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

Question 27: People no longer smoke so many cigarettes as they used to.

A. Smoking cigarettes used to be allowed years ago.

B. The smoking of cigarettes is no longer as popular as it used to be.

C. So many cigarettes used to be smoked but they aren't now.

D. People don't like smoking cigarettes as much as they did.

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

Question. People want to keep fit. Many people take up sports.

A. Many people take up sports so as to keep fit.

B. Many people want to keep fit so as to take up sports.

C. Many people want to keep fit in order to take up sports.

D. Although people want to keep fit, they take up sports.

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

Question 27: She has always had a good relationship with the children.

A. She has got a lot of children and relatives who she always gets along with.

B. She hardly gets along well with the children.

C. The children have had her as their friends and relatives.

D. She has always got on well with the children.

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

Question. I said that she should see a doctor.

A. I advised her seeing a doctor.

B. I advised her should see a doctor.

C. I advised her to see a doctor.

D. I advised to see a doctor.

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

Question 27: Although he was very tired, he agreed to help me cook dinner.

A. Tired as he was, he agreed to help me with cook dinner.

B. He agreed to help me cook dinner, so he got tired.

C. He was too tired to help me cook dinner.

D. I wanted him to help me cook dinner as I was tired.

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.

Question 27: "You had better see a doctor if the sore throat does not clear up," she said to me.

A. She reminded me of seeing a doctor if the sore throat did not clear up.

B. She ordered me to see a doctor if the sore throat did not clear up.

C. She insisted that I see a doctor unless the sore throat did not clear up.

D. She suggested that I see a doctor if the sore throat did not clear up.

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

Question: Your coffee is not as good as mine.

A. Mine is better than yours

B. My coffee is more good than yours.

C. My coffee is better than yours.

D. My coffee is better than your.

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

Question. I had to lose some weight. I went on a strict diet.

A. I had to lose some weight after I went on a strict diet.

B. I went on a strict diet in order to lose some weight.

C. I had to lose some weight before I went on a strict diet.

D. I had to lose some weight even when I went on a strict diet.

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

Question 27: Everybody believes that he shouldn't have trusted the people around him so much.

A. He was so credulous that all the people around him could easily deceive him.

B. He now admits that some of people around him didn't deserve to be trusted at all.

C. The general opinion is that he made a mistake by having so much faith in the people around him.

D. Nobody thinks that any of the people around him are honest enough to be trusted.