31. I haven’t heard from Maria since a long time.
A B C D
32. Nam has not finished his homework yet, and Hoa hasn’t, neither.
A B C D
33. Mr Green has taught such many students that he can’t remember all of their names.
A B C D
34. She wanted to know how long did it take to get there.
A B C D
Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer to indicate the sentence that is closest in meaning to the original sentence in each of the following questions.
35. She knows more about it than I do.
A. I know as much about it as she does.
B. She knows as much about it as I do.
C. I don’t know as much about it as she does.
D. She doesn’t know as much about it as I do.
36. Even though 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.
37. Due to the heavy snow, all buses have been cancelled until further notice.
A. If it weren`t for the heavy snow, you would notice how much further the bus had to go.
B. The buses would not have been cancelled if only it had not snowed so much.
C. Snow has caused the buses to stop running, though there will be an announcement of when they will start up again.
D. If this snow keeps up, there will be an announcement to declare that the buses will no longer run.
38. They gave Martha a lot of presents on her birthday.
A. A lot of presents are given Martha on her birthday.
B. A lot of presents were given to Martha on her birthday.
C. A lot of presents gave to Martha on her birthday.
D. A lot of presents were given Martha on her birthday.
39. Thankfully, Diana doesn't need to have an operation.
A. Thankfully, Diana shouldn’t need to have an operation.
B. Thankfully, there is some need for Diana to have an operation.
C. Thankfully, there mustn’t need for Diana to have an operation.
D. Thankfully, there is no need for Diana to have an operation.
40. The minister had to resign because of ill health.
A. Ill health led to the minister's resignation.
B. Ill health led to the minister had to resign.
C. Ill health made to the minister's resignation.
D. Ill health made the minister to resign.
