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

After the operation, she recovered far quicker than any of us had expected her to.

A. She recovered from the operation just as quickly as anybody could have hoped.

B. Once the operation was over, her recovery was as fast as it could be expected.

C. To our great surprise, she was back to normal again as soon as the operation was over.

D. We were all surprised at how fast her health returned after the operation.

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

“I would like you not to play computer games any more, Amber” said her mother.

A. Amber’s mother would rather she doesn’t play computer games any more.

B. Amber’s mother would rather her not to play computer games any more

C. Amber’s mother would rather she didn’t play computer games any more.

D. Amber’s mother would rather she wouldn’t play computer games any more.

Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the sentence that is CLOSET in meaning to the underlined word(s) in each of the following questions.

The choice of a particular career is influenced by a number of factors.

A. usefulness

B. success

C. desire

D. selection

VI. Choose the sentence which is closet in meaning to the sentence above.

1.I haven’t eaten this kind of food before.

A.     This is the first time I eat this kind of food.

B.      This is the first time I have eaten this kind of food.

C. This is the last time I have eaten this kind of food.

D. This is the last time I eat this kind of food.

2.     The last time I saw her was a week ago.

A.     I haven’t seen her for a week.

B.      I haven’t seen her a week ago.

C. I didn’t see her for a week.

D. I didn’t see her a week ago.

3.     I couldn’t read the letter because it was dark.

A.      I couldn’t read the letter because the darkness.

B.      I couldn’t read the letter because darkness was.

C. I couldn’t read the letter because of darkness.

D. I couldn’t read the letter because of the darkness.

4.     I can’t sleep because of the hot weather.

A.     I can’t sleep because the weather is hot.

B.      I can’t sleep because the weather was hot.

C. I can’t sleep because the hot weather is.

D. I can’t sleep because the hot weather.

5     They last saw me five years ago.

A.      They haven’t seen me since five years ago.

B.      They haven’t seen me since five years

C. They haven’t seen me for five years

D. They haven’t seen me for five years ago.

   6.  My brother likes listening to pop music.

A.     My brother is interesting in listening to pop music.

B.      My brother is interesting on listening to pop music.

C. My brother is interested in listening to pop music.

D. My brother is interested on listening to pop music.

  7. It is very challenging for someone to climb the mountain alone.

A.     Someone find climbing the mountain alone challenging.

B.  Someone finds climbing the mountain alone challenging.

C. Someone finds it is challenging to climb the mountain alone.

D. Someone find it challenging to climb the mountain alone.

8. This is the first time I have watched “Iron man ”

A.     I watched “Iron man ” ago.

B.     I have watched “Iron man ” before.

C. I have ever watched “Iron man ” before.

D. I have never watched “Iron man ” before.

9.  Ann thinks arranging flowers is much more interesting than bird-watching.

A.     Ann thinks watching birds is more interesting than arranging flowers.

B.      Ann doesn’t think arranging flowers is much more interesting than bird-watching.

C. Ann doesn’t think bird-watching is as interesting as arranging flowers.

D. Ann thinks arranging flowers and bird-watching are very interesting.

10.  Phong started to collect old coins five years ago.

A. Phong has collected old coins for five years.

     B. Phong has started to collect old coins for five years.

C. Phong likes collecting old coins.

D. Phong collected old coins five year ago.

Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the sentence that is CLOSET in meaning to the underlined word(s) in each of the following questions.

We are very anxious about the result of the exam.

A. careful

B. excited

C. careless

D. worried

Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to choose the sentence which is closest in meaning to the given one

Calling Jim is pointless because his phone is out of order

A. It’s useless calling Jim because his phone is out of order

B. It’s no use to call Jim because his phone is out of order

C. There’s no point in calling Jim because his phone is out of order

D. It’s worth not calling Jim because his phone is out of order

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

Greater use of public transport would cut the amount of pollution from cars.

A. Were more people to use public transport, cars would stop releasing exhaust into the atmosphere.

B. If more people use public transport, it will cut the amount of pollution from cars.

C. If public transport was widely used, people would no longer suffer from pollution from cars.

D. If more people used public transport, there would be less pollution from cars.

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.

 “ The purpose of any invention is to make our lives better, so good or bad, it depends on the way by which we use these inventions

A. Whether an invention is good or bad depends on the way by which we use it because the purpose of any invention is to make our lives better

B. We can use either good or bad inventions to make our lives better.

C. The purpose of any invention, whether good or bad, is to make our lives better. This depends on the way by which we use these inventions

D. Good or bad as they are, all inventions have the same purpose to make our lives bette