Choose the letter A, B, C or D to indicate the sentence that is closest in meaning to the sentence given in each of the following question

The sooner we solve this problem, the better it will be for all concerned.

A. In spite of the heavy rain, we were able to have a picnic.

B. We were prevented from having our picnic by the heavy rain.

C. We could have our picnic even though  it rained heavily.

D. The heavy rain didn’t prevent us from having our picnic

A. in order to not   

B. to      

C. so as not to    

D. so that

A. the disks lay   

B. did the disks lie  

C. lay the disks  

D. lied the disks

A. a square wooden old table      

B. an old square wooden table

C. a wooden old square table 

D. an old wooden square table

A. has played   

B. is playing    

C. played     

D. had played

A. accompanied   

B. followed    

C. involved   

v

A. need keeping   

B. need to keep  

C. needs to be kept   

D. needed keeping