“If you don’t pay the ransom, we’ll kill your boy,” the kidnappers told us.

A. It was so impressive a painting that I had an irresistible urge to buy it.

B. So impressive the painting was that I had an irresistible urge to buy it.

C. So impressive was the painting that I had an irresistible urge to buy.

D. Such was the impressive of the painting that I had an irresistible urge to buy it.

A. The father forced Susan to apply for the job.

B. The father asked Susan to applying for the job.

C. The father wanted Susan not to apply for the job.

D. The father encouraged Susan to apply for the job.

A. Jane reminded James of the dangers of careless driving.

B. Jane criticized Janies for driving carelessly.

C. Jane warned James against driving so fast.

D. Jane pleaded with James not to drive so fast.

A. It's a pity that she has never been able to speak Chinese.

B. She should have chosen to study Chinese when she was at school.

C. She wishes that she had had the chance to study Chinese.

D. She is sorry that she didn't learn Chinese when she had the chance.

A. The janitor advised me to move the bicycle and said that it was in the way.

B. The janitor asked if I woul mind moving the bicycle and said to me that it was in the way.

C. The janitor told me to move the bicycle because it was in the way.

D. The janitor suggested moving the bicycle and told that it was in the way.

A. The discovery made by the archaeologists when they opened the tomb was amazing.

B. The findings upon the opening of the tomb took all archaeologists by surprise.

C. The tomb having been opened, the archaeologists were amazed by their discoveries.

D. Opening the tomb, what was discovered by the archaeologists was amazing.