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.

He said: “I’m sorry I didn’t reply to the letter.”

A. There’s no point to try to persuade Tom to change his mind.

B. It’s worth trying to persuade Tom to change his mind.

C. It’s useful trying to persuade Tom to change his mind.

D. It’s a waste of time trying to persuade Tom to change his mind.

A. up         

B. over        

C. off          

D. out

A. all long day     

B. the long day     

C. day after day     

D. all day long

A. neither had the other driver

B. neither would the other driver

C. neither the other driver  

D. the other driver neither

A. stop       

B. will have stopped       

C. are stopping     

D. will stop

A. Janet has trouble keeping her emotions under control, especially when she is told frightening stories.

B. Since Janet is somewhat unbalanced, the only way to make her laugh is by telling stories, but we should avoid scary ones as they might cause her to panic.

C. It is no fun to tell frightening stories to Janet, who is not very stable mentally, because she only laughs instead of getting scared.

D. Janet is somewhat mentally unbalanced and might easily become uncontrollably emotional, so let’s not tell frightening stories in her presence.