THE WORD “PARALYZE” IN LINE 9 IS CLOSEST IN MEANING TO WHICH OF THE...

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The word “paralyze” in line 9 is closest in meaning to which of the following?

A. Immobilize B. Change

C. Distract D. Modernize

Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the underlined part that needs

correction in each of the following questions.

Question 43: As long as I know, he’s going on a long journey to do some research for his next book.

A

B

C

D

Question 44: During the 1960s, the Berkeley campus of the University of California came to national

A B

attention as a result its radical political activity.

C D

Question 45: Banks, savings and loans, and finance companies have recently been doing home equity

A B C D

loans with greater frequency than ever before.

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.

Question 46: When the unemployment rate is high, the crime rate is usually also high.

A. The unemployment rate and the crime rate are both higher.

B. The higher the unemployment rate is, the higher the crime rate is.

C. The unemployment rate is as high as the crime rate.

D The high rate of unemployment depends on the high rate of crime.

Question 47: I wish you hadn't said that

A. I wish you not to say that.

B. If only you didn't say tot

C. I hope you will not say that.

D. It would be nice if you hadn’t said that.

Question 48: “You're always making terrible mistakes”, said the teacher.

A. The teacher asked his students why they always made terrible mistakes.

B. The teacher realised that his students always made terrible mistakes.

C. The teacher complained about his students making terrible mistakes.

D. The teacher made his students not always make terrible mistakes.

Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the sentence that best combines each

pair of sentences in the following questions.

Question 49: Hung and Thanh met. Shortly after that, he announced they were getting married.

A. As soon as Sue and Brian met, they announced they were getting married.

B. Right at the time Brian met Sue, he announced they were getting married.

C. Scarcely had Sue and Brian met when he announced they were getting married.

D. Until Sue and Brian met, they had announced they were getting married.

Question 50: Our flight was delayed. We decided to spend time at the duty-free shops.

A. We have been spending time at the duty-free shops since our flight was delayed.

B. We decided to spend time at the duty-free shops in case our flight was delayed.

C. As our flight was delayed, we decided to spend time at the duty-free shops.

D. Although our flight was delayed, we decided to spend time at the duty-free shops.

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