Choose the answer that is nearest in meaning to the printed before it.

Question: It never occurred to me to go by train

A. I used to go by train

B. I was used to going by train.

C. I never find it boring to go by train.

D. I never thought of going by train.

Read the following passage and mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the correct answer to each of the following questions

In the 1960s, The Beatles were probably the most famous pop group in the whole world. Since then, there have been a great many groups that have achieved enormous fame, so it is perhaps difficult now to imagine how sensational The Beatles were at that time. They were four boys from the north of England and none of them had any training in music. They started by performing and recording songs by black Americans and they had some success with these songs. Then they started writing their own songs and that was when they became really popular. The Beatles changed pop music. They were the first pop group to achieve great success from songs they had written themselves. After that it became common for groups and singers to write their own songs. The Beatles did not have a long career. Their first hit record was in 1963 and they split up in 1970. They stopped doing live performances in 1966 because it had become too dangerous for them – their fans were so excited that they surrounded them and tried to take their clothes as souvenirs! However, today some of their songs remain as famous as they were when they first came out. Throughout the world many people can sing part of a Beatles song if you ask them.

The four boys of the Beatles

A. Came from the same family

B. Were at the same age

C. Came from a town in the north of England

D. Received good training in music

Choose the answer that is nearest in meaning to the printed before it. “If I were you I’d try to get a room on the top floor,” he said.

A. He advised me to try to get a room on the top floor

B. He advised me to try getting a room on the top floor

C. He offered me to try to get a room on the top floor

D. He suggested me to try to get a room on the top floor

Choose the answer that is nearest in meaning to the printed before it. She said she would go to the police unless she was given her money back.

A. She went to the police because she hadn’t got her money back

B. She hasn’t yet got her money back or gone to the police

C. She wasn’t given her money back because she had gone to the police

D. She was given her money back and then went to the police

Choose the answer that is nearest in meaning to the printed before it.  If he had hurried, he would have caught the train.

A. He had to catch the train, so he was in a hurry

B. He missed the train because he didn’t hurry

C. He doesn’t hurry, so he won’t catch the train

D. The train was dealayed, so he wouldn’t have to hurry

Read the following passage and mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the correct answer to each of the following questions

In the 1960s, The Beatles were probably the most famous pop group in the whole world. Since then, there have been a great many groups that have achieved enormous fame, so it is perhaps difficult now to imagine how sensational The Beatles were at that time. They were four boys from the north of England and none of them had any training in music. They started by performing and recording songs by black Americans and they had some success with these songs. Then they started writing their own songs and that was when they became really popular. The Beatles changed pop music. They were the first pop group to achieve great success from songs they had written themselves. After that it became common for groups and singers to write their own songs. The Beatles did not have a long career. Their first hit record was in 1963 and they split up in 1970. They stopped doing live performances in 1966 because it had become too dangerous for them – their fans were so excited that they surrounded them and tried to take their clothes as souvenirs! However, today some of their songs remain as famous as they were when they first came out. Throughout the world many people can sing part of a Beatles song if you ask them.

The word “sensational” is closest in meaning to

A. Notorious

B. Bad

C. Shocking

D. Popular

Choose the answer that is nearest in meaning to the printed before it. John said “You had better not lend them any money, Daisy”.

A. John said Daisy not to lend them any money

B. John advised Daisy should not lend any money

C. John said Daisy not lend them any money

D. John advised Daisy not to lend them any money

Choose the answer that is nearest in meaning to the printed before it.

Question:The sooner he stops smoking, the better he'll feel

A. As soon as he feels better, he'll try to stop smoking.

B. When he stops smoking, he'll begin to feel better.

C. He feels so much better since he stopped smoking.

D. Though he feels better, he still smokes.