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: 

No one but the experts was able to realize that the painting was an imitation. It greatly resembled the original.

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: 

She tried very hard to pass the driving test. She could hardly pass it.

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:

 He said that he would take responsibility for his company's damage to the area. But then he denied that.

Make the best choice

It was his lack of confidence that surprised me.

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 believe that Chinese people invented paper.

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: 

No sooner had she put the telephone down than her boss rang back.

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The thief almost certainly came through the open windows.

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: 

The living room isn’t as big as the kitchen.

Read the following passage and mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the correct word or phrase that best fits each of the numbered blanks from 31 to 35.
THE PERFORMING ARTS
In the past, British children were frequently encouraged to try out their performing skills for the benefit of adults. They did this by reading aloud, acting or (31) _________a musical instrument. As they (32) _________up they were taken to public places of entertainment - the theatre, opera, circus or ballet. They looked forward to these occasions with great (33) _________ and would remember and discuss what they had seen for many weeks afterwards. But nowadays television and computers (34) _________ an endless stream of easily available entertainment, and children quickly accept these marvelous (35) _________as a very ordinary part of their everyday lives. For many children, the sense of witnessing a very special live performance is gone forever.
(35)......................

Choose the sentence — a, b, c or d — which is closest in meaning to the,-N. printed one: 

The United Nations/ international organization/ aim/ preserve peace/ the world/ solve/ international problems//

Choose the correct sentence among A, B, C or D which has the same meaning as the given one: Jim came down with flu and had to stay in.

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Tigers are under threat of extinction and something must be done quickly.

Rewrite: 

They had been lost in the mountains for three days, but they looked strong and healthy.

Rewrite: 

Lan goes to the cinema once in a blue moon.

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This material is suitable for students of eighteen years and up.

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 girl is talking to a man with a ponytail. She is my friend.

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: 

People's carelessness can cause forest fires. They are dangerous.

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:

Unemployment rate is high. This makes many children move back to their parents' house.

Rewrite: 

I don't know her phone number, so I can't call her.

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Several studies have confirmed that appropriate sun exposure actually helps prevent skin cancer.

Rewrite: 

I'd rather be hungry than eat that food.