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.
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 convert in spite of the snow that fell all day