Only after she _______ from a severe illness did she realise the importance of good health.

   A. would recover.               B. had recovered.               C. has recovered.               D. was recovering.

There is no excuse for your late submission! You _______ the report by last Friday.

   A. must have finished.                                                   B. needn’t have finished.

   C. should have finished.                                                D. mightn’t have finished.

If Martin were here now, he _______ us to solve this difficult problem.

   A. would help.                    B. will help.                        C. has helped.                    D. helps.

The presenter started his speech with a few _______ jokes to build rapport with the audience.

            A. kind-hearted.           B. soft-hearted.            C. light-hearted.            D. whole-hearted.

Mary rarely uses social networks, _______?

   A. isn’t she.                        B. does she.                       C. doesn’t she.                   D. is she.

You shouldn’t lose heart; success often comes to those who are not _______ by failure.s

   A. put off.                           B. turned on.                      C. left out.                          D. switched off.

Candidates are advised to dress formally to make a good _______ on job interviewers.

   A. impressive.                     B. impression.                    C. impress.                         D. impressively.

It _______ to reason that Jason passed the exam with flying colours on account of his working hard during the term.

   A. lays.                               B. comes.                           C. gets.                              D. stands.

The patients _______ with the new drug showed better signs of recovery than those receiving conventional medicine.

            A. treating.       B. having treated.         C. who treated.            D. treated

Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the word(s) CLOSEST in meaning to the underlined word(s) in each of the following questions.

It is firmly believed that books are a primary means for disseminating knowledge and information.

            A. inventing.     B. distributing.  C. classifying.   D. adapting