Master your English here! Sentence of the same meaning http:/violet.vn/thienhanh_2009 Number 15 Choose the sentence of the same meaning. 1. It is her sense of humour and the supportive friends surrounding her that make it possible for her to endure these difficult times. A. She believes that if you have a sense of humour and friendly people surrounding and supporting you, you can always make it through hard times. B. Difficult times are hard to endure when you don't have a sense of humour or friends around you who can support you, as far as she concerned. C. With a sense of humour and supportive friends around her, she could have endured these difficult times a lot better. D. Without the support of the friends around her and her sense of humour, she wouldn't be able to make it through these hard times. 2. There was no occasion on which their son called them and didn't request money. A. Whenever their son phoned them, he asked for money. B. Their son rang them many times to ask for money. C. Occasionally their son needed money and so contacted them by telephone. D. Their son's requests for money were always made by phone. 3. That film can't have been the one that Susan was telling us about, since the story was far too simple and it wasn't in French. A. Susan was talking about a film that sounded far too simplistic and wasn't even French; she must have meant this one. B. Susan told us about a movie in French with a complicated storyline; the one we went to see must have been a different one. C. The film we watched may not have been the one Susan said; it was in French, but the story didn't seem very complex. D. That movie couldn't have been French; the story was very easy to understand, like the one Susan was telling us about. 4. A new shopping mall has just opened in our neighbourhood, so the traffic is certain to get worse. A. Because of the new shopping centre in our locality, traffic will definitely become more congested. B. Although we needed somewhere to shop in the neighbourhood, the increase in traffic is certainly a disadvantage. C. There is a lot of opposition to the new shopping mall because of the traffic problems it will cause. D. An increase in traffic is a small price to pay for the convenience of a new shopping mall in our neighbourhood. 5. I don't think much of her new song, but I suppose it could have been worse. A. When I think about her new song, I always wonder how it could have been improved. B. Even if her new song were better, I still don't suppose I would like it much. C. I wish her new song was better; then I would listen to it more enthusiastically. D. While I do not particularly like her latest song, I felt it was not as bad as it could have been. 6. My father says that you should treat people how you wish to be treated yourself. Master your English here! Sentence of the same meaning http:/violet.vn/thienhanh_2009 A. If you had listened to my father, you would always treat others with the consideration you expect from them towards yourself. B. My father always instructs me to consider how people wants to be treated and behave accordingly. C. I have always behaved towards people as I wish to be treated myself, because this is what my father taught me. D. It's my father's belief that you ought to behave towards other people the way you want them to behave towards you. 7. The committee rejected his application for a fund for his project on the grounds that his research wouldn't benefit people much. A. Stating that his research would be of little use to people, the committee refused to provide him with a fund. B. The committee considered his project totally useless, particularly because the majority of people wouldn't profit from his research. C. As his research wouldn't help people in a practical way, it was not surprising that the committee declined his application. D. The committee was not very interested in his project because they believed his research had no scientific value. 8. The museum is visited mainly by those who are interested in the Impressionist painters. A. The museum, which displays mainly Impressionist art, attracts visitors with a serious interest in art. B. Most of the visitors to the museum have an interest in artists from the era of Impressionism. C. The museum, which attracts large numbers of visitors, has a particularly interesting display of Impressionist paintings. D. The museum, which displays only Impressionist paintings, receives lots of visitors. 9. The police know who they are looking for, but he seems to have disappeared. A. Although the police have identified their suspect, he is still at large and they cannot find him. B. Since the police know who they are looking for, it is only a matter of finding him. C. The police have no clues as to the whereabouts or the identity of the suspect. D. If only the police knew who were they looking for, they would be able to find him. 10. If he hadn't left the tap open while the water was cut off, we wouldn't have come home to a flooded apartment. A. If we hadn't come home in time, the whole flat would have been covered in water, as he had left the tap open when the water was off. B. Our flat was flooded when we arrived, even though he had remembered to close the tap while the water was cut off. C. If he had remembered to turn off the tap, the whole building wouldn't have been flooded. D. Because he didn't turn the tap off while the water was off, we came home to find our flat covered in water. Answer Key 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Master your English here! Sentence of the same meaning http:/violet.vn/thienhanh_2009 D A B A D D A B A D Các thầy cô có thể xem thêm các dạng bài tập khác tại trang MASTER YOUR ENGLISH HERE: http:/violet.vn/thienhanh_2009 (còn tiếp) . Master your English here! Sentence of the same meaning http:/violet.vn/thienhanh_2009 Number 15 Choose the sentence of the same meaning. 1. It is her sense of humour and the. meaning http:/violet.vn/thienhanh_2009 D A B A D D A B A D Các thầy cô có thể xem thêm các dạng bài tập khác tại trang MASTER YOUR ENGLISH HERE: http:/violet.vn/thienhanh_2009 (còn tiếp) . be treated yourself. Master your English here! Sentence of the same meaning http:/violet.vn/thienhanh_2009 A. If you had listened to my father, you would always treat others with the consideration