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Choose the sentence of the same meaning.
1. Even though it had been snowing all day, a great many people managed to get to the end-of-term concert.
A. Very few people indeed were prevented from getting to the end-of-term concert by the heavy snow.
B. Since there had been snow all day long, it wasn`t easy for people to get to the end-of-term concert.
C. As it had been snowing heavily all day, a great many people just could not get to the end-of-term concert.
D. A lot of people did get to the end-of-term concert in spite of the snow that fell all day.
2. If there hadn`t been such a strong wind, it would not have been so difficult to put out the fire.
A. It was the strong wind which made it difficult for us to put out the fire.
B. When the strong wind began to blow, it was even more difficult to control the fire.
C. If the wind hadn`t been so strong, it would have been much easier to put out the fire.
D. As the wind was really very strong, it took them a long time to put out the fire.
3. This material is suitable for students of eighteen years and up.
A. Students of eighteen years and over can use this material.
B. The material is suitable for students who are over eighteen.
C. The material may be suitable for students of over eighteen years of age.
D. Only 18-year-old students will find this material suitable.
4. I couldn`t help admiring the way he managed to finish the programme even after such a bad fall.
A. In spite of the fall, he should have finished the programme and we could have admired him for that.
B. It was really a very bad fall, but somehow he was still able to finish the programme and I had to admire him for that.
C. The way he finished the programme was certainly admirable, as the fall had mshaken him up badly.
D. I really admire the way he got up after the fall and completed the programme.
5. Everyone in our class is doing something at the end-of-term concert, but Mary alone is staying away.
A. Mary is the only one in our class who isn`t taking part in the end-of-term concert.
B. No one in class but Mary, is taking part in the end-of-term concert.
C. Everyone in Mary`s class hopes to do something at the end-of-term concert.
D. The class wants Mary to play in the concert at the end-of-term, but she won`t.
6. I have read nearly all of Dickens`s novels, and A Tale of Two Cities is my favourite.
A. In my opinion, A Tale of Two Cities is quite the best of all the novels by Dickens.
B. Of all the novels by Dickens that I have read, and that`s most of them, A Tale of Two Cities remains my favourite.
C. I`ve read a lot more novels by Dickens and still think A Tale of Two Cities is the best.
D. I`ve read a great many novels, but haven`t enjoyed any as much as Dickens`s A Tale of Two Cities.
7. I wasn`t early enough to find anyone at home awake.
A. I didn`t expect to find anyone awake when I got home.
B. When I got home, I found everyone awake, waiting for me.
C. When I got home late, I used to find my family sleeping.
D. By the time I arrived home, everyone had gone to sleep.
8. I`d have worn the right shoes if I`d known we were going to do all this climbing.
A. I`d have gone on the climb if I`d been wearing the right shoes.
B. If only I`s been wearing suitable shoes, I would have enjoyed the climb.
C. As I didn`t realize there was going to be so much climbing, I didn`t come in suitable shoes.
D. I didn`t realize that these shoes weren`t right for climbing in.
9. By modern standards, the first supermarkets were really quite small.
A. Compared with what we have now, the early supermarkets weren`t actually very large at all.
B. The early supermarkets and the present-day ones are quite different from each other, even in size.
C. Present-day supermarkets are on the whole larger than the early ones.
D. Supermarkets have grown in size since they were first introduced, but their standards remain the same.
10. I just can`t understand why so few people are interested in this camping holiday.
A. I find it surprising that there aren`t fewer people interested in such a camping holiday.
B. Hardly anyone wants to go