Make the best choice

After twenty-five years of hard work, he made a decision to retire. 

Rewrite the sentence:

He has retired. He watches football every afternoon on cable TV.

Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the sentence that is closest in meaning to each of the following questions: 

The car was very expensive and he couldn't afford it.

Rewrite the sentence:

Henry tasted the pleasures of modern city life. Then he found life in his village hard and unattractive.

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They were rich; they didn’t have a happy family, though.

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We arrived at the conference. Then we realized our reports were still at home.

Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the sentence that best combines each pair of sentences in the following questions:

Ann always keeps up with the latest fashions. She works for a famous fashion house.

Choose the letter A, B, C or D to complete the sentences with given words: 

many/ information/ you/ get, rich/ your/ knowledge/ is.

Choose the letter A, B, C or D to complete the sentences with given words: 

Jasmine/ really/ love/ read/ romance,/ adventure/ whatever/ else/ she/ can/ either/ buy/ borrow.

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They improve the quality of their products. We will order more handbags from them.

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 The office phoned me. Then I knew more about the meeting.

Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the sentence that is closest in meaning to each of the following questions: 

"Shall I help you do the dishes, Carlo?" said Robert.

Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the sentence that is closest in meaning to each of the following questions: 

Without her teacher's advice, she would never have written such a good essay.

Choose the underlined part among A, B, C or D that needs correcting: Water that has had the minerals  removed  called “soft” water.

Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the sentence that best combines each pair of sentences in the following questions:

He didn’t take his father’s advice. That’s why he is out of work.

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My mother is good at cooking. My father is bad at it.

Choose a sentence that is synonymous with the given sentence.

 The train should be here any minute now.

Mark the letter A, B, C, or D to indicate the sentence that best combines each pair of sentences in the following questions.

So many animals are now in danger of extinction. Then, a list of them is kept in a Red Book.

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The film was not interesting. However, he tried to watch the whole film

Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the sentence that best combines each pair of sentences in the following questions:

Mike graduated from The University of Melbourne with flying colours. However, he chose to work for volunteer programs in Africa.

Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the sentence that best combines each pair of sentences in the following questions:

Joe does a lot of exercise. He’s still very fat.