Choose the sentence which has the closest meaning to the original one.

David seems really ill at ease in front of all those people.

A. David feels uncomfortable in front of all those people.

B. David is easy to be ill because of all those people.

C. David is ill because he stands in front of all those people.

D. David fells comfortable in front of all those people.

Mark the letter A, B, C, or D to indicate the sentence that is closest in meaning to each of the following questions.

Question. People want to keep fit. Many people take up sports.

A. Many people take up sports so as to keep fit.

B. Many people want to keep fit so as to take up sports.

C. Many people want to keep fit in order to take up sports.

D. Although people want to keep fit, they take up sports.

Choose the sentence which has the closest meaning to the original one.

It is useful for many families to write down a set of rules about how family member are expected to behave.

A. Many families find it useless to write down a set of rules about how family member are expected to behave

B. Many families don’t have to write down a set of rules about how family member are expected to behave

C. Many families find it useful to write down a set of rules about how family member are expected to behave

D. Many families make it useful to write down a set of rules about how family member are expected to behave

Read the passage below and choose one correct answer for each question.

      In Britain, wedding invitations go out about six weeks before the wedding day. The guests reply as soon as possible to say if they can come or not. Choosing a present for the couple can be difficult. People don’t take their present for the wedding. They send them to the woman’s house before the wedding day. Most weddings take place before lunch or in the early afternoon. Many people like to get married in church. The bride often wears a long white dress. Guests wear their best clothes and most of the women wear hats. In the church, the bride’s family sits on the left and the groom’s one sits on the right. Married people wear their wedding rings on the third finger of the left hand. Most married women wear wedding rings, but married men often do not.

Many people like to hold their wedding ceremony _____.

A. in a park

B. in church

C. at home

D. at a restaurant

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

All over the country, young people are entering a world of homelessness and poverty, according to a recent report by the housing group, Shelter.

Nearly 150,000 young people aged between sixteen and twenty-five will become homeless this year, says Shelter. Some of the young homeless may sleep out in the open in such places as the "cardboard city” in London, where people of all ages sleep in the open air in their only homes - cardboard boxes. Others may find accommodation in shelters run by voluntary organisations or get a place in a hostel, which gives them board up to ten weeks.

But who are these people? Those who are seeking a roof over their heads are mostly not runaways but “throwaways" - people who have been thrown out of their homes or forced to leave because of parental divorce, an unsympathetic step-parent or one of many other reasons.

Take the case of one sixteen-year-old schoolgirl, Alice. She did not come from a poor home and had just passed her exams with good results. The Shelter team met her in a hostel where she was doing her physics homework. Her parents had thrown her out of her home for no other reason that she wanted to do Science Advanced Level Exams - which her parents refused her permission to do, saying that studying sciences was unladylike!

Shelter says that the government's laws do nothing to help these youngsters. Rising rents, the shortage of cheap housing and the cut in benefits for young people under the age of twenty-five are causing a national problem, according to Shelter. The recent changes in the benefit laws mean that someone aged between sixteen and twenty-five gets less than older people and they can only claim state help if they prove that they left home for a good reason.

Shelter believes that because of the major cuts in benefits to young people, more and more are being forced to sleep on the streets. Shelter also points out that if you are homeless, you can't get a job because employers will not hire someone without a permanent address; and if you can't get a job, you are homeless because you don't have any money to pay for accommodation. It's an impossible situation.

Question. The word "permanent" in the last paragraph is closest in meaning to ____.

A. flexible

B. obvious

C. stable

D. simple

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

All over the country, young people are entering a world of homelessness and poverty, according to a recent report by the housing group, Shelter.

Nearly 150,000 young people aged between sixteen and twenty-five will become homeless this year, says Shelter. Some of the young homeless may sleep out in the open in such places as the "cardboard city” in London, where people of all ages sleep in the open air in their only homes - cardboard boxes. Others may find accommodation in shelters run by voluntary organisations or get a place in a hostel, which gives them board up to ten weeks.

But who are these people? Those who are seeking a roof over their heads are mostly not runaways but “throwaways" - people who have been thrown out of their homes or forced to leave because of parental divorce, an unsympathetic step-parent or one of many other reasons.

Take the case of one sixteen-year-old schoolgirl, Alice. She did not come from a poor home and had just passed her exams with good results. The Shelter team met her in a hostel where she was doing her physics homework. Her parents had thrown her out of her home for no other reason that she wanted to do Science Advanced Level Exams - which her parents refused her permission to do, saying that studying sciences was unladylike!

Shelter says that the government's laws do nothing to help these youngsters. Rising rents, the shortage of cheap housing and the cut in benefits for young people under the age of twenty-five are causing a national problem, according to Shelter. The recent changes in the benefit laws mean that someone aged between sixteen and twenty-five gets less than older people and they can only claim state help if they prove that they left home for a good reason.

Shelter believes that because of the major cuts in benefits to young people, more and more are being forced to sleep on the streets. Shelter also points out that if you are homeless, you can't get a job because employers will not hire someone without a permanent address; and if you can't get a job, you are homeless because you don't have any money to pay for accommodation. It's an impossible situation.

Question. Why was Alice turned out of her home?

A. Her parents didn't agree with what she wanted to do.

B. She didn't want to study for her Advanced Level Exams.

C. She had not obtained high marks in her exams.

D. She refused to do her homework in the evening

Read the passage below and choose one correct answer for each question.

      In Britain, wedding invitations go out about six weeks before the wedding day. The guests reply as soon as possible to say if they can come or not. Choosing a present for the couple can be difficult. People don’t take their present for the wedding. They send them to the woman’s house before the wedding day. Most weddings take place before lunch or in the early afternoon. Many people like to get married in church. The bride often wears a long white dress. Guests wear their best clothes and most of the women wear hats. In the church, the bride’s family sits on the left and the groom’s one sits on the right. Married people wear their wedding rings on the third finger of the left hand. Most married women wear wedding rings, but married men often do not.

According the passage, which of the following is NOT true?

A. Invitations are sent out some weeks before the wedding day.

B. People who accept the invitations have to send their presents to the couple.

C. It is not easy to choose a present for the couple.

D. Married people wear their wedding rings on the third finger of the right hand.

Choose the sentence which has the closest meaning to the original one.

Question: Those students should be punished for what they have done.

A. Those students should have done what they were punished for.

B. What those students have done will give them some punishment.

C. Those students can't get away with what they have done.

D. The things those students have done are kinds of punishment.

Choose the sentence which has the closest meaning to the original one.

She has cooked for dinner for two hours.

A. She didn't start cooking for dinner until it was two.

B. She started cooking for dinner two hours ago.

C. She has two hours to cook for dinner.

D. Cooking for dinner took her two hours.