Choose the sentence which is closest in meaning to the one
1. The police let him leave after they had questioned.
A. He was let to leave after he had his questions.
B. He was allowed not to leave after being questioned by the police.
C. He was released after being questioned by the police.
D. The police would permit him to leave provided he was questioned
2. It was kind of Jane to send me flowers when I was sick.
A. I was kind enough to send Jane flowers.
B. I appreciate Jane sending me flowers when I was ill.
C. Jane was ill so I sent her flowers.
D. When I was ill, I received some flowers from Jane.
3. Although Mr. Pike was seriously sick, he still composed nice pieces of music.
A. Mr. Pike's pieces of music were very serious.
B. Mr. Pike did not compose any nice piece of music because he was sick.
C. Despite his sickness, Mr. Pike still composed nice pieces of music.
D. Mr. Pike was too sick to compose music.
4. Jack is afraid he'll gain weight if he stops smoking.
A. Jack is afraid he'll become fat if he quits smoking.
B. Jack does not realize the dangers of smoking.
C. Jack is afraid of giving up smoking.
D. Jack is worried he'll put on weight of he cuts down on smoking.
5. The error on my taxes was made by my accountant.
A. My tax accountant found the mistake that I made.
B. I made an error because I did not have a tax accountant.
C. Tax accountants always make errors.
D. My accountant made a mistake. given
Đáp án C
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