Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the sentence that is closest in meaning to each of the following questions.

It had been snowing all day. A great many people managed to get to the end-of-term concert.

A. Very few people indeed were prevented from getting to the end-of-term concert by the heavy snow.

B. Since there had been snow all day long, it wasn’t easy for people to get to the end-of-term concert

C. As it had been snowing heavily all day, a great many people just could not get to the end-of-term concert

D. A lot of people did get to the end-of-term concert in spite of the snow that fell all day

Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the sentence that is closest in meaning to each of the following questions.

It had been snowing all day. A great many people managed to get to the end-of-term concert.

A. Very few people indeed were prevented from getting to the end-of-term concert by the heavy snow

B. Since there had been snow all day long, it wasn’t easy for people to get to the end-of-term concert

C. As it had been snowing heavily all day, a great many people just could not get to the end-of-term concert

D. A lot of people did get to the end-of-term convert in spite of the snow that fell all day

Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the correct answer to each of the following questions

Many people are trying their best to study and work in the hope that they will _______ fame and fortune in the near future

A. lose

B. achieve

C. collect

D. remove

Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the correct answer to each of the following questions.

Many people believed that the more they produced and consumed,                       .

A. they were the more affluent

B.the more affluent they were

C. they were affluent more

D.they were affluent

Mark the letter A, B, C or D on your answer sheet to indicate the correct answer to each of the following questions.

________    is a situation in which large numbers of people have little or no food, and many of them die.

A. Disaster

B. Famine

C. Poverty

D. Flood

Mark the letter A, B, C or D on your answer sheet to indicate the sentence that is CLOSEST in meaning to each of the following questions.

Many people are afraid of sharks, but they rarely attack people.

A. Sharks rarely attack people because many people are afraid of them

B. Rarely attacked by sharks, many people are, therefore, afraid of them

C. Many people are afraid of sharks because they are dangerous.

D. Although sharks rarely attack people, many people are afraid of them

Mark the letter A, B, C or D on your answer sheet to indicate the correct answer to each of the following questions.

 Many people think that the advantages of living in a city _________the disadvantages

A. outweigh 

B. outnumber 

C. outgrow 

D. outrun