She didn't have any money, but she was full of enthusiasm at the time she came to New York, having just completed college and a holiday overseas.. Two days ago, I took some documents to
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Number 17 Choose the sentence of the same meaning
1 The part of the day when one person works most effectively may not be the same for another
A The time of the day which is best for working varies from individual to individual
B People who do their best work in the morning also tend to do well at other times
C You may be able to work efficiently at any time of day, but not everybody is so
D It is important to discover at what time of day you can work most effectively
2 This is the first time our daughter has been away from us for such a long time
A Our daughter never stays away from us for a long time
B We have never let out daughter stay away from us for so long before
C Our daughter has never been away from us for so long before
D For the first time in years, our daughter will be living away from us
3 Although my uncle took every possible precaution about his health, he failed to prevent his early death
A My uncle was not healthy at all although he took great care of himself until he died
B My uncle was extremely careful to live a healthy life style, yet he died at rather a young age
C My uncle was afraid of dying at a young age, so he looked after himself really well all his life
D It was his failures in life that caused my uncle to die at a very young age
4 When she arrived in New York fresh from college and a trip abroad, she was broke but excited
A Her trip abroad cost a lot of money and now she is broke, but she is thrilled to be finally in New York after graduating from college
B When she moved to New York, she didn't have any money left because she had spent
it all on tuition and a holiday abroad
C After she graduated from college in New York, she was excited about taking a trip overseas, but she was running out of money
D She didn't have any money, but she was full of enthusiasm at the time she came to New York, having just completed college and a holiday overseas
5 I handed in the documents to the manager two days ago, but he still hasn't signed them
A The papers still lack the manager's signature although it's two days since I gave them
to him
B I hand in the documents to the manager in time, but he usually takes two days to put his signature on them
C I have been waiting for two dyas for the manager to sign my papers
D Two days ago, I took some documents to the manager, but he just didn't sign them
6 Being just on the point of closing the shop, the shop assistant was not happy with the arrival of a late customer
A The assistant closed the shop very late because a customer teurned up at the last moment and he had to deal with her
B Although the shop assistant wasn't pleased to have a customer as he was closing the shop, he gave his service away
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C The shop assistant was hurrying to close the shop, but just then, a customer arrived
D The shop assistant didn't like it when a customer arrived just as he was closing the shop
7 It was while he was working on a voluntary project in the Far East that he got married to a woman on the same project
A He met his future wife in the Far East, where she was employed in a voluntary
project
B When he got married, he was working in the Far East on a voluntary project
C Just after they got married, they volunteered to do some work in the Far East
D He married a colleague from his team during his voluntary work in the Far East
8 An urgent call on my mobile made me leave the stadium before the match finished
A Just as the match was about to finish, I received an urgent call on my mobile
B I received an urgent call on my mobile while I was coming out of the stadium
C I was at the stadium watching a match when I received an urgetn call on my mobile
D Due to an urgetn call, I had to leave the stadium when the match was still going on
9 My son hardly studied for his exams, so we were already expecting these poor results
A My son's exams were so hard that, as we were expecting, he did very badly in them
B We knew that our son studied very little for his exams, but we were still disappointed with his results
C Because my son studied very little for his exams, it wasn't surprising for us that he got bad results
D My son found his exams quite hard, so, not surprisingly, he got very poor results
10 As far as I know, they're still working on a solution to their financial problems
A As far as I'm concerned, they are about to find a solution to their monetary problems
B From what I know, they haven't yet found a way to solve their monetary difficulties
C I know that they have no idea about how they can get over their financial problems
D It seems to me that they are still far from finding a solution to their financial
difficulties
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