Paraphrasing Test 11

1. In order to avoid any misunderstandings the company had printed the seminar paper both in English and in Turkish.
A) There were a few misunderstandings even though the seminar paper had been printed in English as well as in Turkish.
B) The seminar paper was printed both In English and in Turkish by the company so that misinterpretations could be prevented.
C) Because of previous misunderstandings, the company decided to print the seminar paper not only in English but also in Turkish.
D) Even if delegates to the seminar couldn't speak English, they would have understand the seminar because the paper was printed in Turkish as well.
E) The company printed the seminar paper in English and Turkish, but they'd made several mistakes, which caused misinterpretations.

2. Jack London fought his way up out of the factories and waterfront dives of West Oakland to become the highest paid, most popular novelist and short story writer of his day.
A) When Jack London became the most popular and highest paid novelist and short story writer of his day, he was still working in factories and waterfront drives of West Oakland.
B) To become a famous writer Jack London was supposed to work in factories and waterfront dives of West Oakland.
C) Before Jack London became the highest paid and most popular novelist and short story writer of his time, he had worked in factories and waterfront dives of West Oakland.
D) Jack London, who used to run factories and waterfront dives of West Oakland, later became the highest paid and most popular novel and short story writer of his time.
E) Jack London became the highest paid and most popular writer of his day by writing about his way up out of the factories and waterfront dives of West Oakland.

3. The logs would start burning immediately if you placed some rolled up newspaper underneath them.
A) Were you to put some rolled up newspaper under the logs, they would set alight very quickly.
B) Had you have placed some rolled up newspapers beneath the logs, you would have found that the fire burned brighter.
C) The best way to get a good log fire burning is to put some rolled up newspapers amongst the logs just before you set fire to them.
D) Don't put rolled up newspapers very close to a log fire because they can catch fire very easily.
E) Because you put some rolled up newspaper under the logs, the fire started burning really quickly.

4. Without discarding what he'd already written he began to his story afresh in a somewhat different manner.
A) He changed his mind about what to write and started writing a new story.
B) He had written some of the story, but then started to rewrite the story without throwing away his former writing.
C) He decided to start writing over since the parts that he had written for the story were not good.
D) He threw away what he had written before and he started to write a whole new story.
E) Unlike the stories he had written before he wrote without discarding anything in this story.

5. Compared with their peers in Europe, Asia and elsewhere, U.S. 15-year-olds are below average when it comes to applying math skills to real-life tasks.
A) U.S. 15-year-olds cannot apply math skills to real life tasks whereas kids of that age in Europe, Asia and other places can.
B) Fifteen year olds in Europe are better at applying math skills to real life tasks than those in U.S., Asia and other places.
C) Math skills are best applied to real life tasks by 15-year-olds in Europe and Asia.
D) In Europe and Asia 15-year-olds have a good understanding of math, so that they can apply their knowledge to real life.
E) When it comes to applying math skills to real life tasks 15-year-olds in U.S. are worse than those living in other parts of the world.

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