Revison Test 43 potx

Revison Test 43

1. When he called to tell me that he was studying, I didn't believe him because I could

hear the noise of a party in the background.

A. I didn't believe that he could study properly with the noise of a party in the

background and I told him that when he telephoned.

B. Although he rang me to tell me that he was studying, I couldn't hear what he was

saying properly because of my unbelievably noisy party.

C. Because of the sounds of a party I heard in the background when he phoned, I didn't

believe his claim that he was studying.

D. Though he was studying when he called, I thought he was lying because in the

background there were party-like sounds.

2. Dwight Eisenhower was one of the most successful American generals of World

War II.

A. There were no better generals in World War II than Dwight Eisenhower.

B. Dwight Eisenhower did better than the majority of other American generals in World

War II.

C. Dwight Eisenhower was an American who succeeded in becoming a general during

World War III.

D. Several American generals in World War II were more successful than Dwight

Eisenhower.

3. James was amazed at being turned down for the job owing to the fact that he was

overqualified.

A. Not being hired for the job because he had too many qualifications came as a shock

to James.

B. James believes that the reason why he was rejected for the job was his having too

many qualifications.

C. James felt that he did not get the job because the boss was intimidated by his

qualifications.

D. James had thought he was qualified enough for the job and so was disappointed at

being turned down.

4. Though he's never been an interesting person, last night he was more boring than

ever.

A. As he was so amazingly dull last night, he will no longer be seen as an interesting

person.

B. He's known to be quite boring, but last night he was the most dull that he ever has

been.

C. Although he's not usually that interesting, last night he was actually extremely boring.

D. The boring subjects he spoke about last night shows that he will never manage to be

an interesting person.

5. Considering that we travelled right across the country, the bus ticket was

surprisingly reasonable.

A. Because we were able to move right through the country, the price of the bus ticket

didn't bother us.

B. The ticket for the bus, which took us from one side of the country to the other, was

the cheapest that we could find.