Choose the sentence A, B, C, or D that is closest in meaning to the original sentence.

The speech was very boring. Most of us felt sleepy.

Despite finding an internship is the logical thing, you can not gain real-world experience.

Although you can find an internship, you can not gain real-world experience.

You can find an internship, but you can not gain real-world experience.

If you can find an internship, you can gain some real-world experience.

We can offer overtime but our budget is limited this month.

Overtime is expensive, and our budget is tight this month.

There will be overtime this month although our budget is limited.

We have a limited budget, so we won’t offer overtime this month.

When the end of the school year comes closer, so you might find that you have fear of the future.

Because the end of the school year comes closer, you have fear of the future.

When the end of the school year comes closer, you might find that you have fear of the future.

Although the end of the school year comes closer, you might find that you have fear of the future.

As the result of his tiredness, he was determined to finish all the work deadlines.

Feeling very tired, he was determined to finish all the work deadlines.

Although he felt tired, he was determined to finish all the work deadlines.

He felt so tired that he was determined to finish all the work deadlines.

Despite of speaking no English, Ngoc decided to settle in Manchester.

Although no speaking English, Ngoc decided to settle in Manchester.

In spite of her disability to speak English, Ngoc decided to settle in Manchester.

Ngoc decided to settle in Manchester even she didn’t speak English.

The sea was too rough for the children to go swimming.

The children were not calm enough to swim in the sea.

The sea was rough enough for the children to swim in.

The sea was too rough to the children's swimming.

Although there were so many customers at the store, I had to work overtime.

I had to work later than usual because of the large number of customers at the store.

The customers at the store asked me to work overtime.

I came home early because there were not many customers at the store.