Choose the sentence - a, b, c, or d - which is closest in meaning to the sentence above.
The workers are threatening to go on strike unless the company raises the hourly wage.
A.If their wages are not increased, the workers plan to strike.
B.The company raised the workers' wages to avoid a strike.
C.The company demands that the workers strike.
D.The company threatened to pay the workers less.

Choose the correct sentence (A, B, C or D) that has the same meaning to the given one.
It is too difficult for them to solve the problem by themselves.
A.Because the problem is very difficult, they can't solve it by themselves.
B.Unless the problem is difficult, they can't solve it by themselves.
C.They have no difficulty in solving the problem by themselves.
D.It is quite easy for them to solve the problem by themselves.

Choose the correct sentence (A, B, C or D) that has the same meaning to the given one.
She got lost because she was not careful.
A.She got lost because of her carelessness.
B.If she is careful, she will not get lost.
C.She is so careless that she gets lost.
D.So careless is she that she gets lost.

Choose A, B, C or D to complete the passage.
We are all destroying the Earth. The seas and rivers are too (1)_______ to swim in. There is so much smoke in the air that it is (2)____to live in many of the world's cities. In one well-known city, for example, poisonous gases (3)_____cars (4)_____the air so much that policemen have to wear oxygen masks. We have cut (5)______so many trees that there are now vast areas of wasteland all over the world. As a result, farmers in parts of Africa can not (6)____enough to eat. In certain countries in Asia there is so little rice. Moreover, we do not take enough care of the countryside. Wild animals are (7)_____disappearing. For instance, tigers are rare in India now because we have killed too many for them to survive. However, it isn't so simple to talk (8)_______the problem. We must act now before it is (9)____late to do anything about it. Join us now! (10)______the Earth!
________(1)
A.dirty
B.dirt
C.dirtily
D.dirtiness

Identify the one underlined word or phase - A, B, C or D - that must be changed for the sentence to be correct.
It was a period of (A) her life when she made (B) some lifelong (C) friendship (D).
A.a period of
B.made
C.lifelong
D.friendship

Identify the one underlined word or phase - A, B, C or D - that must be changed for the sentence to be correct.
Simon finds (A) it hard (B) for making (C) friends with (D) other children.
A.finds
B.it hard
C.for making
D.with

Choose the correct words or phrases that best complete the passage.
Dear Jane,
I'm sorry for not (31) ______ to you for two months. In my postcard sent to you when I was on vacation in July, I told you about a new friend of (32) ____, Lisa Moran, who lives near my uncle's farm in Napan Valley, California. You may be curious to know what she is (33) ______.
Well, Lisa is of our age - 17 - and not very tall or slim. In fact, she has (34) ______ rounded shoulders and a plump face. The best (35) ______ on Lisa's face are her green eyes and the two dimples on her checks. She (36) ______ lively with her hair cut short and dressed in (37) ______ clothes - jeans and a T-shirt. When I first met her at my cousin's birthday party, I was attracted by her (38) ______ and pleasingly direct manners. Curiously enough, Lisa has the same (39) ______ in music as you and I.
That's (40) ______ about Lisa for the moment. How have you been doing with your school work? Please write soon.
Best wishes
Ann Maxfield
(31) ______
A.write
B.to write
C.writing
D.wrote

Choose the correct words or phrases that best complete the passage.
Dear Jane,
I'm sorry for not (31) ______ to you for two months. In my postcard sent to you when I was on vacation in July, I told you about a new friend of (32) ____, Lisa Moran, who lives near my uncle's farm in Napan Valley, California. You may be curious to know what she is (33) ______.
Well, Lisa is of our age - 17 - and not very tall or slim. In fact, she has (34) ______ rounded shoulders and a plump face. The best (35) ______ on Lisa's face are her green eyes and the two dimples on her checks. She (36) ______ lively with her hair cut short and dressed in (37) ______ clothes - jeans and a T-shirt. When I first met her at my cousin's birthday party, I was attracted by her (38) ______ and pleasingly direct manners. Curiously enough, Lisa has the same (39) ______ in music as you and I.
That's (40) ______ about Lisa for the moment. How have you been doing with your school work? Please write soon.
Best wishes
Ann Maxfield
(33) _____
A.looking
B.like
C.seen
D.similar

Choose the correct words or phrases that best complete the passage.
Dear Jane,
I'm sorry for not (31) ______ to you for two months. In my postcard sent to you when I was on vacation in July, I told you about a new friend of (32) ____, Lisa Moran, who lives near my uncle's farm in Napan Valley, California. You may be curious to know what she is (33) ______.
Well, Lisa is of our age - 17 - and not very tall or slim. In fact, she has (34) ______ rounded shoulders and a plump face. The best (35) ______ on Lisa's face are her green eyes and the two dimples on her checks. She (36) ______ lively with her hair cut short and dressed in (37) ______ clothes - jeans and a T-shirt. When I first met her at my cousin's birthday party, I was attracted by her (38) ______ and pleasingly direct manners. Curiously enough, Lisa has the same (39) ______ in music as you and I.
That's (40) ______ about Lisa for the moment. How have you been doing with your school work? Please write soon.
Best wishes
Ann Maxfield
(35) ______
A.aspects
B.points
C.features
D.marks

Choose the correct words or phrases that best complete the passage.
Dear Jane,
I'm sorry for not (31) ______ to you for two months. In my postcard sent to you when I was on vacation in July, I told you about a new friend of (32) ____, Lisa Moran, who lives near my uncle's farm in Napan Valley, California. You may be curious to know what she is (33) ______.
Well, Lisa is of our age - 17 - and not very tall or slim. In fact, she has (34) ______ rounded shoulders and a plump face. The best (35) ______ on Lisa's face are her green eyes and the two dimples on her checks. She (36) ______ lively with her hair cut short and dressed in (37) ______ clothes - jeans and a T-shirt. When I first met her at my cousin's birthday party, I was attracted by her (38) ______ and pleasingly direct manners. Curiously enough, Lisa has the same (39) ______ in music as you and I.
That's (40) ______ about Lisa for the moment. How have you been doing with your school work? Please write soon.
Best wishes
Ann Maxfield
(36) ______
A.feels
B.seems
C.appears
D.looks