III. Mark the letter A, B, C or D to indicate the sentence  which is closest in meaning to the given one (giải thích).

1. We couldn’t go out because the weather was so bad.

A. It was so bad a weather that we couldn’t go out.

B. It was such a bad weather that we couldn’t go out.

C. It was so bad weather that we couldn’t go out.

D. It was such bad weather that we couldn’t go out.

2. She was so busy that she couldn’t answer the phone.

A. She was very busy that she couldn’t answer the phone.

B. She was too busy to answer the phone.

C. She was too busy not to answer the phone.

D. She was very busy so that she couldn’t answer the phone

3. The coffee was too hot for me to drink.

A. The coffee is so hot that I can’t drink it

B. The coffee is so hot that I can’t drink.

C. The coffee was so hot that I couldn’t drink it.

D. The coffee was so hot that I could drink it.

4. If I were taller, I could reach the top shelf.

A. I am not tall enough to reach the top shelf.

B. I am too tall to reach the top shelf.

C. I cannot reach the top shelf because I am very tall.

D. In spite of being tall, I cannot reach the top shelf.

5. It was such a boring speech that we began to yawn.

A. The speech was very boring that we began to yawn.

B. It was so a boring speech that we began to yawn.

C. The speech was too boring that we began to yawn.

D. The speech was so boring that we began to yawn.

6. We stayed in that hotel despite the noise.

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

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

 C. Although the hotel was noisy, we stayed there.

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

8. We /lost/ so /stopped/ ask/ a policeman /direction

      A. We were lost, so we stopped to ask a policeman for direction.

      B. We lost, so we stopped and ask a policeman for direction.

C. We are lost, so we stopped asking a policeman about direction.

D. We were lost, so we stopped to asking a policeman for direction.

9. disappointed / film / entertaining / expected

A. We were disappointed as the film was more entertaining than we expected.

B. We felt disappointed as the film was less entertaining than we had expected.

C. We felt disappointed just because the film was entertaining as we expected.

D. We were disappointed, so the film was more entertaining than we had expected.

10. You/may/have/allergy/so/careful/what/eat/drink

A. You may have the allergy, so must be careful what you eat and drink.

B. You might have an allergy, so be careful for what you eat and drink.

C. You may have an allergy, so be careful with what you eat and drink.

D. You might have an allergy, so you are careful of what you eat and drink.