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: 

“I have never been to Russia. I think I shall go there next year.” said Bill.

Bill said that he had never been to Russia and he thought he would go there the next year.

Bill said that he would have never been to Russia and he thinks he would go there the next year.

Bill said that he had never been to Russia and he thinks he will go there the next year.

Bill said that he has never been to Russia and he thinks he would go there the next year.

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.

Rewrite the sentence:

He got over his illness in three months.

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:

"Why don’t you participate in the volunteer work in summer?" said Sophie.

Rewrite: 

Right after his appointment to the post, he fell ill.

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:

Leaders are not allowed to attend festivals. Also, they are not allowed to use office cars, except for performing assigned tasks.

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.

Rewrite: 

He started working in this bank as soon as he graduated from university.

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:

She wasn’t driving slowly. She was injured.

Rewrite: 

The noise next door didn't stop until midnight.

Choose the underlined part among A, B, C or D that needs correcting: The longest mountain range, the Mid-Atlantic Range, is not hardly visible because most of it lies under the ocean.

Make the best choice

An old woman saw him break into the building.

Read the passage below and decide which answer (A, B, C or D) best fits each space. 
Today there are libraries in almost every towns in the world. Even in areas (1) ______ there are no libraries, there are often mobile libraries which take boos from one village to the other. But in the days when books were copied by hand (2) ______ than printed, libraries were very rare. The reason is simple: books took a very long time to produce, and there were far fewer copies of any given work around. The greatest library (3)______ all, that in Alexandia, had 54,000 books.
In the ancient world, this number (4)______ considered huge. It was the first time that anyone had collected so many books from all around the world under one roof. There are many theories about why these books were lost. One is that the library accidentally burned down. Another is that one of the rulers of the city ordered the books to be burned. They were taken to various places and it took six months to burn them. Whatever happened, the collection there was priceless. Many of the library’s treasures were lost forever-some books were (5) ______ recovered. We cannot even know exactly what the library contained.
(5).....................

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:

 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 best combines each pair of sentences in the following questions:

 I had to do my homework. I could not help my mother with the washing-up.

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: 

 "Why don't you have your room repainted?" said Robert to Lan.

Rewrite the sentence:

Were it not for the money, this job wouldn’t be worthwhile

Rewrite sentences without changing the meaning:

The rain is so heavy that the team can’t continue their exploration of the magnificent mountains.

Choose the correct sentence among A, B, C or D which has the same meaning as the given one: It’s a waste of time to try and explain anything to Tony.

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:

The fire-fighters made every effort to put off the flames. The building burned down completely.

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:

You are in this mess right now. You didn’t listen to me in the first place.