Read the text then choose the best answer to fill in the blank.

China said today that there was heavy loss of life in the earthquake which struck Tangshan City yesterday. Survivors said that Tangshan, an industrial city of one million people 160 kilometers east of Peking, was completely (1) ……..

Observers living in Beijing said it appeared that only a mall part of the one million inhabitants escaped (2) …… or injury.

Many of the men of Tangshan were working in the (3) …….. deep under the earth’s surface when the (4) ……… occurred. Unfortunately, few of these miners have (5) ……….

Observers living in Beijing said it appeared that only a mall part of the one million inhabitants escaped (2) …… or injury.

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 said that the man was having business difficulties.

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: 

We did not visit the museum because we had no time.

Rewrite sentences without changing the meaning

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

Choose the letter A, B, C or D to complete the sentences with given words:

Cold deserts/ can/ cover/ snow/ frozen water.

Rewrite sentences without changing the meaning:

You don’t have to fill in this form now.

Choose the correct sentences with given words:

Cold deserts/ can/ cover/ snow/ frozen water.

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 should have persuaded him to change his mind.

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:

Nancy failed to understand what the story was about until she saw the film based on 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: 

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

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 hurried to the airport, which wasn’t necessary because his plane was delayed for nearly one hour.

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 had no sooner got to know my neighbors than they moved away.

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 behaved in a very strange way. That surprised me a lot.

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: 

“If I were in your shoes, I would try to finish the pre-lab report before carrying out the experiment” said the professor to his research student.

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:

Our grandmother might have phoned while we were out.

Mark the letter A, B, C, or D to indicate the sentence that is closest in meaning to each of the following questions.

My brother quickly adapted to his new job at the bank.

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 noise next door didn’t stop until midnight.

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 arrived at airport. We realized our passports were still at home.

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.

It was an interesting novel. I stayed up all night to finish 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: 

I thought he was the right person for the position, yet it turned out that he was quite useless.