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He is anxious about leaving for home soon. He has had no news of his family for two weeks.

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People say tortoises live longer than elephants.

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She said, “I’ll call the police if you don’t leave immediately!”

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:

Cultural changes have never been as accelerated as they are now during the globalization.

Rewrite sentences without changing the meaning

“I am sorry but I won’t do the extra work,” Carol said.

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The only members of the cat family that can roar are lions, leopards, tigers, and jaguars but lions are by far the loudest.

Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the sentence that best combines each pair of sentences in the following questions:

The capital city of Latvia is Riga. It has maintained the atmosphere of a medieval German city.

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 People think that Alexander Graham Bell invented the telephone in 1915.

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Were it not for the money, this job wouldn’t be worthwhile

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You cannot completely avoid stress in your life. You need to find ways to cope with it.

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: 

My American friend finds it difficult to pick up food with chopsticks.

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Soil erosion is a result of forests being cut down carelessly.

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There were so many people on the train that Mary couldn’t get a seat.

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I thought I should not have stayed at home yesterday.

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He couldn’t retake the exam because he missed too many lessons.

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:

Smallpox is a dangerous disease. Malaria is a dangerous disease.

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There were so many people on the bus that Sally couldn’t get a seat.

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 “What were you doing last night, Mr John?” asked the police.

Rewrite sentences without changing the meaning:

A student needs to pay attention to the lessons on class.

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Some of the people can’t find a seat in the concert hall.

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As an excuse for being late, she made up a whole story.