Bài 40

Question

Mark the letter $A, B, C$ or $D$ on your answer sheet to indicate the sentence that is closest in meaning to the sentence in italics.
$1.$ Nobody is helping me, so I can't finish my science project on time.
$A.$ I could finish my science project on time if I were being helped by someone.
$B.$ I needed help with my science project, but everyone just ignored me.
$C.$ My science project will be difficult to do alone, so I should ask someone for help.
$D.$ No one had time to help me, so I couldn't finish my science project on time.

$2.$ People who are unhappy sometimes try to compensate by eating too much.
$A.$ Unhappy people are usually overweight because they tend to eat too much.
$B.$ Eating too much occasionally makes people unhappy and depressed.
$C.$ For some people, eating too much is a reason to be miserable.
$D.$ When depressed, people occasionally attempt to offset their misery by overeating.

$3.$ No one hardly expect profits to double again this year.
$A.$ profits will probably drop by as much as $50$ percent again this year.
$B.$ It's not likely that profits will again go up by $100$ percent this year.
$C.$ It's quite possible that profits this year will be halved again.
$D.$ It's won't be easy to double the profits again this year.

$4.$ What can we do to convince him that the project it sure to succeed?
$A.$ How should we go about persuading him that the success of the project is assured?
$B.$ Why can't he admit that the success of the project is in doubt?
$C.$ Why can't we persuade him that the scheme is sure to fail?
$D.$ Doesn't he want us to believe that the project is sure to succeed?

$5.$ I've been out of the country for nearly a year, so I'm out of touch with everything here.
$A.$ A year or so abroad will make you feel different about your own country.
$B.$ On my return after almost a year, I was touched to find so few changes here.
$C.$ I feel quite like a stranger now that I'm back after almost a year abroad.
$D.$ The year abroad has estranged me, so I don't want to go back to my own country.