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:

There has never been a more successful entertainment programme than Pop Idol.

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“We’ll give four million glasses of milk to thousands of disadvantaged children this year,” a dairy giant in Ha Noi said.

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: 

A supermarket is more convenient than a shopping centre.

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 weather was so terrible that we spent the whole day indoors.

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I thought I should not have stayed at home yesterday.

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:

Susan didn’t apply for the summer job in the café. She now regrets 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:

Due to unforeseen circumstances, our group's scheduled visit to the museum has been called off

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: 

Peter used to work as a journalist for a local newspaper.

Rewrite sentences without changing the meaning

He studies well at school. He usually helps his mother do housework.

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 is very intelligent. He can solve all the problems in no time.

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My sister said to me, “You are going to do the washing up, don’t forget.”

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 is pointless to ask me about it because I know nothing.

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:

 Nobody in my class is as outgoing as I am.

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: 

After failing a doping test at the Beijing Olympics, John was stripped of his gold medal.

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 bad news completely disappointed him.

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

We accept that changes are unavoidable. We will not allow everything to be wiped out, destroyed or forgotten.

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 think that Alexander Graham Bell invented the telephone in 1915.

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“Would anyone like to express an opinion on this matter?” said he.

Choose the best answer to complete these following sentences.

 Formerly babies ............... of whooping cough.

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:

You'd better not waste your time, Tommy," Mum said.

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