33. It does not seem very probable that Eric will be able to find a new apartment before he has to leave
his old one
A. Eric doesn't think he will be able to find a new apartment before he is thrown out of his old one.
B. Eric's search for a new apartment while there is still time may well succeed, but only if he works
really hard at it.
C. It is hardly likely that Eric will be unable to find a new apartment before he is out on the streets.
D. That Eric's search for a new apartment will be successful before he has to vacate his old one
appears highly unlikely.
34. She is currently writing a historical book about food, which will include old recipes and the history
behind them.
A. At the moment, she is collecting recipes and the historical information behind them for the book
which she intends to write on food.
B. The book she is writing at the moment is on the history of food, with old recipes and stories behind
them
C. There are many interesting historical facts behind the old recipes to be found in her book, which is a
history of food.
D. The book she is writing is actually a historical book, but it also contains information about old
recipes and the stories behind them.
35. You can never be sure about the accuracy of TV weather reports.
A. If you want to know how the weather is going to be, you should watch TV.
B. There are more accurate ways of learning how the weather will be than watching TV.
C. If I were you, I would rely on the TV weather report.
D. Weather forecasts on television are notoriously unreliable.
36. If Dick had John's position in the company, rybody believes he would be able to motivate the
workers better.
A. Everybody who works in this company thinks that John motivates the workers well, so that is why he
has a better job here than Dick.
B. If Dick were able to motivate the workers better, he would be given John's present job in the
company
C. It is believed that John is not as good at encouraging the company's workers as Dick would be if he
had the same job.
D. Everybody in the company thinks that the workers were motivated far better when Dick was doing
John's present job.
37. The opinions of the teaching staff were divided as to whether they should change the course book
or follow the old one.
A. Some members of the teaching staff were in fayour of following a new course book, while others
thought they should continue with the old one.
B. There were different opinions among the teaching staff about the new course book, and in the end,
those who were against choosing a new one won.
C. The teaching staff could not agree upon a new course book, so they decided to continue with the
old one.
D. There was no general agreement among the teaching staff about which they should choose as their
new course book.
38. It was very important for Jill to go home to see her sister's new baby girl, whatever the
cost of the ticket.
A. Even though Jill wanted very much to fly home and meet her sister's baby girl, the fare was too
much for her.
B. Jill didn't care about the cost of the ticket, since the only thing she wanted was to get home to meet
her sister's new-born daughter.
C. Because Jill doesn't have a lot of money, flying home to meet her sister's new daughter was less
important to her than the cost of the ticket.
D. Knowing how important it was for Jill to meet her new niece, Jill's sister took care of the cost of the
ticket so that she could fly home and do so.
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