so exhausted that they can’t finish the race.

C. The runners were not exhausted enough to finish the race.

D. So exhausted were the runners that none of them finished the race.

Câu 38: He started computer programming as soon as he left school.

A. No sooner had he started computer programming than he left school.

B. Hardly had he started computer programming when he left school.

C. No sooner had he left school than he started computer programming.

D. After he left school, he had started computer programming.

Câu 39: We stayed in that hotel despite the noise.

A. Despite the hotel is noisy, we stayed here.

B. We stayed in the noisy hotel and we liked it.

C. No matter how noisy the hotel was, we stayed there.

D. Because of the noise, we stayed in the hotel.

Câu 40: Friendly though he may seem, he’s not very trusted.

A. However he seems friendly, he’s not to be trusted.

B. However friendly he seems, he’s not to be trusted.

C. He may have friends, but he’s not to be trusted.

D. He’s too friendly to be trusted.

Câu 41: Despite his early retirement, he found no peace in life.

A. Although he retired early, but he found no peace in life.

B. His early retirement has brought him peace in life.

C. He found no peace in life because he retired early.

D. Early as he retired, he found no peace in life.

Câu 42: It wasn’t clear to us at the time how serious the problem was.

A. We were not sure about how serious the problem was at the time.

B. That the problem was serious was not made clear to us.

C. Little did we know anything about the seriousness of the problem.

D. Little did we realize at the time how serious the problem was.

Câu 43: If you want to save your eyesight, you must operate immediately.

A. Unless you want to save your eyesight, you mustn’t operate immediately.

B. Only by operating immediately can you save your eyesight.

C. Provided that you must operate immediately, you can save your eyesight.

D. If you did operate immediately, you couldn’t save your eyesight.

Câu 44: I only realized what I had missed when they told me about it later.

A. Only after I had realized what I had missed did they tell me about it later.

B. As soon as they told me about it I realized what I had missed.

C. Only when they told me about it later did I realize what I had missed.

D. They told me about it and I realized what I had missed.

Câu 45: The demand was so great that they had to reprint the book immediately.

A. So great was the demand that they had to reprint the book immediately.

B. So great the demand was that they had to reprint the book immediately.

C. Such great was the demand that they had to reprint the book immediately.

D. Such was the demand great that they had to reprint the book immediately.

Câu 46: You won’t find a more dedicated worker anywhere than Mrs Jones.

A. Mrs Jones is the most dedicated worker you won’t find anywhere.

B. Nowhere will you find a more dedicated worker than Mrs Jones.

C. Nowhere will not you find a more dedicated worker than Mrs Jones.

D. Mrs Jones can’t be found in nowhere.

Câu 47: The outcome of the election was never in doubt.

A. At no time was the outcome of the election in doubt.

B. At no time the outcome of the election was in doubt.

C. Never in doubt was the outcome of the election.

D. By no means was the outcome of the election been suspected.

Câu 48: The only way to eliminate world terrorism is by united opposition.

A. Only with united opposition could we eliminate terrorism.

B. Only by united opposition can we eliminate terrorism.

C. Only in this way can world terrorism be eliminated.

D. Only then can we eliminate terrorism.

Câu 49: He forgot about the gun until he got home.

A. Not until he got home did he forget about the gun.

B. Not until he got home did he remember about the gun.

C. Not until he had got home did he remember about the gun.

D. Not until he had got home did he forget about the gun.