Question

I. Complete the second sentence so that it has a similar meaning to the first one.
1. It took a long time for them to decide to get married.
→ They _____________________________________________________________________
2. I'm more interested in the people than the job.
→ It's not the _________________________________________________________________
3. They declared war on the pretext of defending their territorial rights.
→ The excuse ________________________________________________________________
4. Although Jack drives carefully on public roads, he is a terror on the racetrack.
→ lack is a___________________________________________________________________
5. Our science correspondent sees this new invention as the answer to many of our problems.
→ According to ______________________________________________________________
.
6. “It is, or is it not true that you have been misappropriating company funds?” the managing director
asked the accountant.
→ Die managing director wanted ______________________________________________
7. If you want to save your eyesight, we must operate immediately.
→ Only by ________________________________________________________________
8. It was his own fault that he lost his job. He was late for work every morning.
→ If _____________________________________________________________________
9. Attendances at the exhibition have been down this year.
→ The exhibition __________________________________________________________
10. Keeping calm is the secret of passing your driving test.
→ As long as _____________________________________________________________
 

Answer 1

I. Complete the second sentence so that it has a similar meaning to the first one.
1. It took a long time for them to decide to get married. 
→ They ________spent a long time deciding to get married. _____________________________________________________________
2. I'm more interested in the people than the job.
→ It's not the _______job which I'm interested in, it's the people__________________________________________________________
3. They declared war on the pretext of defending their territorial rights.
→ The excuse ______for the declaration of war was the defence of their territorial rights__________________________________________________________
4. Although Jack drives carefully on public roads, he is a terror on the racetrack.
→ lack is a terror on the racetrack although he drives carefully on public roads___________________________________________________________________
5. Our science correspondent sees this new invention as the answer to many of our problems.
→ According to ______our science correspondent,this new invention is the answer to many of our problems________________________________________________________
.
6. “It is, or is it not true that you have been misappropriating company funds?” the managing director
asked the accountant.
→ Die managing director wanted _____the accountant to have been misappropriating company funds_________________________________________
7. If you want to save your eyesight, we must operate immediately.
→ Only by ________operatering immediately, do you save my eyesight________________________________________________________
8. It was his own fault that he lost his job. He was late for work every morning.
→ If _______he hadn't been late for work every morning,he wouldn't lost his job______________________________________________________________
9. Attendances at the exhibition have been down this year.
→ The exhibition's attendances has been down this year __________________________________________________________
10. Keeping calm is the secret of passing your driving test.
→ As long as _______you keep calm, you will pass your driving test______________________________________________________

Answer 2

 

I. Complete the second sentence so that it has a similar meaning to the first one.
_________________________________________________

2. I'm more interested in the people than the job.
______

3. They declared war on the pretext of defending their territorial rights.
____________________________________________

4. Although Jack drives carefully on public roads, he is a terror on the racetrack.
_____________________________________________________

5. Our science correspondent sees this new invention as the answer to many of our problems.
_____________________________________________

.
________________________

7. If you want to save your eyesight, we must operate immediately.
____________________________________________

8. It was his own fault that he lost his job. He was late for work every morning.
__________________________________________________

9. Attendances at the exhibition have been down this year.
__________________________________________

10. Keeping calm is the secret of passing your driving test.
_______________________________________________