Mark the letter A, B, C, or D to indicate the sentence that is closest in meaning to each of the following questions.
He became successful as a professional writer at the age of 20.
A. He did not succeed as a professional writer until he was 20.
B. He did not write professionally until he succeeded at the age of 20.
C. He succeeded as a professional writer until he was 20.
D. He wrote professionally until he became successful at the age of 20.
Mark the letter A, B, C, or D to indicate the sentence that is closest in meaning to each of the following questions.
Question. He donated a lot of money to environmental protection campaigns. He was admired for that.
A. Unless he donated a lot of money to environmental protection campaigns, he was admired.
B. He was admired for having donated a lot of money to environmental protection campaigns.
C. If he had donated a lot of money to environmental protection campaigns, he would have been admired.
D. If he donates a lot of money to environmental protection campaigns, he will be admired.
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.
Although he was able to do the job, he wasn’t given the position.
A. Because he couldn’t do the job, he wasn’t given the position.
B. The position wasn’t given to him in spite of his ability to do the job.
C. He got the position despite being unable to do the job.
D. He was given neither the job nor the position.
Mark the letter A, B, C, or D to indicate the sentence that is closest in meaning to each of the following questions.
Question. He said that he would take responsibility for his company's damage to the area. But then he denied that.
A. Having denied his company's damage, he took responsibility for it.
B. He denied having damaged to his company's area.
C. He denied having taken responsibility for the damage to his company's area.
D. He denied having said that he would take responsibility for his company's damage to the area.
Mark the letter A, B, C, or D to indicate the sentence that is closest in meaning to each of the following questions.
Question. He cannot practice scuba diving because he has a weak heart.
A.The fact that he has a weak heart cannot stop him practicing scuba diving.
B. Scuba diving makes him suffer from having a weak heart.
C. The reason why he cannot practice scuba diving is that he has a weak heart.
D. He has a weak heart but he continues to practice scuba diving
Mark the letter A, B, C, or D to indicate the sentence that best combines each pair of sentences in the following questions.
He failed his driving test the first time. As a result, he took it again.
A. He failed his driving test the first time and so he therefore took it again.
B. He failed his driving test the first time and he therefore took it again.
C. He failed his driving test the first time which he took it again.
D. Failing his driving test the first time and he therefore took it again.
Mark the letter A, B, C, or D to indicate the sentence that is closest in meaning to each of the following questions.
It is unlikely that he will come on time.
A. He is unlikely to come early.
B. It is likely that he will not come too late.
C. It looks as if he will come late.
D. It seems that he will come lately.
Mark the letter A, B, C, or D to indicate the word(s) CLOSEST in meaning to the underlined word(s) in each of the following questions.
Question. At first, there was a lot of opposition from the parents of the disabled children as they were not under the impression that their children could learn anything at all.
A. didn't believe
B. didn't report
C. didn't declare
D. didn't support
Read the following passage and mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the correct answer to each of the questions.
Herman Melville, an American author best known today for his novel Moby Dick, was actually more popular during his lifetime for some of his other works. He traveled extensively and used the knowledge gained during his travels as the basis for his early novels. In 1837, at the age of eighteen, Melville signed as a cabin boy on a merchant ship that was to sail from his Massachusetts home to Liverpool, England. His experiences on this trip served as a basis for the novel Redburn (1849). In 1841 Melville set out on a whaling ship headed for the South Seas. After jumping ship in Tahiti, he wandered around the islands of Tahiti and Moorea. This South Sea island sojourn was a backdrop to the novel Omoo (1847). After three years away from home, Melville joined up with a U.S. naval frigate that was returning to the eastern United States around Cape Horn. The novel White-Jacket (1850) describes this lengthy voyage as a navy seaman. With the publication of these early adventure novels, Melville developed a strong and loyal following among readers eager for his tales of exotic places and situations. However, in 1851, with the publication of Moby Dick, Melville's popularity started to diminish. Moby Dick, on one level the saga of the hunt for the great white whale, was also a heavily symbolic allegory of the heroic struggle of man against the universe. The public was not ready for Melville's literary metamorphosis from romantic adventure to philosophical symbolism. It is ironic that the novel that served to diminish Melville's popularity during his lifetime is the one for which he is best known today.
The passage implies that Melville stayed in Tahiti because____________.
A. he had unofficially left his ship
B. he was on leave while his ship was in port
C. he had finished his term of duty
D. he had received permission to take a vacation in Tahiti
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.
Be he rich or poor, she will marry him
A. She doesn’t want to marry him because he is poor
B. She wants to marry him if he is rich
C. She will marry him whether he is rich or poor
D. She will marry him however poor he may be
