I... hope there won't be a repetition of these unfortunate events

A. deeply

B. sincerely

C. strongly

D. thoroughly

Don't tell Anna about Paul and Jane breaking up- you know what a (an) .... she is; it will be all over the town in no time.

A. talker

B. liar

C. informer

D. gossip

I think access to cinemas and theaters is the main... of city life.

A. amenity

B. attraction

C. leisure

D. recreation

This young author has already received the sort of... that many older and wiser heads have had to strive a lifetime for

A. attentiveness

B. note

C. recognition

D. motoriety

I understand why you detest her. I’ve finally met her.

A. I understand why you don’t like her due to I’ve lastly met her.

B. Now that I have finally met her, I understand why you hate her.

C. I met her and I know your feeling.

D. Since I finally met her, I understand why you like her.

I didn’t arrive in time. I was not able to see her off.

A. I arrived very late to say goodbye to her.

B. She had left because I was not on time.

C. I was not early enough to see her off.

D. I didn’t go there, so I could not see her off.

A child is influenced as much by his schooling as by his parents.

A. Schooling doesn’t influence a child as much as his parents do.

B. A child’s parents have greater influence on him than his schooling.

C. A child can influence his parents as much as his schooling.

D. A child's schooling influences him as much as his parents do.

He broke my watch.

A. My watch were broken.

B. My watch be broken.

C. My watch is broken.

D. My watch was broken.

Although he was able to do the job, he wasn’t given the position.

A. Because he couldn’t do the job, he wasn’t given the position.

B. The position wasn’t given to him in spite of his ability to do the job

C. He got the position despite being unable to do the job

D. He was given neither the job nor the position

Modern women now work outside the home .

A. because they want to be economically independent

B. in spite of their economical independence

C. although they are economically independent

D. so that they are economically dependent