"I'm afraid we haven't received the results of your tests yet," said the doctor to her patient.. The doctor apologized to her patient about not yet having got the results of his tests..
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Number 10 Choose the sentence of the same meaning
1 "I'm afraid we haven't received the results of your tests yet," said the doctor to her patient
A The doctor apologized to her patient about not yet having got the results of his tests
B The doctor told her patient not to be frightened of receiving the results of his tests
C The doctor said she was afraid of receiving the results of her patient's tests
D The patient understood that the doctor had some fears about getting the results of his tests
2 He wanted to know if there was anything he could do to help
A He asked us what he should do to assist us
B If there were any way in which he could aid us, we'd tell him
C He said he could have done something if hw had known we needed help
D He was wondering whether his assistance was needed at all
3 His response to being told he was terminally ill was the most courageous I have ever seen
A I have never seen anyone react more bravely than him to being informed that he would die because of his illness
B He tried hard to appear brave as he replied to the doctors after being told he had a serious disease
C The doctors told him to be brave about his terminal illness and he replied that he would try to do his best
D As far as I know, he was never more courageous than when he was told that he was terminally ill
4 He had said he was only coming for a short visit, but by the time he left, he had been staying for six months
A In contrst to what he had told us initially, he has been staying with us for six months now
B Although he'd informed us that his visit would be short, he ended up staying for half
a year
C He told us that he would not stay long, but now it appears that his visit might last as long as six months
D He's always saying he'll only stay a short time, but the last time he visited us, he stayed for half a year
5 I don't understand how you could have survived all those years in China without speaking a word of the language
A Now that you are moving to China, you had better begin to study the language since
it will be difficult to survive without it
B It must have taken a lot of determination to go to a country as different as China without speaking any of the language at all
C Living in China for so long without learning any of the language, as you have done,
is something beyond my imagination
D Chinese is so difficult that I understand you had to survive for a long time without speaking it while you learnt the basics
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6 A book interesting for one person can be neutral or even dull for another
A Tastes for the same book may differ from one person to another
B Just because I enjoy a book, it doesn't mean that everyone will
C Some people find those books which most readers enjoy very boring
D It is impossible to write a book that everyone will find interesting
7 We were told that we should not travel to Iran, but I'm glad we didn't listen
A We should have listened to the people who told us not to go to Iran
B We should not have minded the advice of those who told us not to travel to Iran
C We just ignored the people who advised us against travelling to Iran
D We are happy to have gone to Iran despite being advised against it
8 I was amazed that my ordinarily humourless boss could come up with such a
hilarious joke
A It was so uncharacteristic of my boss to tell a really funny joke that I was thoroughly surprised
B My boss's jokes are usually funny, but this one was even funnier than usual
C Since my boss has such a great sense of humour, I was astounded to hear him tell such a bad joke
D If anyone can tell a good joke, then my normally stern and unsmiling boss can, too
9 Not even a downpour would have prevented them from going on their hike
A It wasn't even pouring down when they postponed their hike
B They wouldn't have cancelled their hike even if it had rained heavily
C They didn't even attempt to go hiking when it started to rain
D It was only the torrential rain that stopped them from going hiking
10 The haircut, combined with her new style of clothing, made her look years
younger
A After having her hair cut, she started to wear stylish clothes
B Had she insisted on wearing the same clothes, she would not seem so young now
C She looked well below her age after the change in both her hair and the way she dressed
D Even though her clothes were modern, she had an old-fashioned hair style until recently
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