Big Brothers is ______________
A.The name of a club
B.A home for children who have no brothers
C.The name of a film
D.An organization for boys who no longer have fathers.

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 believed that Jane failed the test because of her laziness.
A.It is believed that Jane failed the test because of her laziness.
B.Jane was believed to fail the test on account of her laziness.
C.Jane is believed to fail the test owing to her laziness.
D.It was believed that Jane had failed the test due to laziness.

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.
"Me? No, I didn't take Sue's calculator," said Bob.
A.Bob denied that he had taken Sue's calculator.
B.Bob apologized for not having taken Sue's calculator.
C.Bob decided not to take Sue's calculator.
D.Bob suggested not taking Sue's calculator.

Choose the sentence, A, B, C or D, which is closest in  meaning to the printed one.
The court found the man innocent of murdering his wife.
A.The man was judged not guilty of killing his wife.
B.The man was found murdered by his wife.
C.The court found a murdered man and his wife.
D.The court decided that the man had killed his wife.

Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the word whose underlined part is pronounced differently from that of the rest in each of the following questions.
(50)
A.knees
B.papers
C.trees     
D.bats

No sooner ___________ everyone started to gossip about him.
A.did Mike leave when 
B. had Mike left than
C.Mike had left than
D.left Mike when

It’s necessary that every student of our class _______ hard.
A.study
B.studying
C.to study
D.studies

Even though some events were cancelled, thousands of people attended the festival.  
A. No matter how many people attended the festival, some events were cancelled
B.In spite some cancelled events, thousands of people attended the festival.
C. As some events were cancelled, thousands of people attended the festival.
D.Despite the cancellation of some events, thousands of people attended the festival.

Choose the best answer to each of the following questions.
_____ the car was expensive, he bought it.
A. Even though  
B.As though      
C.Despite                   
D.In spite of

Finish each of the following sentences in such a way that it means exactly the same as the sentence printed before it
He had no idea how difficult the task would be until he was half way through it.
A.Only when  he was half way through the task did he realize how difficult it was.
B.Only when  he were half way through the task did he realize how difficult it was.
C.Only when  he was half way through the task did he realize how difficult it had been.
D.Only when  he was half way through the task had he realized how difficult it was.