Read the passage below and decide which answer (A, B, C or D) best fits each space. 
Today there are libraries in almost every towns in the world. Even in areas (1) ______ there are no libraries, there are often mobile libraries which take boos from one village to the other. But in the days when books were copied by hand (2) ______ than printed, libraries were very rare. The reason is simple: books took a very long time to produce, and there were far fewer copies of any given work around. The greatest library (3)______ all, that in Alexandia, had 54,000 books.
In the ancient world, this number (4)______ considered huge. It was the first time that anyone had collected so many books from all around the world under one roof. There are many theories about why these books were lost. One is that the library accidentally burned down. Another is that one of the rulers of the city ordered the books to be burned. They were taken to various places and it took six months to burn them. Whatever happened, the collection there was priceless. Many of the library’s treasures were lost forever-some books were (5) ______ recovered. We cannot even know exactly what the library contained.
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Each sentence has a mistake. Find it by choosing the letter A, B, C or D: 

Reading brings a variety of benefits because of readers can gain many lessons and much knowledge from books.

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're always making terrible mistakes", said the teacher.

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 decided not to go to university and went to work in a restaurant.

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: 

Charles would have won the essay contest if he had typed his paper.

Rewrite the sentence:

Much as I admire her achievements

Rewrite the sentence:

Much as he loved her, he didn't forgive her for what she had done.

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 would rather you wore something more formal to work.

Rewrite: 

Just after solving one problem, he was faced with another.

Rewrite the sentence:

“If I were you, I would rather go by train than by bus.”

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:

 I think I should have cooked more food. There’s nothing left now.

Rewrite the sentence:

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

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:

We spend about one-third of our lives sleeping. We know relatively little about our sleep.

Rewrite the sentence:

You ask such a question because you didn’t pay enough attention.

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:

John was not here yesterday. Perhaps he was ill.

Rewrite sentences without changing the meaning:

His friends can’t put up with her bad behaviors.

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 said they had demolished the building.

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:

Smoking is an extremely harmful habit. You should give it up immediately.

Rewrite the sentence:

We bought two bicycles. Neither of them worked well.

Rewrite the sentence:

Mary lost the ticket. She didn’t go to the concert.

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: 

He expected us to offer him the job.