Synonymous Sentences Paraphrasing/Restatement MCQ Test With Answers

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Synonymous Sentences Paraphrasing (Restatement) MCQ Test With Answers - Mini Comprehension Exercise 1

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Question 1

Choose the "restatement" that is closest in meaning to the original sentence. More than one choice may be factually correct, but you should choose the one that is the closest "restatement" of the first sentence.

No one but you can take my heart...

A	Anyone -- except you -- can take my heart.
B	No one, including you, can take my heart.
C	Anyone can take my heart, but you can't.
D	Only you can take my heart.
E	Only you can't take my heart.

Question 2

He was only able to catch the bus by running for it.

A	If he hadn't run for the bus, he couldn't have possibly caught it.
B	He would have caught the bus if he had run for it.
C	He would have caught the bus even if he hadn't run for it.
D	He needn't have run at all to catch the bus.
E	No one else had to run to catch the bus.

Question 3

I find it impossible not to feel sorry for her.

A	Feeling sorry for her is another possibility for me.
B	I wish I felt sorry for her.
C	She makes it impossible for me to feel sorry for her.
D	I can't help feeling sorry for her.
E	Everyone else finds it possible to feel sorry for her.

Question 4

Mr Michael is too careful a spy to fall into that trap.

A	Mr Michael is very careful, but he may still fall into that trap.
B	Mr Michael is not so careless as to fall into that trap.
C	If Mr Michael is not careful enough, he will fall into that trap.
D	It is not possible for Mr Michael, who is a very careful spy, not to fall into traps.
E	Even though Mr Michael is not careless, he may nonetheless fall into that trap.

Question 5

We will have to wait on the boat until the captain comes back.

A	The captain will not come back before we leave the boat.
B	We can't go on the shore before the captain comes back.
C	The boat is the safest place to wait for the captain to come back.
D	We have no idea whether the captain will come back or not.
E	We don't want to go on the shore before the captain comes back.

Question 6

The maid used to clean the room once a week.

A	Once the room was cleaned by the maid for a week.
B	The room was used to being cleaned once a week.
C	The room never got dirty because it was cleaned once a week.
D	The maid refused to clean the room twice a week.
E	The room used to be cleaned once a week.

Question 7

Meltem expects me to invite along her father, too.

A	Meltem's father expects to invite us to go along with him.
B	Meltem's father is expected to invite me along with her.
C	I am expected to invite not only Meltem but her father as well to come with us.
D	Meltem's father expects to be invited to come with us.
E	Meltem agrees with me that her father should be invited to come along with us.

Question 8

This time, he did not fail to respond the way we wanted him to.

A	This time, he responded in that way.
B	This time, he didn't respond in that way.
C	This time, he failed to respond in that way.
D	This time, we didn't want him to respond in that way.
E	This time, we wanted him not to respond in that way.

Question 9

I could barely make out what he was trying to say.

A	I could very well understand what he was trying to say.
B	I could never understand what he was trying to say.
C	He had great difficulty in making himself understood.
D	I managed to understand what he was trying to say only with a great deal of difficulty.
E	I couldn't understand at all what he was trying to say.

Question 10

The man left the room angrily. You talked to that man's wife yesterday.

A	The man left the room angrily because you had talked to his wife the day before.
B	You went into a room and talked to a man whose wife left the room angrily.
C	The man's wife, whom you talked to yesterday, left the room angrily.
D	The man whose wife you talked to yesterday left the room angrily.
E	Yesterday you talked to the man's wife who left the room angrily today.