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 you don’t pay the ransom, we’ll kill your boy,” the kidnappers told us.




A.The kidnappers ordered to kill our boy if we did not pay the ransom.
B.The kidnappers pledged to kill our boy if we did not pay the ransom.
C.The kidnappers threatened to kill our boy if we did not pay the ransom.
D.The kidnappers promised to kill our boy if we did not pay the ransom.

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.
As soon as he arrived home, it started to rain.




A.Arriving home, he said that it would start to rain.
B.Hardly had it started to rain when he arrived home.
C.It started to rain and then he arrived home.
D.No sooner had he arrived home than it started to rain.

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 it hadn’t been for his carelessness, we would have finished the work.




A.He was careless because he hadn’t finished the work.
B.If he were careful, we would finish the work.
C.If he had been more careful, the work would have been completed.
D.Because he wasn’t careless, we didn’t finish the work.

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 can’t stand his talking foolishly when everybody talks about something in a serious way.




A.Everybody talks seriously when he talks foolishly.
B.I don’t mind his talking foolishly when everybody talks seriously.
C.I can’t understand what he talks when people talk foolishly.
D.I hate him talking foolishly when people talk seriously.

A.high
B.plough
C.though
D.rough





E. weigh





F. cough

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.
Mike graduated with a good degree. However, he joined the ranks of the unemployed.




A.If Mike graduated with a good degree, he would join the ranks of the unemployed.
B.That Mike graduated with a good degree helped him join the ranks of the unemployed.
C.Mike joined the ranks of the unemployed because he graduated with a good degree.
D.Although Mike graduated with a good degree, he joined the ranks of the unemployed.

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.
She tried very hard to pass the driving test. She could hardly pass it.




A.Although she didn’t try hard to pass the driving test, she could pass it.
B.She tried very hard, so she passed the driving test satisfactorily.
C.No matter how hard she tried, she could hardly pass the driving test.
D.Despite being able to pass the driving test, she didn’t pass it.

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.
She doesn’t want to go to their party. We don’t want to go either.




A.Either we or she doesn’t want to go to their party.
B.Neither we nor she want to go to their party.
C.Neither we nor she wants to go to their party.
D.Neither she nor we don’t want to go to their party.

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.
Tom was encouraged by my success. He decided not to quit his work.




A.Encouraged by my success, Tom decided not to quit his work.
B.Encouraging by my success, Tom decided not to quit his work.
C.To be encouraged by my success, Tom decided not to quit his work.
D.That he was encouraged by success, Tom decided not to quit his work.

Who is the_____ of this wonderful work of art? (create)




A.creative
B.creator
C.creation
D.creating