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.

“If I hadn’t had so much work to do, I would have gone to the movies.” said the boy.

A. place

B. house

C. life

D. home

A. having

B. their

C. being painted

D. construction

A. satisfied

B. satisfactorily

C. satisfying

D. satisfactory

A. Only after his retiring from the company did Seth tell us about his arrival at the meeting.

B. Not until Seth said to us that he would leave the company did he turn up at the meeting.

C. Hardly had Seth notified us of his retiring from the company when he arrived at the meeting.

D. No sooner had Seth arrived at the meeting than we were told about his leaving the company.

A. the

B. a

C. an

D. Ø

A. Julian regretted having dropped out of college after his first year.

B. Julian wishes he didn’t drop out of college after his first year.

C. Julian regrets having dropped out of college after his first year.

D. Only if Julian had dropped out of college after his first year.

A. They had to print the book immediately to satisfy the increasing demand.

B. To meet the greater and greater demand, they had to print the book immediately.

C. There was such a great demand that the book was printed immediately.

D. So great was the demand that they had to print the book immediately.