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.

Workers are not allowed to use the office phone for personal calls

A. They don’t let workers use the office phone.

B. Workers are not permitted to use the office phone for personal purpose.

C. The office phone is supposed to be used by workers only.

D. They don’t allow workers to make phone calls personally.

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

Hardly are appeals allowed against the council’s decision

A. The council always allows appeals against its decisions

B. It’s too hard for the council to allow appeals against its decisions

C. The council rarely allows appeals against its decisions

D. Allowing appeals against its decisions is not good

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

Tourists are advised to take out insurance. Their baggage may go astray

A. Tourists should take out insurance if their baggage goes astray.

B. Tourists should get insurance, or else their baggage may go astray.

C. Tourists are advised to take out insurance in case their baggage goes astray.

D. Tourists had better buy insurance as a precaution against their luggage go astray

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

People who are unhappy sometimes try to compensate by eating too much.

A. Unhappy people are usually overweight because they tend to eat too much

B. Eating too much occasionally makes people unhappy and depressed

C. For some people, eating too much is a reason to be miserable

D. When depressed, people occasionally attempt to offset their misery by overeating

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. 

I regret not going to the airport to see her off. 

A. I wish had gone to the airport to see her off. 

B. If only I would go to the airport to see her off.

C. I regret to go to the airport to see her off

D. I regret not having gone to the airport to see her off

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

Our children are hard on furniture.

A. Our children hardly use the furniture.

B. Our children dislike the furniture. 

C. Our children want to replace the furniture.

D. Our children treat the furniture roughly.

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.

Their chances of success are small.

A. It’s not very likely that they will succeed 

B. They will definitely be successful 

C. It’s very likely that they will succeed 

D. They won’t have any chances of being successful

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 sentences.

Their chances of success are small.

A. It’s very likely that they will succeed

B. They will definitely be successful

C. It’s not very likely that they will succeed

D. They won’t have any chances of being successful

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.

Our chances of success are very small.

A. It’s not very likely that we will succeed.

B. There is possibility that we will achieve success.

C. We will certainly be very successful.

D. We have no chances, so we are not successful.